ᐅ Did you install a dedicated water connection for the dishwasher?

I am curious whether you prepared a separate wastewater and water supply line for your dishwasher during the shell construction phase.

My dishwasher is planned to be installed roughly in the middle of the wall on the left side when looking at the room from the front. The sink is located in the center (still freestanding in the room) along the same wall.

So, is it better to install these lines directly in the floor before the screed and other layers go on? Because either way, I have to extend the connection there. Having it exposed on the surface, however, is more maintenance-friendly.

How much space is there between the sink and the dishwasher? And what does the installation plan from the kitchen studio say?

In general, it can make sense to have a separate connection for the dishwasher, for example if it is installed at a higher level in a tall cabinet unit.

HilfeHilfe schrieb:

Nope

That simple

kbt09 schrieb:

How much space is there between the sink and the dishwasher? And what does the installation plan from the kitchen design studio say?

Generally, it can make sense to have a separate connection for the dishwasher, for example if it is installed higher up in the tall cabinet wall or something like that.

The dishwasher is installed higher up. The base cabinets will be extended anyway from the sink side. That would leave about 1.1m (3.6 ft) of space in between. It’s a tight area with a U-shaped kitchen...

If you subtract 5cm (2 inches) on the left for the exposed drain pipes, that leaves about 1.05m (3.4 ft). The same should probably be done on the right as well, otherwise it looks odd.

Drilling holes straight through the beams for the drain pipes would be problematic, and there isn’t much more space on the floor due to the slope. It would have to be chiselled open...

Uh ... what do you mean by surface-mounted?
Is the 110 cm (43 inches) a straight run? Normally, this should be possible without an additional water connection. Run the dishwasher hoses in the plinth/base cabinet area to the sink cabinet and connect there using an angle valve.

kbt09 schrieb:

Uh ... what does surface-mounted mean?
Is the 110cm (43 inches) a straight run? That should usually be possible without an extra water connection. Dishwasher hoses can be routed in the plinth/baseboard to the sink cabinet and connected there with an angle valve.

The kitchen installer gave me these three options:

Reduce each side by 5cm (2 inches) and run the waste pipe surface-mounted along the wall with a 0.8% slope. The water pipes can be routed along the baseboards.

The second option would be, as I described, to install everything flush-mounted/in the floor/in the wall and only prepare the connections.

The third option is to not prepare anything and not reduce 5cm (2 inches) on each side; then the cabinet would have to be cut for the pipe penetration. However, this would look really bad—even if you don’t see it, you know this solution is more of an emergency fix.