Morning ,
Funny story, slightly infuriating though and cautionary .
I brought a washing machine , I've not had one since moving .
Anyway, I buy a washing machine valve attachment. Cut my cold water pipe, fit the valve. All good.
Buy a new sink trap with washing machine pipe attachment , fit this , no problems , all good.
Run the washing machine , It wont empty, and keeps coming up with drain fault. OK, well it's second hand and probably needs a good clean at the pump as indicated in the manual. (it's second hand) .
I do this and manually empty it . Loads of crap came out. (this is detaching the hose from the attachment point and emptying into a bucket)
Run it again and it still wont empty. I repeat the above cycle , loads of crap came out again.
Run it again. Same thing. Repeat the same above cycle with washing machine deep cleaner .
Some more crap comes out. Well I think , its going to be like new by the time I've finished.
Run it again and the same thing. Why is it air locked and not emptying I'm wondering .
Finally , last night I just think to check the new sink trap .
FFS , the washing machine attachment on the trap is sealed from new.
WTF !!! Why buy a sink trap with washer attachment point if its F@cking sealed.
I guess the reason is you can fit the trap and at a later time attach the washer and maybe cut it to size or something.
Moral of the story.
Never consider the simplest explanation to stupid to check.
Arghhhhhhh !!!!