Plumbing in a washing machine

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Idiot that I am, I forgot to purchase the plumbing installation bit for an extra £20 from John Lewis. Been on the phone this morning, and they can't send anyone from the store for 8 days. I was saving washing up for my shiny new machine as well, so I have piles. New baby is here soon, and I'm nesting overdrive.

Has anyone attempted this themselves? I'm guessing just hiring a local plumber is going to cost a lot more than £20?

I had John Lewis do mine last week. I ordered online ad their website had a pitch so it didn't tell me about installation or that it'd cost. It's £25 but the delivery guys can do it if you agree to that. I rang themto complain about website problem and they refunded it! :)
I don't think it's that hard but with a no-diy dh and a big pg belly we decided it was best to pay a man! :)

It's dead easy to plumb in a washing machine. All it is is attaching the inlet hose to the pipe with the blue tap then turn tap on, then put the outlet pipe into the drain pipe. If your belly is going to get in the way, just wait for your other half to get home and he'll do it in a couple of minutes.

Rilly, its easy? Just been on the phone to a plumber we've used before who has been v reasonable, and he quoted £50 - blathering on about hot and cold inlets, and limescale filters. Hmm, bartered him down to £40, and he can do Good Friday, but still if DH can do for free......

TheVisitor is right, it's really that easy.

The toughest part is pushing the machine back into place.

but get DH to do that, don't want to have you birthing all over the kitchen floor

It really is very easy, especially if there was one there before. The new washer is most likely cold fill only, so only 2 pipes to hook up. Just make sure the waste pipe is higher than the waste pipe for the sink so the waste water from the sink doesn't flow into the washer

I am not the most handy person and have done it myself twice. You just have to screw the water feed in and then pop the wast in the waste pipe. The difficult bit is moving it. They are bloody heavy things and as I am 7 months pregnant know that it is the last thing you should be doing. I would get you DH to try before paying someone.

I bet someone will have done a instructional video on you tube, maybe try looking on there.

Good luck.

Here is one

www.youtube.com/watchv=Bb9UTcqAeqo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Thanks all. We have just attempted doing it - but there appears to be something missing either from the waste pipe at the bottom of the sink OR from the end of the flexible waste pipe coming out of the machine. It needs an adapter, nut and hose clip (according to the booklet) so it fits on snugly, but I can't work out whether this should have been supplied, or we need to buy separately. Will call Miele in the am.
DH now in a huge strop - prob was worth £50 to avoid that :(

Hose clip - Jubilee click which cost pence from your local hardware store. I take it that yours is going to have the waste pipe attached to the sink U bend rather than its own pipe?

Hey - yes, the old one fed into its own offshoot bit of the sink u-bend.

The washing machine waste hose end is a lot smaller than the current opening of sink waste pipe, so we need to marry them up first, then I think clip with the jubilee clip.

Try Wickes or B & Q for an adaptor. Still be cheaper than someone coming and doing it for you, who no doubt will have to go out and get the same bits.

Barter,barter, the name of the game