Dishwasher Installation

When it comes to installing dishwashers, even new home builders tend to shy away from the job and leave it to qualified plumbers, simply because of the issues encountered with subsequent water damage caused by poor installation techniques.

Here’s why?

If you are considering installing your own dishwasher DIY, then ensure the following:

1.      Water Supply Hose - The washer or seal if firmly in place at the hose end that is screwed into the tap or faucet. Once this is in place tighten firmly, but do not over tighten as this can also cause a leak as over-tightening will crush the seal.

2.      Waste Discharge Hose – (Now this is the interesting one that causes most of the issues) when connecting the waste hose to the sink waste pipe, trap or bend, the hose is pushed straight onto the fitting and clamped into place with a jubilee clip or similar. They forget to drill out a hole and remove the PVC to allow the waste water to pass into the waste pipe, or they inaccurately drill the hole perforating the walls of the PVC waste pipe where the hose is pushed on.

What happens next, is once the dish washer is turned on the waste water has nowhere to go, backs up and damages the dishwasher pump, spewing waste water out over the cabinet work and onto flooring. This process normally happens when you hit the go button and immediately leave the house to go shopping.

Without following these simple steps when installing dishwashers, DIY installers have caused themselves thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to cabinet work, bench tops, timbers floors and list goes on……….. Happy DIY!