Laundry-to-landscape (L2L) System in Interior-walled Laundry Room

Greywater going through floor to crawl space

Greywater going through floor to crawl space

The difference in a system from a washing machine located in a room with interior walls, as opposed to one with an exterior wall, it that the greywater pipe typically exits through the floor.

This laundry room has a crawlspace underneath, so the greywater pipe can exit through the floor, and run through the crawlspace before it reaches the landscape. In this situation the auto-vent must be installed inside the house, at the high point in the line before the pipe drops down.

Half inch lines to to plants

Half inch lines to to plants

Once outside, the 1 inch PVC pipe transitions into a 1 inch high density polyethylene (HDPE) tubing, with 1/2 inch outlets directing greywater to the plants.

1/2 inch tubing releases GW into mulch shiled

 Each outlet of greywater is discharged under the mulch shield, 2″ is the California code requirement. The mulch shield can be covered by a paving stone for asthetics.