Washer Won't Drain? The Free 10-Minute Check Before You Pay $150

Your washer stopped draining. Water's sitting in the drum and the laundry's soaked. Before you call anyone, watch this — because the most common cause is a clogged pump filter that costs nothing to clear, and the service call for that same fix runs $100 to $150. In this video, Hollis walks you through four checks in the order a thirty-year technician would actually do them: cheapest and most likely first, real-part failures last. By the end, you'll know what to do, what it should cost, and exactly what to say if a tech tells you that you need a new pump. CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold Open — The Gap 0:35 Who Is Hollis Boone 0:54 The Appliance Survival Playbook 1:08 How a Washer Drain System Actually Works 1:54 Check 1 — The Pump Filter 3:03 Check 2 — The Drain Hose 3:54 Check 3 — The Standpipe and Sink Trap 4:45 Check 4 — The Drain Pump Itself 6:39 The Say-This Script 7:21 The House Call — A Case I'm Seeing 9:01 What You Can Do Right Now 9:37 The Habits That Prevent the Call 10:23 Why Nobody Told You This 10:50 Comments, Subscribe, and Next Time What you'll learn: — The one filter behind most no-drain calls, and how to clear it in ten minutes — How to check the drain hose and standpipe at no cost — When a pump replacement quote of $175–325 is actually fair — The five-word question that changes a service-call conversation The Appliance Survival Playbook — symptoms, cheap checks, and fair-price tables for the machines in your house: hollisboonerepairs.com Got a washer that won't drain? Tell me the brand, the age, and what sound it's making (or not making) in the comments. I read every one — and each week I take a few on The House Call.