Is kitchen fitter responsible for dishwasher leak 6 months after installation?

Alfrescodave

Was the dishwasher installed first and then the adjacent unit /cooker fitted? or was the dishwasher fitted after the unit/cooker? If after then the fitter would have left sufficient pipe for the dishwasher to be removed by opening the dishwasher door and pulling the whole unit.  Taking care not to scratch the floor panels.

Jennifer83

Alfrescodave said:

Was the dishwasher installed first and then the adjacent unit /cooker fitted? or was the dishwasher fitted after the unit/cooker? If after then the fitter would have left sufficient pipe for the dishwasher to be removed by opening the dishwasher door and pulling the whole unit.  Taking care not to scratch the floor panels.

Oh thanks - good question. The cooker was already there.

Boohoo

Jennifer83 said:

rach_k said:

Is there absolutely no way to move the dishwasher forward yourself?  Does that bottom panel pop off and give you a little more wiggle room?

Thanks for the good suggestion. I hadn't thought about this...had an investigate but that panel's completely attached and won't move. Thank you though!

Another idea is if the dishwasher will not move you could borrow or buy an inspection camera which has a flexible camera/lens on the end and shove it underneath the dishwasher(if it will fit) or under the cooker and have llok to see if you can trace it that way.
If you have a mobile with a camera on it you could see if that could see under the cooker, you have to get a torch to light up the underneath but that may work. Can you get to the underneath of the sink and see if anything is wet. 

frogglet

The dishwasher should pull out. Might need a bit of brute force at first as the floor will have swollen. . You need to switch it off first at the mains.
I suspect its's the inlet hose possibly come loose when its been pushed into place.

Aspiration

twopenny said:

Maybe just me but with such a lovely kitchen, unless you can gauge where the leak is, I'd ask the kitchen fitter to come back and have a look.

He knows how he fitted everything and can explore with relative ease and the least damage. He won't want to spoil his work. It will cost of course but waiting may cause more damage and end up costing more.

Great advice!