How to Check your Dishwasher for Leaks
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How to Check your Dishwasher for Leaks
Hans Vatter: Hi, I am Hans Vatter and in this clip we are going to be connecting the water line, leveling the dishwasher and we are going to be checking for leaks. Let us get started.
Now we are back to hooking up the waterline and you look at the bottom of the solenoid valve where we have put the brass connector, our adaptor that goes to the flexible waterline.
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Hans Vatter: Hi, I am Hans Vatter and in this clip we are going to be connecting the water line, leveling the dishwasher and we are going to be checking for leaks. Let us get started.
Now we are back to hooking up the waterline and you look at the bottom of the solenoid valve where we have put the brass connector, our adaptor that goes to the flexible waterline. It is going to be a little bit hard to show actually, hooking it up, but we will give it a try and see what we can do. We are going to take the remember, it's a rubber coated, there is a rubber washer inside of this compression fitting so we don't have to over tighten it. We are going to bend that water line around and hook it on to the adaptor. Okay, we have got the line finished up and next we are going to level out the dishwasher.
Now when you go to level the dishwasher you are going to have to get to the installation guide and see what kind of tool they recommend to use to adjust the feet, to raise the dishwasher up or down as required. Once you do get it level, we are going to go ahead and raise the whole dishwasher up using the adjusting legs to get it to where it's within a quarter of an inch up here along the edge of the countertop and that's just for our statics.
You can put it at whatever height you like. Now at this point we are ready to actually level the dishwasher. We are going to start by opening the door and we are going to remove the lower basket from the dishwasher. You are going to level the dishwasher from side to side and you can set it right on the door, that looks pretty good.
Now we are going to level it side to side also and you just put the level right on top of where the rack was. Now that shows that the back end has to come up, maybe a quarter of an inch or so. Now we are going to go back under the dishwasher and we are going to adjust the legs, the feet as we showed you in a previous clip.
Now that we have the dishwasher level and we have raised it up to the proper distance from the countertop we are going to secure the tabs to the bottom of the countertop. To do that we are going to open the dishwasher and we will locate the tabs in the installation package the manufacturers supplied two half inch screws.
Now if they did not come in your dishwasher you can just go to any hardware store and get some course thread, half inch screws. Phillips driver is a lot easier to put in. You can use your electric drill by putting on the screw and then you can reach up in here and then screw this, screw it to the top without fear of going through the top of the countertop. We will drill both of them and we are done. Now we can close up the dishwasher and install the access panel.
Okay, now we are ready to put the access covers back on the bottom of the dishwasher. This is simply the same thing as where we took them off. I am going to line up the holes. That completes the installation of the access covers. Next, we will turn on the power and the water. We have run the dishwasher, we have checked for leaks under the sink, we are satisfied that nothing is leaking and remember, I am Hans Vatter and I am the Handyman extraordinaire. Thanks for watching.
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Mission Complete! by doitmyselfer at 04/06/11 02:47AM Flag
Thanks to the man in this video i was able to complete this project in less than three hours! from ZERO knowledge on this subject to dishwasher removal & installation in one evening? I consider that awesome. Although i have a ton of tools and am very good with my hands and DIY things, with this set of videos, I feel anyone who is willing to give it an honest try can get it done! plus the guy in this video is a big bear! yum :) thanks Monkeysee
Confused by IdahoGirl at 11/21/10 03:20PM Flag
We watched this series to help us install a dishwasher. However, this segment was confusing. It shows you starting to install the water line and in the next scene you're drenched. What happened and more important, how did you fix it? My husband is drenched too, so we're looking for help. Thanks for the video!
Diswasher by teenie772003 at 10/06/10 01:54PM Flag
Great stuff. I am a female, never did this before and you make it look so easy. I disconnected it myself. Started to connect the new one. Havent finished yet, but with your help I think I can. I am having a bit of trouble however connecting my silver hose thing to the diswasher its like it doesnt fit.. Maybe I need an adapter or something :0
DISHWASHER INSTALLATION by SMSHCT at 07/24/10 08:14AM Flag
HANS, very well presented...clear & direct...I now have confidence to give it a go...thanks
Great demo by rigsbyjan at 04/17/10 02:59AM Flag
I was hoping it might be this easy, Loewe's wanted $99 to install. Great video, clear explanation, thank you!
Checking for leaks by MikeW at 01/09/10 07:56PM Flag
I'll be the first to admit I'm a little slow, and I do have ADD. but I don't remember you showing how to check for leaks, unless I'm looking at a miss labeled video. You showed how to hook up pressure line and level, and put some screws in.. Ok where does the checking for leaks come in? Like turning it on and looking under sink, under dishwasher, around seal, drain. I didn't see any of that. Maybe I fell asleep when you where showing it.. You look pretty wet though. So I'm guessing something was
Great Video by elevenbyu at 05/12/09 07:15PM Flag
This is one of the most Easy to follow and instructional video i have seen for DIYer. He did a great job giving extra cautions for things DIYer might miss. Great Teacher. Whats next?
Hans Vatter You Rock! by axl_rose at 04/15/09 02:07PM Flag
Thanks! I watched these videos and then went and removed my dishwasher with out paying someone to come do it!
Wow by bnolan at 11/30/08 12:12AM Flag
First time on the MonkeySee. Awesome stuff for someone to be able to see in such simple steps how to put in the dishwasher. I'll be back time and again.
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