This follows from the Son’s Kitchen #2 post. On the picture is the cold water feed for the washing machine. Can I somehow piggy back on to that to provide a cold feed for the dishwasher? Some sort of T junction or adaptor?
Son’s Kitchen #3 Dishwasher part 2: cold water feed
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Yep.
You can either cut the copper pipe and add an additional outlet with it's own isolation valve.
OR
Add a splitter onto the existing outlet:
Turn off the valve, remove the inlet hose, attach something like this:
Then attach both inlet hoses.
Turn the valve back on.
You can either cut the copper pipe and add an additional outlet with it's own isolation valve.
OR
Add a splitter onto the existing outlet:
Turn off the valve, remove the inlet hose, attach something like this:
Then attach both inlet hoses.
Turn the valve back on.
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The downside to option 2 is that if you have to remove the washing machine for a few days to replace it or something, you'll also have to have the dishwasher turned off at that single isolation valve.
Plumbing can be easier than you think. There are easier methods, such as pushfit, and you'll probably find with a few YouTube videos, you'd actually do a better job than that existing old pipe you've got on the wall there
I'm an IT guy. I replaced all my plumbing under my sink once, knowing nothing about plumbing, and whilst it's by no means perfect, doing a job that is reasonable and good enough is totally possible for anyone.
Doing a really good job with proper solder joints is where the pro's earn their money, and they do it FAST!
You can see how I had a couple of appliance isolation valves on there (as well as two feeds for taps). I used Yorkshire fittings above, but pushfit would have been even easier.
Also, I noticed a couple of other things on your other photo.
1 - there's a hot valve lying on the floor connected to a white pushfit pipe. Is that actually connected to anything? Possibly could be removed, eliminating some pipe work/joints.
2 - There's a capped off pushfit valve on the wall, connected to a equal-t joint. That equal-T could be replaced with an 90 degree elbow, eliminating that bit of extra pushfit dangling there.
Plumbing can be easier than you think. There are easier methods, such as pushfit, and you'll probably find with a few YouTube videos, you'd actually do a better job than that existing old pipe you've got on the wall there
I'm an IT guy. I replaced all my plumbing under my sink once, knowing nothing about plumbing, and whilst it's by no means perfect, doing a job that is reasonable and good enough is totally possible for anyone.
Doing a really good job with proper solder joints is where the pro's earn their money, and they do it FAST!
You can see how I had a couple of appliance isolation valves on there (as well as two feeds for taps). I used Yorkshire fittings above, but pushfit would have been even easier.
Also, I noticed a couple of other things on your other photo.
1 - there's a hot valve lying on the floor connected to a white pushfit pipe. Is that actually connected to anything? Possibly could be removed, eliminating some pipe work/joints.
2 - There's a capped off pushfit valve on the wall, connected to a equal-t joint. That equal-T could be replaced with an 90 degree elbow, eliminating that bit of extra pushfit dangling there.
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Thanks again gsf600y. Your pipework is impressive! Like you I am a (retired) IT person, but unlike you I regard water as the most terrifying substance known to man and the idea of cutting and manipulating pipes fills me with dread, even if it involves something as friendly-sounding as 'pushfit'.
I don't understand why disconnecting the washing machine (after fitting the splitter) would put the dishwasher out of service for days. Couldn't I just put a screwcap on the branch that feeds the washing machine?
To answer your questions:
1. I'll have to check what's at the other end of that hot valve. Presumably it fed an earlier appliance. Possibly the person who disconnect that appliance did not have the competence to remove the hot feed.
2. Agree that redundant piece of pushfit should not be there.
I don't understand why disconnecting the washing machine (after fitting the splitter) would put the dishwasher out of service for days. Couldn't I just put a screwcap on the branch that feeds the washing machine?
To answer your questions:
1. I'll have to check what's at the other end of that hot valve. Presumably it fed an earlier appliance. Possibly the person who disconnect that appliance did not have the competence to remove the hot feed.
2. Agree that redundant piece of pushfit should not be there.
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Hi, yep, totally, if you can cap off side of that splitter, you can carry on using the other.
And yep, I know exactly what you mean - doing your own plumbing does leave you with a slight permanent worry about the quality of your work!
Having said that, looking at the quality of a professional I've had in recently leaves me with even more worry than my own work
And yep, I know exactly what you mean - doing your own plumbing does leave you with a slight permanent worry about the quality of your work!
Having said that, looking at the quality of a professional I've had in recently leaves me with even more worry than my own work
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