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Installing dishwasher using washing machine pipes

Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:25 pm
by HeatherS
I'm hoping to install a dishwasher next to my washing machine. I'm guessing that I will need some sort of y connector for the cold tap to split the input between both machines. Is this correct?
Also, the washing machine currently has a flexible hose passed down a separate stand pipe, and there isn't any room for another hose from the dishwasher. It is too far to use the sink drainage too. I'm guessing I need another sort of y connector, but not sure what type. Can anyone help?

Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:34 am
by plumbbob
http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=12 ... -Piece-BSP

There is no such fitting for the waste, you will have to modify the standpipe using standard tees and elbows.

Final solution

Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 9:55 pm
by HeatherS
To finish off the post -
I connected the inlet water pipes to the same tap using the Y-piece as previous post suggested.
For the waste pipe, I added an extra standpipe next to the existing one using a T-joint, and a washing machine standpipe pack so the final result ended up looking like an F lying on its back.
Hope that helps someone else out there. :D