Garbage Disposal Dishwasher Backflow

You could wash your dishes by hand.

Garbage disposal dishwasher backflow.

Fill the kitchen sink with very hot water then remove the sink stopper and run the disposal to flush out debris. Many dishwashers discharge drain water through the garbage disposal in the adjacent kitchen sink. Water follows gravity and the loop prevents backflow. Again make sure you have as much drain line slack as you can get and strap the drain hose up high beneath the sink.

Really what can. What can i do. Keep the garbage disposal clear. The reason for the loop is so water draining from the kitchen sink cannot drain back into the dishwasher.

The drain hose starts at the bottom of the dishwasher and loops up to a higher point than the kitchen sink drain and then comes down to connect to either the kitchen sink drain or the garbage disposal. A high loop is a method of backflow prevention where the drain line runs from the dishwasher to the highest point beneath the sink. Without some type of backflow prevention dirty water from a clogged sink drain can flow backward through the drain and contaminate the dishwasher. Hose clamps are sufficient for connecting the dishwasher s drainage line right into the garbage disposal.

For connecting the high loop to the garbage disposal the process is similar. The loop is affixed to the underside of the counter with a bracket then drains down into the garbage disposal or sink drain. That s what the dishwasher is for. Dishwashers and sinks usually connect to the same drain.