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Quick Tips On
Replacing Your Dishwasher
If you already have the new dishwasher in the house, you can look at
it and its installation manual to see what you can and should reuse.
On the other hand, if the new one is arriving tomorrow and you cut a
deal to have the delivery people haul the old one off, you need to
decide which parts you should keep overnight. Here's a short list of
the things I've found useful. You can always throw them away later.
The drain hose and its clamps. The new dishwasher may arrive with
these. One I installed recently had the hose already attached to the
machine, but I've done others, which did not come with anything to
use to connect the drain.
The ground screw and the connector that secured the electrical cable
to the dishwasher's junction box. Appliance manufacturers very
seldom provide these. There are too many variations for them to try
to match, and a professional installer will usually have them "on
the truck" if not in hand.
The brass fitting that the water line attaches to. More and more, it
seems, the manufacturers are standardizing their side of this
connection. And you already know the other side matches your supply
line. So hang on to it for now. If you forget to keep it, the piece
you are most likely to be trying to buy at 9:00 PM is called a
"Compression X Female Elbow Adapter." To get the right one, you will
need to know the trade diameter of your supply tubing for the
compression side and the IPT (Iron Pipe Thread) diameter of the male
fitting on the new dishwasher for the threaded side. Hang onto the
old one. If only one side works with the new installation, you can
at least show the old one to the clerk as a starting point.
Any shims or blocks that were used to help support the old machine.
If the floor was not even enough for the built-in adjusters to level
that machine, it may mot be even enough to allow you to completely
level your new dishwasher without some added support, either.
You may still need to make a trip to the store before you can
install your new dishwasher, but it should be a quicker and
less-expensive trip
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