How To Install A Washing Machine Box

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My washer outlet box is rusted and needs to be replace. In this video I show you how to replace it with an Oatey washer outlet box using Pex.
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@sstand03 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a 55 single female with modest diy skills but after watching this I feel like I can take it and will save myself the $450 plumber quote. Great video. Thanks!

@CaptainNemo279 2 жыл бұрын

My biggest fear to take upon this project is a dry wall repair after plumbing done. You've done it flawlessly. Thumps up.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@22kane45 11 ай бұрын

I have a leak from the CW faucet in the box. Your video is an excellent, and I might add, the best source of info for undertaking a project I've never done before. Never realized the faucet was leaking on this 50 year old home that we have been living in for the past 30 years. I'm guessing I have copper lines behind the wall and I'll learn as I go transistioning from copper to PEX. Because of the leak, I'm guessing I'll have to replace maybe a 1/4 sheet of drywall. I've done drywalling, and I like your idea (never seen or heard of this before) of beveling joints before taping and plastering when doing repairs. It makes sense.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 11 ай бұрын

Thank you and good luck with your repairs.😊

@AR-3618 2 жыл бұрын

Attempting this as my first major DIY project. We had a leak in the supply line. This video was absolutely perfect as a guide. Thanks so much!

@joshw9865 2 жыл бұрын

thanks boss, just started my first professional job in the plumbing business and gotta do my first one of these today and now i think i understand what im gonna be doing

@duanemiller9526 8 ай бұрын

I like your effort I would to everyone to turn. the water on. first to see if there are leaks before sheet rocking, also you might consider glueing on box to abs pipe

@ifaworkingitout3735 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful air travel during the first one your video help me complete the second job much faster and easier

@BEETHEFASHION 2 жыл бұрын

Great Job! We are purchasing a 1972 condo and we have to replace a old rusted metal box and this is the perfect video! Hopefully we will have success like you did 👍👍👍

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it and hope it works out.

@pf5658 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job. I love to see people doing good work and taking pride in doing so. This is coming from an experienced trade man.

@dennislea3159 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, all we can do is try and use a little common sense.

@TheArecf 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent repair technique! You may have convinced me to use PEX instead of cutting old copper pipe and sweating new pipe behind the drywall. In my opinion, it would not be that difficult to design a remodel outlet box. All it would need would be a built-in access panel below the part of the box in which the valves are mounted. I could not find one either so I had to go with the Oatey rough-in box and make my own access panel, which is similar to the drywall that you installed, however, my access panel is removable made of 1/2" plywood and "picture-framed" with 1-1/2" X 1/4 wood. I have repeated used this type of removable access panel to cover electrical and home automation wiring outlet boxes in my home. Among the other advantages, it eliminates the dust associated with a convention drywall repair.

@josephrose8345 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent step by step review of the process. A couple good tips on mudding the Sheetrock.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

@ouroffgridalaskanlife3998 3 жыл бұрын

Great job!!! Really can't wait to watch you guys building this summer!

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. We’re excited to get started also.😊

@melbablair1972 2 жыл бұрын

Flawless!!!!!! You’d never know that it was replaced!!!! Wow! Just , wow!!! I need you for all our plumbing needs!! Lol!

@alysonsnipes4978 2 жыл бұрын

This is prefect! Very easy explanation on how to do this.

@taylormadetransportationll8297 2 жыл бұрын

Great job! I am tackling mine this weekend

@contentcait Жыл бұрын

Great job, explained well. No fluff.

@carolynchambers1507 3 жыл бұрын

Good morning from Georgia. Hope everything went good with Von's surgery and she is recuperating nicely. Love your channel.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carolyn. Surgery went well and she is home recovering. She’s in tons of pain right now but we are expecting significant improvement over the next couple of weeks. Thanks for asking.

@billclarke397 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great; I would have tried running the water before mudding in case there were leaks in the crimps - but I guess confidence is good!

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

😁😁

@rmnjmnz8133 2 жыл бұрын

It looks professionally done.

@batteman34 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work,great info!Thanks!

@billym9265 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work. Nice and clean.

@codes303 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome work dude! Thanks for the help

@peterwagenknecht9797 2 жыл бұрын

That is Awesome , the connections here are hidden inside the wall and that is a better idea I like it

@EdwardCharron 11 ай бұрын

Can't believe this video only has 59k views. Excellent video, good camera work, audio was good, well done. Changing the leaking washer valves is exactly what I need to do and I have scoured KZfaq for instructions and your video was exactly what I needed. Thank you and Thumb Up.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 11 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@watkinstreefarm6880 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great!! Muding scares me. I can do all the rest. You made it look easy.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

It’s my least favorite part.

@jiminalaska 3 жыл бұрын

You rock. Nice job. Packing my rv now, hope to be at my place in April. Will think of you when I go through TOK

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Hopefully we’ll get an early spring and it’ll be warm tho April.

