I’m glad that I didn’t hurry to finish the dishwasher installation because it’s not working out. 🙁 I can run two to three loads without problem and then the next two or three leak like a sieve. Everything’s fine when I’m running the dishwasher at sink height, so the problem isn’t the machine. I should, in theory, be able to run it at the height I have been, but it’s just not working reliably.
My options are:
1) Stick with the undercounter installation, but waterproof the area and direct the spillage to a container;
2) Install the dishwasher on the counter, next to the stove. This would still give me half the countertop for cooking and eventually eating at and would cover the two holes. The big con to this is that I would be partially blocking the window. I’m not sure yet if that’s really a problem. I also don’t like the idea of screwing anything into the counter top, but I would have to to secure the unit;
3) Give up on the dishwasher. If I do that, I’ve decided that I am also going to give up on cooking. I am not joking. I’ve had a lot of thought about this in the past few months. I think I would be easier to stick with very simple no-cook things like sandwiches and fruit and go out for the odd ‘nice’ meal. This is something I’ve struggled with for years; I love to eat, but cooking and cleanup time feel like such a waste to me. Giving up cooking would greatly simplify my life. Moreover, I’m making more and more of my income from this computer; eating out a few times a week would give me an excuse to go out.
For now, I’m test driving options 2 and 3 and feel that I could probably live off a diet of peanut butter sandwiches and sweet juicy oranges. 🙂
Just a suggestion….. Drill a hole through the floor and stick the hose down it. Run the dishwasher. It it works draining straight down you then have two choices. 1) let the dish water run onto the ground and feed the plants and grass or, 2) buy a container to shove under the drain to catch the water and dump it somewhere. My preferred method would be “1”.
I don’t like the idea of drilling a hole into my floor, not with all the systems that are located in that area…
Plus, I’m not sure this would even work. Water goes into the dishwasher through a hose and comes out through another. I’m worried that if I mess with the plumbing water would try to come out of the hose the water is supposed to come into.
Not a bad idea, actually, but the logistics are daunting and I’m pretty sure the RV parks at which I’ll be using the dishwasher will give me grief for running the water directly into the ground.
Any chance that soap suds are building in your greywater tank..and if you have a vent in that tank..mabey the suds are blocking it? then the hose to the tank backs up?? try a soap that has no suds..see if that works..just a thought..
No chance of soap suds, I don’t use soap at all. Everything else is draining fine and I just did five loads in a row for testing purposes with the dishwasher on the counter and it’s fine, so the installation is definitely the culprit.
Rae, I have a Danby just like yours, and I have built it in, just under the counter. The drain is tied into my sink drain at the lowest point that I could. It does not leak.
Where does it leak? From the door seal, or the back?
I did find out that once, on the last drain, mine didn’t drain all the way. It did leak the next time I used it. So I set it to drain one more time, so it was not filling while there is already water in it. That might be your problem.
Dishwasher soap is not sudsy, it is not like dishwashing liquid, so there should be no problem with that. I prefer the gel type.
That is such a shame that it isn’t working right for you. Having it on the counter is a blasted nuisance, and I just wouldn’t have any work space at all if I did that.
I hope that you can find a good solution.
Happy Trails, Penny, TX
Penny, it’s leaking from the front, where the door is. I’m pretty sure that I’m having the problem you describe–that there are some cycles where it’s not draining completely. How do you set it to just drain without filling???
My model doesn’t have a place to put ‘Jet Dry’ and I’ve discovered that if I mix some Jet Dry and some powder I get sparkling clean dishes. Not sure how valid this experiment of mine is, but it’s working for me. 🙂
I think that it would be okay on the far part of the counter next to the stove except for the fact that securing it is going to be a nightmare.
How did you hook up the hose that supplies water? I have another option to consider as there is a utility space under my stove through which I could possibly route hoses to the water intake and drain. Possibly…
I have one more option
I am no longer FTing since my DH got sick and died, now in our winter cabin in TX , so mine is plumbed differently than yours.
I think it is to do with the drain, Rae.
I think I need some sort of ‘back-flow preventer’ on mine, as I noticed that if I don’t run my disposal (as mine is drained through it) when there are some bits clogging the holes in the disposal, that some water will come up into my dishwasher. I might have been better not running it up to the disposal, and should have cut into the drain farther down. But it is the dishwasher that is supposed to keep your disposal clean.
Mine does have the Jet-Dry place.
To drain it before running it, I set it on the last part of ‘Prewash’.
I tied the water in with a double shut-off valve for the hot water to the sink faucet, so that if I have any trouble, I can just cut off the hot water to the dishwasher.
I hope this helps. By the way, I bought mine used, too. Happy Trails, Penny, TX
Penny, that’s all super helpful and gives me an idea of how I could potentially hook up the dishwasher permanently. It’ll depend on hose length and if I trust my plumbing skills enough to cut into the current lines. 🙂
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