Project No.2 - What do I need here for a dishwasher??

[budest]

Me again guys, inspired with confidence and alcohol I have now decided to move on to installing a dishwasher. I've already altered a cupboard and have the dishwasher in place. As you can see from the pics there is already a waste outlet for a dishwasher but I need to know what I need to do/get for a water feed?

Hopefully you can see enough with the photos.

 

[James1991]

Not much room to add another tee in there, so I'd take the washing machine valve off, fit a compression tee in its place, then add your new valve to one of the ends. You'd need a bit of 15mm copper thou.

 

[budest]

Not much room to add another tee in there, so I'd take the washing machine valve off, fit a compression tee in its place, then add your new valve to one of the ends. You'd need a bit of 15mm copper thou.

So add a piece of copper to the push fit tee then add a compression tee for dishwasher and w/machine? Can the push fit cope with added weight?

 

[James1991]

No issues with the weight.

You wouldn't be adding a piece of copper, you would just fit the comp tee to the piece of copper with the nut and ring that was connected to the washing machine valve. Once the tee was fitted you would then need to add a copper tail to each of the other two connections on the compression tee. The tails would only need to be about 50 mm long. Then you would fit a new valve to one end, and using the spare nut and ring from the tee, fit the existing valve back on.

 

[budest]

Here's a full view if it helps any.

 

[yerino]

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plu...ies/Washing+Machine+Y+Piece/d20/sd2705/p81426

or add this onto the valve you already have?

 

[James1991]

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plumbing/Washing+Machine+Accessories/Washing+Machine+Y+Piece/d20/sd2705/p81426

or add this onto the valve you already have?

That's a shout

 

[budest]

http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Plumbing/Washing+Machine+Accessories/Washing+Machine+Y+Piece/d20/sd2705/p81426

or add this onto the valve you already have?

Nice one yerino. So I assume a small piece of copper piping is still in order to connect to the pouch fit then?

 

[chantelle]

Or simply chop the cold feed further down below and add another speedfit tee for your dishwasher. That`s some shocking plumbing.

 

[budest]

Anywhere I can get a brass Y tee? Those plastic ones are rubbish.