@sheldonreum907 7 ай бұрын

Great job !

@Kevin-oy8nl 3 жыл бұрын

Great job, took forever to find a video pertinent to what I'm doing.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I hope it helped. 😊

@dennislea3159 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job, getting ready to do mine

@scottbuckley5086 2 жыл бұрын

I have the same problem. this is very helpful!

@khalidhanif2887 5 ай бұрын

Great Job 👏

@ACO-Amy 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome job, looks great!

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@seanj3202 2 жыл бұрын

This is really helpful, thank you!

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped.

@WilliamSmith-kj5tk 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great. Good job.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@jkustockaphobia2421 2 жыл бұрын

Good shit man.. you made it look like a pro did it!

@herbertgartley6623 Жыл бұрын

Very, very helpful. The cold water valve broke while I was trying to turn it off , just cheap I suppose. Had a plumber come look because I couldn’t figure how to replace it . He never returned so I found your video. I never secured with pex, so I was wondering if you check fitting for leaks before buttoning up . Thanks so much & the music was just right

@wildwoodoffgridalaska Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes, I turn the water on for leaks and then patch it up 😀

@jmac6242 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank You.

@kevinp9867 3 жыл бұрын

Looks good. Great job👍🏻

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@raulramirez6291 2 жыл бұрын

Great example, thanks

@michaelfishkin4332 Ай бұрын

Great job

@bretlawson924 3 жыл бұрын

Wow nice job! You did cause me to now pine over not having one of those recipe saws all these years......man! that makes short work of tight spots to cut in. LOL I had always thought of them as just for cutting beneath jams and along the floor....heading to the store to get one with my gift card I got at Christmas!

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

That’s awesome! I was the same way a few years ago and my wife bought it for me as a gift. I can’t live without it now. It make things so easy.

@bretlawson924 3 жыл бұрын

sorry should have called it correctly, "oscillating saw". Literally on my way now to get it.

@MyMediaButterfly 2 жыл бұрын

I am going to attempt this tonight! Wish me luck!

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck, you’ve got this.

@scottvandever2066 3 ай бұрын

Every job looks simple, but my hot & cold copper pipes come down out of the box and take a HARD LEFT..all I’ve seen the pipes go down a foot o two. House built in ‘69. Still working on it. 🙏🏻 great video though.

@tonycarreira3793 Жыл бұрын

Nice work!

@wildwoodoffgridalaska Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@johnfischer9290 2 жыл бұрын

You should have glued the drain pipe into the outlet box to prevent water from any possible leak between the two materials dripping into the wall cavity which could cause mold.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 2 жыл бұрын

It was glued off camera.

@gwilbur1 2 жыл бұрын

good video...very helpful. thanks.

@HallnoutMhall 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great!

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@randyday8051 3 жыл бұрын

Good job thank you so much

@jonphanspromotions Жыл бұрын

Well done my friend.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@donaldacevedo7574 2 жыл бұрын

good vid. Thanks.

@underdog570 3 жыл бұрын

You do good work brother! 👊🏼

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jake.

@underdog570 3 жыл бұрын

@@wildwoodoffgridalaska you bet! 👊🏼

@kevink2831 3 жыл бұрын

Great job as usual, liking the video's, take care..

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin.

@amyalvarado3762 3 жыл бұрын

Looks great. 👍

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@musclecar29 3 жыл бұрын

nice job clean and neat

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you and thanks for watching.

@Calhoun163 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you good sir!

@ravasavideos 2 жыл бұрын

Good job my friend

@scottscaneh 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome job

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@tigusvaton8406 3 жыл бұрын

Great video excellently done

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@GuitarZen83 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@anthonystubblefield4987 3 жыл бұрын

Now tell everyone your a master plumber!!! Nice brother!

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Jack of some trades master of none. 😁

@edgoswick1271 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@wildwoodoffgridalaska Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it😊

@brucelanctot5397 2 жыл бұрын

Great vidio. Trying to get idea how to install wtr supply box to fridge ice maker. Thanks

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@markbardusk9516 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@AnAlaskaHomestead 3 жыл бұрын

First🏆 Nice job, love those oscillating tool.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Damn! You are an early bird today. This oscillating tools are amazing. Once you have one you can’t live without it. Have a good day.

@jasonjones846 3 жыл бұрын

Great job pal! Is the outlet above the water nozzles a GFI? Doesn’t look like it. Btw you have the best introduction video , it’s a nice collaboration of all your videos.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. The outlet itself is not but it is on a GFCI circuit.

@critter9a 3 жыл бұрын

looks like fun there lol.

@nickhunt2245 3 жыл бұрын

Pex is the only way to go!

@humlocker 2 жыл бұрын

I wish you show how you connected the valves, my are cooper lines. not all lines are the same so yours was easy to connect to the valves

@aaadj7out 3 жыл бұрын

done good..

