Replacement integrated dishwasher not going all the way back

[Sheepdisease]

Hello everyone.

Bought a new dishwasher, which fits in the space of the old one horizontally but it doesn't go back far enough. It's very close to being flush but not enough. The difference is around 1.5cm.

Can someone please tell me how to get this fitting properly?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Just use a file and sand paper / Emory cloth to sand it up clean / the Bly copper

You’ve still got a bit of elbow on the pipe btw

A good 8” should be / have no water

 

[Sheepdisease]

Just use a file and sand paper / Emory cloth to sand it up clean / the Bly copper

You’ve still got a bit of elbow on the pipe btw

A good 8” should be / have no water

Thank you for your reply. After I couldn't get at the pipe any more with the angle grinder, I got out my old Dremel. I've checked and you were absolutely right about how much pipe is available. I'm impressed you could eyeball that.

So if I sucked out 30c / 12 inches of water, that should be more than enough.

By this stage I am tempted to go with a compression fitting. I really don't want to, but at the same time I want to get water back in the house.

 

[Sheepdisease]

My concerns are that the problem now will be all the heat will be drawn into the surrounding concrete and/or I'm still going to have problems with moisture somehow.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Upto you the top layer of concrete will be soft so if you do need a bit you should be able to chip this up easily

That’s upto you tbh also don’t forget to reem the pipe eg internal burr

Also don’t forget to clean the fittings internally so shiny

 

[Sheepdisease]

Upto you the top layer of concrete will be soft so if you do need a bit you should be able to chip this up easily

That’s upto you tbh also don’t forget to reem the pipe eg internal burr

Also don’t forget to clean the fittings internally so shiny

Thank you for all your advice.

I'm going to leave it and let someone else deal with it tomorrow (hopefully). I shook the pipes and strangely I could hear there is still water higher up somehow. I tried blowing and sucking on the end of the pipe and it wouldn't shift.

It's doing my head in.

I'm still left with the question, how the heck can an elbow disintegrate like this? This was a new one yesterday. The pipe was new too.

Is this really what steam can do when heating up the elbow and soldering or is something else the cause?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Yes too much heat and steam / pressure can pop a hole in

 

[Sheepdisease]

It's so frustrating, I know exactly what I want.

 

[Sheepdisease]

After a lot of work, this is the end result.