New Dishwasher

We got a new dishwasher today. It would be nice if the story was that simple.

As usual, it's not.

The old one didn't really wash the dishes; it just got them wet. Not really a surprise.

A few weeks ago, we took advantage of a sale at Warner's Stellian and bought a dishwasher on sale. We paid the extra $100 to have them install it. That way I could concentrate on other projects.

Yeah right.

The delivery guy/installer showed up (on time!) and started to remove the old one. He noticed that the drain pipe for the sink was in an odd place.

As in, it didn't run down inside the wall to the basement. Rather it ran half inside the wall and half protruding out from the wall. Not a huge deal except that it then made a turn and ran away from the wall 8 inches and the top half of the pipe stuck up through the floor.

In the middle of the cavity for the dishwasher.

Newer dishwashers need the floor to be flat, not have some 8 inch length of 2" ABS pipe sticking up an inch out of the floor. Smack in the middle of the opening.

Oh yeah, and the surrounding cabinets were installed before the floor was tiled. So the opening is at least a half inch shorter that is normal.

So the thing had to be slammed like a low-rider.

Needless to say, it couldn't be installed as-is, so he gave up.

So I got to spend my Saturday re-routing the drain pipe to do it the right way. So much for working on other projects...

And while I was doing that, I found what's pictured.

Yup, this is the shut-off valve for the water line to the dishwasher and sink.

Note - I haven't touched the compression nut that (sort of) attached the the water line for the sink.

Really.

The compression nut is just hanging out doing nothing. It's the corrosion around the joint that held things together and kept it from leaking.

So I replaced the shut-off valve too.

And the guy came back to install the dishwasher today.

No problems. ;-)