I would second the recommendations to keep a laundry tub. They can be extremely useful not just for laundry, but for other purposes such as hand washing large items, dumping dirty mop water, etc. They can also avoid problems where a drain restriction might result in a standpipe overflowing.
The in-house laundry closet is just a few paces from the kitchen sink, so it doesn't really need a laundry sink (it has an in-wall standpipe instead) and there isn't enough room for anything bigger than a bar sink there anyway.
However in the workshop, which is a separate building on the property, I have a row of vintage washers, which are not hooked up, and three Miele washers, which are hooked up. Reason: there's only cold water out there, and the Mieles can heat their own. The problem was that there is no build in drain along that wall. So.... I got a cheapo plastic laundry tub, less than $50 as OSH, some time ago. Stuck it between two of the Mieles. Then ran a 3/4" diameter high quality industrial hose (red) from the drain on the tub to a john someone installed in the back of the shop. It took all 75 feet of hose to make that run, and the difference in height between the tub and the john is just enough to drain the water from the tub. It's enough drainage to handle the output from the Miele, even when I'm running two at once. The cold water input is taken via another 75 ft hose from an outside fresh water faucet (the closest one). The john is not otherwise in service, because the old well water system that used to provide water for it was disconnected long ago. Eventually I'd like to upgrade the shop with a water heater, copper water piping, and ABS or PVC rigid drain system, but for now this system, while kind of funky, will do.
The in-house laundry closet is just a few paces from the kitchen sink, so it doesn't really need a laundry sink (it has an in-wall standpipe instead) and there isn't enough room for anything bigger than a bar sink there anyway.
However in the workshop, which is a separate building on the property, I have a row of vintage washers, which are not hooked up, and three Miele washers, which are hooked up. Reason: there's only cold water out there, and the Mieles can heat their own. The problem was that there is no build in drain along that wall. So.... I got a cheapo plastic laundry tub, less than $50 as OSH, some time ago. Stuck it between two of the Mieles. Then ran a 3/4" diameter high quality industrial hose (red) from the drain on the tub to a john someone installed in the back of the shop. It took all 75 feet of hose to make that run, and the difference in height between the tub and the john is just enough to drain the water from the tub. It's enough drainage to handle the output from the Miele, even when I'm running two at once. The cold water input is taken via another 75 ft hose from an outside fresh water faucet (the closest one). The john is not otherwise in service, because the old well water system that used to provide water for it was disconnected long ago. Eventually I'd like to upgrade the shop with a water heater, copper water piping, and ABS or PVC rigid drain system, but for now this system, while kind of funky, will do.
