Re-routing washing machine water out of sump

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Moderator Post (s) for this thread: > High washer drain by DanO on 11/18/2008 > Sump pump by Billhart on 11/18/2008 > not a dumb question at all,,, by yesitsconcrete on 11/19/2008

Hi-I don't know if this is possible,or even a really dumb question, but I will ask anyway.
Currently my washing machine empties into my sump pump pit in the basement and then gets pumped out to drywell. It used to work fine until I had a radon system installed and they used that pit, and now every few times I do wash the float "sticks" and I get water all over the floor, the sealeant around the pit for the radon leaks etc.

I am refinishing basement and want to divert wash water out of pit but don't want to go into septic either.

Is it possible for a washer to empty out going up about 5 feet of wall so I can just directly drain it outside( to drywell)? Do the newer machines have the power to do that?
Thanks