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I’m having a new fridge delivered from Best Buy on the 23rd in my new house. Problem is, I have a copper water line that was left by the previous owner, and Best Buy says that the installation people won’t install to a copper water line. So, I’m going to replace it with a plastic line.

The thing is, the line runs behind the dishwasher. This dishwasher was what looks like a "home grown" install. It looks like it’s directly sitting on the subfloor, and sits about 1.5 inches below the nice, expensive tile floor in front of it. It has cutouts where the feet sit.

Compounding this, is that there is a 1.5 inch gap between the top of the dishwasher and the underside of the granite countertop. I have no idea how to fix this and it’s driving me crazy. My boyfriend just wants to pull the unit out to run the water line, and not worry at all about this gap. I want the gap gone. Can I even attach it to the counter after we pull it out?

The only solution to the water line issue we’ve thought of is to pull out the copper line, pull out the dishwasher to route the new water line (using little plastic pads called "moving men" to keep from scratching the floor), and then re-install the dishwasher.

This is our first home. He’s an engineer, I’m a nursing student. I’m a bit handy, but he won’t let me do anything on my own because he thinks I’ll mess it up.

ahhhhhhh

Help!!! How hard is it to fix the water line (I already have a kit), and fix the gap under the counter, too?

Thanks.
Depends on your water, but I have never liked the plastic pipe for my fridge. I put in a copper one and everything is much better. They are not that hard to attach. If you could disconnect the dishwasher, you could hook the water line up.

Yeah, we’re figuring that we have to do that at least…just to get the dishwasher out to route the line. We think the copper line there currently is crimped because it’s been a bitch to pull out.

It’s not the actual hooking up that I’m worried about–it’s the damned dishwasher!

Can I raise it up? Are the little feet adjustible?
The feet on the bottom of the dishwasher will adjust – not to 1 1/2 inches though. You may need to fab up some taller feet or put in some sort of filler under the dishwasher to raise it that much.

Most dishwashers have little tabs at the top that are meant to be screwed into the bottom of the countertop (they usually screw into wood duh?) to keep the dishwasher from tipping out when bottom rack is pulled all the way out of the case. If there is a wooden support to your granite countertops you should be able to secure the top of the dishwasher to them to keep the gap tidy and prevent the dishwasher from sliding around in the opening after you have shimmed it to the correct height.
If you pull the dishwaher out you should be able to nail down some 2×4 strips or a couple 1×4’s stacked to the subfloor it used to sit on. That should raise it about the 1.5" you need and eliminate the gap between it and the counter. To attach it you can screw it into the granite, use liquid nails to glue it or use liquid nails to glue a wooden strip to the underside of the counter and screw it into the wood. There may also be a way to attach it using brackets on the sides. As for the fridge I’d try to keep the copper line. Best Buy won’t install the copper because their installers know nothing about plumbing and don’t want to be responsible for any leaks or incorrect installation. If you want to do it yourself with the copper get a compression fitting and that should take care of it.

I concur

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