tnichols
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The installers came to install my new GE dishwasher and they said they would not do it. I have a very small kitchen. A quick description of the layout is: (from left to right) a walk way, 18" dishwasher space, range, corner cabinet and sink. They said they would not run the drain line behind a range! There is enough room. They just didn't like it behind the range.
So now what do I do? It looks like I will have to put in my own drain pipe down to the basement. There is no room to the left of the dishwasher as it is the end of the cabinet run. To the right of the dishwasher I only have 2.5" of a filler. Then the range. I could dill a hole in the floor, but there is a requirement of the drain hose has to go up first 32" before it goes down. I don't know how I will get this done in 2.5" filler/spacer cabinet. Behind is a outside concrete wall, so that is not a good place to put a pipe.
Is there some restriction that a drain hose can not go behind a range? Do I need to get different installers? Even if I get a drain pipe installed in the 2.5" filler, how would they connect it as there would be no access to it once they push the dishwasher in the cabinet?
So now what do I do? It looks like I will have to put in my own drain pipe down to the basement. There is no room to the left of the dishwasher as it is the end of the cabinet run. To the right of the dishwasher I only have 2.5" of a filler. Then the range. I could dill a hole in the floor, but there is a requirement of the drain hose has to go up first 32" before it goes down. I don't know how I will get this done in 2.5" filler/spacer cabinet. Behind is a outside concrete wall, so that is not a good place to put a pipe.
Is there some restriction that a drain hose can not go behind a range? Do I need to get different installers? Even if I get a drain pipe installed in the 2.5" filler, how would they connect it as there would be no access to it once they push the dishwasher in the cabinet?
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