Hi all,we're *thinking* (nothing set in stone yet) of getting a dishwasher. Which is causing some headache as to location ... we have a long, relatively narrow kitchen, where the sink is against the external window. The waste passes through the wall to an external drain.Ideally we'll like to put the dishwasher to the LHS of the kitchen, looking at the window. The problem is how to route the waste pipe (a) sensibly, and (b) aesthetically (ideally out of sight)There's some ASCII art at the bottom of this post.For some reason I can't explain, I don't think trying to pass the waste pipe under the floorboards is a good idea. Leaving as an alternative, having to pass them along the back wall, into the porch for a run then out of the porch to join up with the sink waste ... which really isn't going to please the Mrs.Otherwise we'd have to go for plan B which is to site the dishwasher on the RHS, which would allow a run to be constructed behind the units out of sight. Accessing the water could be trickier, as I would have to run from the pipes feeding the sink, whereas on the LHS there's a cupboard where the old boiler used to be, and therefore has a cold water pipe available.Anyone any suggestions/comments ?Outside | |drain--------------------------------------------- | ^ | PORCH | SINK --WWWW-- | | | | |---------- || | | ||111111111 22222222|| || || KITCHEN || |----------- Pwater pipes1=preferred location2=2nd preferred locationW=waste pipe to drain

Presumably there are a run of kitchen base units from locations 1 and2 to the sink, so just run an extra long drain hose behind them to thesink area and plumb it into the waste system there.

Passing waste pipe through kitchen ?

Oct 14, 2011 21 Replies

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The Other Mike 14 years ago

If Hotpoint design their dishwashers with the same care and attention they use for their fridge freezers then you'd be better off washing your dishes in the toaster and browning your toast in the dishwasher.

A Hotpoint oven, on full blast, keeps food at a lower temperature than the fridge compartment on a 'frost free' Hotpoint fridge freezer.

'Frost free' being yet another Hotpoint lie.

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S Viemeister 14 years ago

I guess I've been very lucky. I've had a freezer and a frost-free larder fridge from Hotpoint since

1998 - they've been fine, as has the Hotpoint dishwasher, from 2000. The Hotpoint dual-fuel cooker is only 2 or 3 years old, but has been fine so far.

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