The installation of the new dishwasher is the reverse of removing the old one with a few extra steps to ensure a leak proof and secure job You should also check the hot and cold water isolators to make sure that they have been upgraded and have built in check vales installed. Current building regulations require a check valve so that foul water cannot be accidentally sucked back into the clean water supply which you will drink from: continue

There are several steps to removing and installing a fully integrated dishwasher:

1. Make sure that the type of appliance you are purchasing is the same dimension as that you are removing!
2. Check to see if the old dishwasher uses hot and cold water feeds as most ‘A’ Rated appliances use only a cold water feed. You may require a Y-adapter if one is not included with the new appliance.
3. If the kitchen has a plinth beneath the cabinets remove it at this stage. continue

Date: Oct 2008

Description: Our client wanted to install a slimline dishwasher in their kitchen. With little room for adding units it was decided to remove the wide unit and replace it with the narrow unit thus leaving just enough room for the dishwasher. After some careful curring and placement the units was ready to fit. The plumbing and electrical were modified to suit and the unit was running within a few hours. continue

So, I am under a house installing a boiler for a customer and I see this! What is it you ask? What’s black and white and brown all over? continue

We see more and more of these types of jobs as more and more people are convinced by more and more advertisers that they can create a kitchen the size of Taj Mahal out of a 2 x 2 metre room. Unfortunately for the homeowner we are always the one who has to tell them that… continue

Here is another example of somebody who accidentally hired a “cowboy kitchen fitter” to put in some appliances and base cabinets. They clearly didn’t know what they were doing in any way, shape or form! We were contacted and when we viewed the job the dishwasher fell out of it’s slot! In every way it was fit wrong including the integrated door. The plumbing pipework should have been moved as the dishwasher was too deep to fit and the dishwasher was hooked up to the HOT water and not the cold as it should have been. The cowboy actually cut into the hot water pipe to create the improper hookup! All the base units were installed wrong and NONE were level, plumb or square! We had to loosen, level, make plumb, adjust, jiggle and manouver every cabinet and appliance in order to make everything mate up. The countertop is now level from end-to-end and the appliances work without leaking. We did find electrical problems so will have to return shortly. The cowboy fitter attached all three appliances and an existing boiler to a new spur (using flexi cord!) which he ran from an existing spur which was already running from a previous spur. Eveytime the washer starts up the MCB blows! We’ll extend the ring main when we find it and test all of our work and then issue a certificate for our work.

“Don’t hire cowboys!” Check there credentials with CORGI, NIC EIC, or better yet get references! If there price seems stupidly low or high just say no. The three cowboy fitters didn’t have a clue about plumbing, electrics, kitchen fitting or even the basic skills required level and set a single cabinet.

Date: October 2007

Description: We were asked to remove a lower kitchen cabinet and install a fully integrated dishwasher into the space. We managed to snake a new cable behind the tile work so we could add a new power socket, we added a cold water feed and a connection for the drain. After removing the plinth and cupboard we installed, levelled and installed the dishwasher and final connections. Everything was tested and the door was installed and even we couldn’t tell that any work had been done. continue