Delivery crews connect the machines. Target Plumbers handles the plumbing behind them: washer boxes and shut-off valves, a drain that doesn’t overflow, a laundry moved to the garage or a hall closet, a utility sink, and the dryer vent route. Everything is built to the California code your inspector will check.
| Job | What it involves |
|---|---|
| Recessed washer box | A box set into the wall that holds the hot and cold valves and the drain opening, so hoses sit flat and the machine can go closer to the wall. |
| New shut-off valves | Replacing seized or leaking valves. A single-lever valve shuts off both hot and cold in one move, which is handy when you leave on vacation. |
| Standpipe and trap | Raising, lowering or enlarging the drain pipe the washer hose drops into, so it meets code and doesn’t overflow. |
| Moving or adding a laundry area | Running hot and cold supply and a vented drain to a new spot, such as the garage, a closet, a second floor or an ADU. |
| Utility or laundry sink | Adding a sink beside the washer, with its own trap and supply. |
| Dryer connection points | Planning the exhaust route to the outdoors, and a shut-off at the gas outlet for a gas dryer. |
| Laundry-to-landscape greywater | Diverting rinse water from the washer to garden mulch basins (see below). |
A modern washer pumps water out fast. If the standpipe is too short, too narrow or partly clogged, water comes up over the top and onto the floor. The California Plumbing Code sets the dimensions: a clothes washer standpipe must rise at least 18 inches and no more than 30 inches above its trap weir, and the trap itself sits 6 to 18 inches above the floor, never below it (CPC 804.1).
If yours overflows, these are the usual causes:
Moving a washer and dryer is mainly a drain question. Water supply lines bend easily around framing. A drain has to slope downhill to an existing vented line, so the new spot depends on where the drain can reach.
Moving a laundry area usually needs a plumbing permit and inspection.
A long or crushed dryer duct slows drying and lets lint build up inside it. Under the California Mechanical Code, a domestic dryer exhaust duct must be at least 4 inches in diameter and made of smooth-wall metal. It can run up to 14 feet including two 90° elbows, minus 2 feet for each extra elbow, and must end outdoors with a backdraft damper and no screen. Screws must not stick into the duct, and the flexible connector behind the dryer is limited to 6 feet and can’t be hidden inside a wall (CMC 504.4, City of Carpinteria handout). When you move a laundry area, choose a spot that can meet that length.
The price is set after a look at the space. Wall patching after the work is handled by our wall repair service.
California allows a simple clothes-washer greywater system without a construction permit if it meets the plumbing code’s conditions (CPC 1502.1.1, via EBMUD). Among them:
If you’re buying a new washer too, SoCal Water$mart offers rebates on qualifying water-saving clothes washers through LADWP and other local water agencies (LADWP).
Under the California Plumbing Code, the standpipe must reach 18 to 30 inches above its trap weir, and the trap must sit 6 to 18 inches above the floor. A standpipe outside that range is a common reason for overflows and failed inspections.
Usually the hose is jammed too far into the pipe, lint is clogging the trap, or the pipe is too small or has no vent. If other drains gurgle at the same time, the clog is in the main line.
It’s a recessed box in the wall that holds the hot and cold valves and the drain opening. Hoses stay tidy, the machine sits closer to the wall, and a small leak at a valve drips into the box instead of down the wall.
Usually, if a drain can slope to an existing vented line and the dryer vent can reach outdoors within code length. A relocation normally needs a plumbing permit. We check both before quoting.
California’s mechanical code allows 14 feet of 4-inch smooth metal duct, including two 90° elbows. Subtract 2 feet for each extra elbow. Longer runs need a listed booster fan or the dryer maker’s own longer limit.
Not in California, if the system follows the plumbing code’s clothes-washer rules: a diverter valve, no added pump, mulch cover, no runoff, and an owner’s manual. Some cities want notification first, so check locally.
We handle the plumbing and connections, so the machines can be hooked up and tested.
Any good-quality quarter-turn valve works, but a single-lever valve that closes hot and cold together makes it easy to shut the water off whenever you’re away.
Schedule through (844) 941-2727. Each job is assigned to one of these offices:
Tell us what you need (new box or valves, overflowing drain, moving the laundry, sink, greywater), where the laundry is or will be, whether the dryer is gas or electric, and your city. Photos of the current hookup help.