Connecting dishwasher waste to sink waste

FrankGrimes

A friend needs to install a dishwasher in her apartment and the dishwasher waste will need to connect into the waste outlet under the kitchen sink.

The waste outlet under the kitchen sink has two inlet branches running off it at 45 degree angles, presumably for a washing machine and dishwasher.These branches look to be about 3/4 inches wide.

How do I go about connecting the dishwasher waste outlet to the branch on the sink waste?

Thanks.

flocker

Frank,

your waste pipe should just push over the end of either of the spigots. Their is usually a rubber end on the waste hose that seals as it pushes onto the spigot. Most times this is sufficient, you shouldn't need a hose clip.

Be sure that the end of the spigot is open, sometimes you have to cut the end off. Other times their is a blanking cap fitted inside the spigot which has to be removed. This can be done be by removing the spigot from the trap and remove the cap.

Lex Luthor

I recently had to connect a wash machine in the same manner.

As flocker says, make sure the inlet branch you are connecting to is cleared, you might have to cut off the end with a hack saw.

The dishwasher will come with a waste pipe to fit

TempestSabre

Try to have a bit of a slope downwards on the waste. You don't want water sitting in it.