K, here's the set up...regular PVC vertical washer disposal line about
38" high. The hot water feed is a cold/hot cpvc 1/2" i.d., 5/8" od
nipple attached to a shut off valve on the washer line. I can stick
the flexible discharge tubing up in to the washer disposal line but
the feed on the dishwasher is not 5/8" to fit the cpcv line...I do not
know how to jerry-rig this.

Thanks for helping....

Hey you other guys...my own house does not have a garbage disposal in
the sink and the dishwasher has never caused a problem.

Deano




On Nov 14, 12:00�am, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Nov 13, 11:32 am, Deano wrote:

Would anyone have suggestions how to connect a dishwasher to the
washing machine hot water feed and disposal line? �I know it's an
unusual way of doing things but I don't have much of a choice...thanks
to a big old return vent that is next to the sink. �Any help will be
appreciated...the plumbing supply guy just looked at me funny when I
asked about it.

Deano in Cincinnati


It's tough to answer that question without knowing how your plumbing
is laid out. In general, you need to get the braided hose from the DW
to a water source with a threaded connection, such as threaded shut-
off or nipple. This may mean tapping into the water line for the
washing machine with a T, a shut-off and a nipple. It may also mean
you need a longer braided hose than came with the DW.

As far as hooking up the drain, that could be a bigger issue. Again,
no one here knows how your washing machine drain is set up, so it's
real hard to answer that question with any specificity. In any case, I
don't know if the pump on a DW is strong enough to move the waste
water much farther than the length of the supplied hose, and I'd
certainly be suprised if it could lift it higher than the DW if that's
where the top of the washing machine standpipe is. You need to call
the manufacturer on that one.

At the very least you need to describe the current washing machine
waterline and drain in a little more detail before we can offer any
more help.