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Easy if you're a plumber I guess, but if you have no plumbing knowledge?

Its a Bosch, nearly ten years old I think, its door won't shut, so it needs to be removed.

They're a few videos that supposedly explain how to do it, but none for countertop dishwashers. I only saw one mention what you should do about the open wastepipe tube. Should you really put silicone in it? What happens when you want to put a new dishwasher in?

(If anyone has a good demo video, please share, as I can't post links)

These are my connections. Any tips?

I assume you unplug the dishwasher, sponge out the water in the machine's filter etc, detach the grey pipe in the first pic into a bucket, then the black pipe at the bottom of the third pic. The fill in the grey wastepipe tube? (How?)

Then I can run my water taps and I won't flood my house?

Btw, can you guess why the original fitter wrapped the wastepipe round that beam in the second pic? It meant there was no slack so I could never move the flipping thing.

Thanks.
 

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Yes you have the right ideas.
Turn the blue tap off then remove the black hose. I would then put a 3/4” brass cap, with a rubber washer, in place of the hose - this is in case the blue tap doesn’t shut off fully or gets accidentally knocked in the future
 

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Where you remove the waste hose from under the sink you also want a blank plug. This is called an appliance waste spigot or appliance waste nozzle. I prefer the type which fit inside as any water pressure makes them tighter and they can’t be forced off, external caps can be forced off if the sink blocks and someone plungers it - but they are pretty good in general use.
You need the right one for your spigot so best to take it with you to a plumbers’ merchant.
You want the blue bit.
 

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