Hi guys, Great forum, just spent an hour reading the posts on here, but I thought I would post my own dilemma...
I have an island sink, with the dishwasher accross from it. The builder of the house put the dishwasher drain rough-in under the floor into the basement, just before the p-trap for the sink. When I installed my dishwasher, I noticed that the standard drain line for the dishwasher was not long enough to reach across, so I purchased another one to extend it and hooked the drain line into this connection. I did not high-loop the drain as I didn't have any room to do it.
The dishwasher did not run properly, as at times water was being syphoned out. I went down in the basement and noticed that the laundry sink was nearby to where the dishwasher is installed, and to my knowledge is properly vented.
I decided I would add a drain under the floor with a p-trap, loop the dishwasher drain line right behind, against the dishwasher, and have it go through the floor into this p-trap, and tie the p-trap off a tee that was used for venting the laundry tub. I have ran it this way, but I still cannot get the dishwasher to drain properly.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Would the easiest way be to run a standpipe from the laundry sink, and have it drain into there? I am very frustrated with this at the moment, and I have a feeling this drainage issue is going to reduce the life of my dishwasher as I can sometimes hear it spending a lot of time trying to drain...
Thanks guys, really appreciate it.
I have an island sink, with the dishwasher accross from it. The builder of the house put the dishwasher drain rough-in under the floor into the basement, just before the p-trap for the sink. When I installed my dishwasher, I noticed that the standard drain line for the dishwasher was not long enough to reach across, so I purchased another one to extend it and hooked the drain line into this connection. I did not high-loop the drain as I didn't have any room to do it.
The dishwasher did not run properly, as at times water was being syphoned out. I went down in the basement and noticed that the laundry sink was nearby to where the dishwasher is installed, and to my knowledge is properly vented.
I decided I would add a drain under the floor with a p-trap, loop the dishwasher drain line right behind, against the dishwasher, and have it go through the floor into this p-trap, and tie the p-trap off a tee that was used for venting the laundry tub. I have ran it this way, but I still cannot get the dishwasher to drain properly.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Would the easiest way be to run a standpipe from the laundry sink, and have it drain into there? I am very frustrated with this at the moment, and I have a feeling this drainage issue is going to reduce the life of my dishwasher as I can sometimes hear it spending a lot of time trying to drain...
Thanks guys, really appreciate it.