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Check and renew the dishwasher's hoses

With the power and water off, look over the supply line and the drain hose, and swap a worn supply line for a braided one.

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Unplug the dishwasher under the sink, or switch off its breaker. Then turn its valve under the sink clockwise until it stops.
Keep the power off until you've finished.
Unscrew the panel along the bottom of the front and set it aside. Put a towel and a shallow pan on the floor.
Leave the small metal box where the power cable goes in closed.
Follow the thin water line from the valve to where it joins the machine at the front. Bulges, rust, kinks or a drip mean it's time for a new one.
Under the sink, the wider ribbed hose should loop up high before it joins the drain or the disposal. Look for cracks, a loose clamp or a sag.
Unscrew the line's nut at the machine, then at the valve, letting the water run into the pan.
Hold the fitting on the machine still with a second wrench, so it doesn't twist.
Screw a new braided dishwasher line on at both ends by hand until it's snug, then a quarter turn more with a wrench.
Too tight cracks the fitting.
Open the valve slowly, switch the power back on and run a short cycle. Wipe each nut with a dry paper towel: damp means snug it a little more. Then refit the kick plate.
A cracked or leaking drain hose, a valve that drips or won't close, a nut that still leaks, or a line you can't reach from the front: close the valve and ask Handyman for a plumber.

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