Oh My Word, what a excellant idea! And a fraction of the cost of building a garage with a utility room!! How can I say Thank You? enough :) We know a contractor who could remove part of our kitchen counters and cupboards :) :)

I have had my washer draining into a laundry tub for 20+ years and it works like a charm. Bonus...you get a nice big utility sink for dirty messes.

I'm curious what washer you had previously and what you have now. Frontloaders typically pump out at a slower rate than old-style toploaders.

We have had this problem for many years, but the brand we have now is a Electrolux. We have just run out of ideas on how to fix it. I don't remember what we had before but it was a top loader I think. Had the same draining problem

I had this problem once too - solution was to get a plumber to clear the lines from a clear-out (these are on the outside of the house). Likely the sink and dishwasher just took it over the top with the new washer. Prove it by routing the drain elsewhere if you can.

We had the drains cleared by a plumber many times over many years and many different brands of washers. Its simply a older home with smaller drains pipes :(

I have to drain my washer into a laundry sink, too. 1.5" drain. Bonus is that you can attach a lint sock to the drain (without fear of it becoming dislodged and plugging a stand pipe.) The lint sock catches a bunch of lint to help prevent sewer problems or screwing up a leach field if you have a septic system.

dadoes is correct - the front loaders discharge far less water and do it at a slower speed than the old top loader. Although 2" is code, a much smaller drain could keep up. A typical front loader will use about 8 gallons of water total - so perhaps a little over 2.5 gal a fill and drain. If your drain can't handle that then it is clogged or there is a venting problem.