I blame Dave
"Dishwashers are easy to install, there's just three connections."
Yeah. Right.
We ordered a dishwasher on Saturday since we found a store with a big sale. We wanted to avoid the installation fee of $120 so we told them we would pick it up ourselves. They said it would be here Sunday.
We show up Sunday and they can't find it. They blame it on the big sale and larger-than-normal demand. Oh well, no big deal. They said it should be here Monday, but call first just to make sure.
I called the next day and explained the situation. The warehouse guy looked around and said that our dishwasher was in. I drove over and picked it up, along with the install kit they provided, without any problem.
We got home and got the new one in the house before trying to remove the old one. I took the face-plate off the bottom of the old one and started trying to move it out. First I had to remove a bit of trim along the floor. No big deal. But it looks like the previous home owners put down about a quarter-inch of flooring after they had their dishwasher in place. There wasn't enough room above it to lift it up over the new flooring. I tried to raise the balancing feet, but couldn't get them high enough. Getting frustrated, I called my brother and invited him over for dinner.
He took a look at the situation and suggested lifting up the counter top to give us more room. That worked, but the old dishwasher still wasn't coming out. He got down on the floor, looked underneath, and found that it wasn't connected to a flex pipe, but to the copper pipe itself.
Okay, we get the dishwasher disconnected from the copper pipe and finally get the old one out of the way. Mike looks at the available connections and finds we still need a couple connectors. It's already after 8:30, so we're hoping there are still hardware stores open.
Our first stop, the neighborhood hardware store, is closed. By the time we get to the second choice it's just 9 o'clock and the front lights are off. We drive down the road to our third choice and see they still have lights on and still have a few customers inside. They didn't have the doors locked yet, so we cautiously entered the store and found the plumbing department.
Do you know how many options there are for pipe fittings? Too many. We found one that looked right and made our way to the register. After the nice lady rang us up, my brother remembered he wanted to get some Teflon tape. He asked if he could sprint back and get some. The nice lady said yes. My brother started heading back to get it and the cashier jokingly said, "That's not sprinting!"
Anyway, we get back home, and after several minutes of trying to get the pipe connected to the new hose, we realize we didn't get the right part after all. Of course, all the hardware stores are closed at this point, so we call it a night.
Tonight we'll take another crack at it. Hopefully we'll get it running.
If I have any questions and we don't get it installed and running before midnight, I'm calling you, Dave.
-- C.
Yeah. Right.
We ordered a dishwasher on Saturday since we found a store with a big sale. We wanted to avoid the installation fee of $120 so we told them we would pick it up ourselves. They said it would be here Sunday.
We show up Sunday and they can't find it. They blame it on the big sale and larger-than-normal demand. Oh well, no big deal. They said it should be here Monday, but call first just to make sure.
I called the next day and explained the situation. The warehouse guy looked around and said that our dishwasher was in. I drove over and picked it up, along with the install kit they provided, without any problem.
We got home and got the new one in the house before trying to remove the old one. I took the face-plate off the bottom of the old one and started trying to move it out. First I had to remove a bit of trim along the floor. No big deal. But it looks like the previous home owners put down about a quarter-inch of flooring after they had their dishwasher in place. There wasn't enough room above it to lift it up over the new flooring. I tried to raise the balancing feet, but couldn't get them high enough. Getting frustrated, I called my brother and invited him over for dinner.
He took a look at the situation and suggested lifting up the counter top to give us more room. That worked, but the old dishwasher still wasn't coming out. He got down on the floor, looked underneath, and found that it wasn't connected to a flex pipe, but to the copper pipe itself.
Okay, we get the dishwasher disconnected from the copper pipe and finally get the old one out of the way. Mike looks at the available connections and finds we still need a couple connectors. It's already after 8:30, so we're hoping there are still hardware stores open.
Our first stop, the neighborhood hardware store, is closed. By the time we get to the second choice it's just 9 o'clock and the front lights are off. We drive down the road to our third choice and see they still have lights on and still have a few customers inside. They didn't have the doors locked yet, so we cautiously entered the store and found the plumbing department.
Do you know how many options there are for pipe fittings? Too many. We found one that looked right and made our way to the register. After the nice lady rang us up, my brother remembered he wanted to get some Teflon tape. He asked if he could sprint back and get some. The nice lady said yes. My brother started heading back to get it and the cashier jokingly said, "That's not sprinting!"
Anyway, we get back home, and after several minutes of trying to get the pipe connected to the new hose, we realize we didn't get the right part after all. Of course, all the hardware stores are closed at this point, so we call it a night.
Tonight we'll take another crack at it. Hopefully we'll get it running.
If I have any questions and we don't get it installed and running before midnight, I'm calling you, Dave.
-- C.
posted by Cerpicio at 9:57 AM
1 Comments:
Ok I beleive I said it "should" be easy. All the electrical "should" be is 3 connections.
As far as the plumbing goes you never know until you tear the old one out, but "usually" they plug right in. Obviously that wasn't the case with yours. With compression fittings you shouldn't have to worry about soddering anyting. Give me a call if you need me to come over.
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