Hi everyone.
I have a dishwasher drain hookup that is being repaired on Friday.
The original drain hookup was a dishwasher hose attached to another rubber dishwasher discharge hose with a nylon union in between with hose clamps holding it together and sealing the two, but after almost 8 years, the dishwasher manufacturer hose broke and the seal at the union was lost therefore leaking.
SO:
Called a plumber in. He tried to fix it and obviously it was a no go because he was generally there just to see the problem and give me a day when one of his guys could come and fix it.
My question is this.
He said that the best way to drain the dishwasher (because of where the dishwasher drain hose comes through in the basement under the kitchen floor) would be to tie it directly into a 3" abs drain pipe near the discharge hose and eliminate the long run of the original drainage and the union in between the two hoses where the leak was.
His idea is in the picture attachment i have here. ( See attached flie drawing png.)
So the other plumber i talked too said it wasn't a good idea because of burning up the pump on the dishwasher. Well, it only has a few years left in it and I'm not too concerened about that, my concern was about the drain having no trap in it. Is this an issue or is it ok?
I have a dishwasher drain hookup that is being repaired on Friday.
The original drain hookup was a dishwasher hose attached to another rubber dishwasher discharge hose with a nylon union in between with hose clamps holding it together and sealing the two, but after almost 8 years, the dishwasher manufacturer hose broke and the seal at the union was lost therefore leaking.
SO:
Called a plumber in. He tried to fix it and obviously it was a no go because he was generally there just to see the problem and give me a day when one of his guys could come and fix it.
My question is this.
He said that the best way to drain the dishwasher (because of where the dishwasher drain hose comes through in the basement under the kitchen floor) would be to tie it directly into a 3" abs drain pipe near the discharge hose and eliminate the long run of the original drainage and the union in between the two hoses where the leak was.
His idea is in the picture attachment i have here. ( See attached flie drawing png.)
So the other plumber i talked too said it wasn't a good idea because of burning up the pump on the dishwasher. Well, it only has a few years left in it and I'm not too concerened about that, my concern was about the drain having no trap in it. Is this an issue or is it ok?
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