How To: Drain a Washing Machine

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Here’s the mess-free, stress-free way to get rid of standing water when your washer conks out, freeing you for a DIY fix.

A hardworking washing machine may stop draining mid-cycle for a number of reasons, such as a kink in the drain hose, a clog of lint or fibers there, or a rogue article of clothing stuck in the drain pump. Fortunately, these kinds of washer mishaps are fairly simple to fix—in fact, the peskiest part of the process may be figuring out how to drain a washing machine of all the water in its drum so that you can avoid a mess during repairs.

Your first impulse may be to open the door and collect as much water as possible with a bucket, then sop up the rest with towels. But the smarter approach, whether you have a top-loading or front-loading machine, is to siphon the water through the drain hose directly into a bucket. Ahead, the know-how you need to tackle the task quickly and neatly, without dousing yourself or the floor in the process.