remove dead dishwasher; make shelves?

Posted by SteveB on October 6, 2009, 11:30 am

> On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:00:18 -0700 (PDT), Higgs Boson

>>excuse l/c; typing one-handed; broken wrist
>>my dishwasher "died" a few months ago. probably could be revived;
>>problem is that water won't enter.
>>from liitle research i have done, 13-year-old d/w not economical to
>>repair. can't afford good new one and
>>don't wany to buy c**p.
>>2-person household can do nicely w/o d/w.
>>friend said she removed d/w and converted space to drawers
>>i could use shelves; drawers seem very expensive, what with the
>>carpentry.
>>what does group think?
>>tia

> I ditched my dishwasher (that was working) because we never used it.
> Two people do not generate that many dishes, at least we don't. We
> would rather have the space. I lined the inside of the hole with
> plywood stained to match our cabinets and put in "euro" drawer slides
> with flat shelves attached. We didn't want doors but I am guessing I
> could have ordered them from the cabinet manufacturer. (or just
> bought/built something acceptable).
> That worked for years until we renovated the whole kitchen. I still
> don't have a dishwasher.

I have a dishwasher, and could live without it. You have to wash the dishes
before you put them in there, so, what's the point? And besides, SWMBO is a
Nazi when it comes to washing less than a full load, so by the time we wash
dishes, all my favorite coffee cups are in there, as well as all the forks.
What's that? Buy more? Why couldn't we just wash the damn dishes more
often?

BUT, back to the point. I would not miss my dishwasher. In fact, I'm
banned from operating it anyway. I could use the shelves in our cramped
kitchen until our remodel. Yeah, like that's going to happen.

Ditch it and don't look back.

What I'd do, anyway.

BTW, ours wasn't working, and all it took was taking the door apart and
running a wire through the channel where the soap had plugged up. Check
that little float at the bottom, too, as that gets cockeyed or clogged.
After that, you'll figure it out or start making shelves.

Good luck.

Steve

Posted by Jim Yanik on October 6, 2009, 12:06 pm

>> On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:00:18 -0700 (PDT), Higgs Boson

>>>excuse l/c; typing one-handed; broken wrist
>>>my dishwasher "died" a few months ago. probably could be revived;
>>>problem is that water won't enter.
>>>from liitle research i have done, 13-year-old d/w not economical to
>>>repair. can't afford good new one and
>>>don't wany to buy c**p.
>>>2-person household can do nicely w/o d/w.
>>>friend said she removed d/w and converted space to drawers
>>>i could use shelves; drawers seem very expensive, what with the
>>>carpentry.
>>>what does group think?
>>>tia

>> I ditched my dishwasher (that was working) because we never used it.
>> Two people do not generate that many dishes, at least we don't. We
>> would rather have the space. I lined the inside of the hole with
>> plywood stained to match our cabinets and put in "euro" drawer slides
>> with flat shelves attached. We didn't want doors but I am guessing I
>> could have ordered them from the cabinet manufacturer. (or just
>> bought/built something acceptable).
>> That worked for years until we renovated the whole kitchen. I still
>> don't have a dishwasher.

>
> I have a dishwasher, and could live without it. You have to wash the
> dishes before you put them in there, so, what's the point? And
> besides, SWMBO is a Nazi when it comes to washing less than a full
> load, so by the time we wash dishes, all my favorite coffee cups are
> in there, as well as all the forks. What's that? Buy more? Why
> couldn't we just wash the damn dishes more often?
>
> BUT, back to the point. I would not miss my dishwasher. In fact, I'm
> banned from operating it anyway. I could use the shelves in our
> cramped kitchen until our remodel. Yeah, like that's going to happen.
>
> Ditch it and don't look back.
>
> What I'd do, anyway.
>
> BTW, ours wasn't working, and all it took was taking the door apart
> and running a wire through the channel where the soap had plugged up.
> Check that little float at the bottom, too, as that gets cockeyed or
> clogged. After that, you'll figure it out or start making shelves.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>

May I suggest a rollout cabinet,and a nice worktop?
It could give you some extra workspace along with more storage.
Think of it as a storable kitchen island.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
localnet
dot com

Posted by mike on October 6, 2009, 12:19 pm

> I have a dishwasher, and could live without it. =A0You have to wash the d=

ishes

> before you put them in there, so, what's the point? =A0And besides, SWMBO=

is a

> Nazi when it comes to washing less than a full load, so by the time we wa=

> dishes, all my favorite coffee cups are in there, as well as all the fork=

> What's that? =A0Buy more? =A0Why couldn't we just wash the damn dishes mo=

> often?

Many dishwashers have integral disposals, so that pre-rinsing isn't
needed so long as you're not putting in huge heaps of food (which
you'd also remove before hand washing anyway).

I'm with you on running the dishwasher when you want rather than
trying to squeeze every last cubic inch of space out of it. The
savings in being that miserly pale in comparison to the cost of having
an unnecessary amount of items being held hostage.

Posted by tom on October 6, 2009, 12:29 pm

>> On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:00:18 -0700 (PDT), Higgs Boson

>>>excuse l/c; typing one-handed; broken wrist
>>>my dishwasher "died" a few months ago. probably could be revived;
>>>problem is that water won't enter.

> I have a dishwasher, and could live without it. You have to wash the
> dishes before you put them in there, so, what's the point?

We have a Beagle so our dishes are automatically pre-washed.

Posted by hr(bob) hofmann@att.net on October 6, 2009, 6:00 pm

> >> On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 16:00:18 -0700 (PDT), Higgs Boson
> >>>excuse l/c; typing one-handed; broken wrist
> >>>my dishwasher "died" a few months ago. =A0probably could be revived;
> >>>problem is that water won't enter.

> > I have a dishwasher, and could live without it. =A0You have to wash the
> > dishes before you put them in there, so, what's the point?

> We have a Beagle so our dishes are automatically pre-washed.

what do you do for silverware?

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