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@stevecrawley5959 Жыл бұрын

Great repair, I would love to know your technique for texturing the drywall patch.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska Жыл бұрын

If the repair is small enough I use the cans of texture from The big box store and match it as close as possible. The easiest texture to match is orange peel.

@davidwilliamson3809 Жыл бұрын

Nice job. Would have liked to see the texturing part. Did you use a can of orange peel spray?

@wildwoodoffgridalaska Жыл бұрын

Yes, fine orange peel. I prefer the pro can. I think it sprays a better pattern.

@BobSmith-pp2ed 2 жыл бұрын

Great....should the drain line be glued in to the box?

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I glued this one off camera.

@Jimmy-vt8jb 10 ай бұрын

Gotta do this job this weekend. My house doesn't have an outlet box. Just a hole in the wall 🙄

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 10 ай бұрын

Good luck😊

@giancarloarpino9842 3 жыл бұрын

Great diy vid! You forgot to glue the drain pipe to the box!

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I actually did glue the drain but didn’t show it.😊

@duaneklein4924 3 жыл бұрын

Nice looking work. Often in that outlet box is the drain for your washer. Yours must be located elsewhere?

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

No it was the black pipe I connected in the middle of the valves. The drain hose is zip tied under the blue pex so you might have missed it.

@duaneklein4924 3 жыл бұрын

@@wildwoodoffgridalaska cool thanks. You did a great job

@nick4407 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to know the trick for cutting that drywall hole for the valve box so accurately!

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

No trick, you just have to cut the sheetrock back to the center of the closest studs. Be prepared to fill in with some new sheet rock after installing the outlet box.

@supersabrosinho 4 ай бұрын

Starts at 3:04

@Nahyoutrippin 3 жыл бұрын

Nice work. Question. Did the brackets for the Sheetrock come with the kit? What are those called?

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

The tabs to connect the box to the studs came with the kit. Hope that’s what you’re referring to.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

The sheetrock repair meets the original sheetrock at the center of the studs on either side.

@thebear5454 3 жыл бұрын

Luckily you had pecs pipe and not Copper. Ryan, "jack of all trades". 👍👍

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 3 жыл бұрын

I was pleasantly surprised to see that it was pex, makes life so much easier. 😊

@bst5259 4 ай бұрын

You didn’t prime and cement the drain opening to the abs drain pipe ?

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 4 ай бұрын

I did off camera

@76tigga 2 жыл бұрын

crimping the valves in place is a permanent install. Would it be better if you crimped a female coupling in place in case you can easily remove the valves in the future when the time comes to replace them?

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 2 жыл бұрын

A permanent source natal is what you want if you’re closing it into a wall. The more valves and couplings you have the more potential for leaks. Just my opinion.

@HowieThree 5 ай бұрын

Should a new box be installed in the middle of the washer or to the right side of the washer ?

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 5 ай бұрын

I’ve never worried about the location, but I try to keep it close to the middle of the washer so that there are no problems reaching it with the water hoses and discharge hose.

@WV591 Жыл бұрын

TU.. i have a valve I can not take off the hose.

@alchemista2 Жыл бұрын

Is there a way to replace one of the valves by itself without the whole box? One of my valves there has a little leak.

@wildwoodoffgridalaska Жыл бұрын

You would still need to cut the sheetrock back to access the water lines. Then you’ll see what the job will take. It is totally possible to just replace one valve.

@alchemista2 Жыл бұрын

It bubbles up a little water at the top when I open the valve, so the leak is at the top (exposed). Do they really make these so hard to maintain that I need to cut the wall?

@wildwoodoffgridalaska Жыл бұрын

@@alchemista2 there’s so many different models, but most are not very maintenance friendly.

@berniejanicki4540 7 ай бұрын

If it is leaking on the stem it may be a packing leak and is easily cured by tightening the packing nut a little with a crescent wrench. This is a routine maintenance item if the valves are used often.

@Waradmiral1991 2 жыл бұрын

Where do you drain the washer into?

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 2 жыл бұрын

Water drains into the center pipe between the two valves.

@thefinaldispatch 2 ай бұрын

Should have tested new water connections before covering. Prob ok but you never know!

@Here-2-Learn 2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t see the drain for the washer? Looked like just the water softener drain

@wildwoodoffgridalaska 2 жыл бұрын

Washer drain is right in the middle of the two water valves.

@amiedavis5257 Жыл бұрын

Where was the washing machine drain? My drain connects from my washer into a drain pipe in the wall. How and where does this washing machine drain?

@wildwoodoffgridalaska Жыл бұрын

The drain is in the middle of the two valves.

@amiedavis5257 Жыл бұрын

@@wildwoodoffgridalaska .. Where does it connect to the washing machine? I saw the blue PEX, but my drain hose is completely different from the set up you have

@wildwoodoffgridalaska Жыл бұрын

@@amiedavis5257 there is pex going to the valves but between the valves is a 1 1/2” black drain pipe that is attached to the white box and drains to the main waste drain pipe.