Built-In To Portable

[autowasherfreak]

Is it possible to convert a built-in dishwasher to a portable by building a wood cabinet with wheels and placing a built-in dishwasher in it making it a portable?

 

[alr2903]

Id think with a little refabricating you could use a junker portable d/w cabinet. You might even luck out and get usuable hoses/unicoupler. alr2903

 

[autowasherfreak]

I was thinking that if I found a KitchenAid built-in, I could convert it. I don't want to have a built-in in case I have to move.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Sure why not.

IKEA has a cabinet for DW-ers for their modular kitchens. Dont know if it has or needs a bottom. (*HUSH NOW*).

Some retail stores also have nice cabinets to make their built-ins look...well built-in. (That's "fitted" in the UK isn't it?).

There are "rubber-hose" adapters to convert from a hose thread on the water-inlet valve to the size normally used for permanent (water-line) installations. I would assume one can also find the oppoisite; changing a permanent-style water-inlet valve opening to a hose-thread opening/inlet.

 

[turquoisedude]

It can be done for sure! I have to try this with that Pink Frigidaire of mine (Bob, don't start now...). I found the portable dishwasher hookup hoses at local repair shops, but you will probably need an adapter to connect the 'garden hose' fitting on the portable style supply hose to the water inlet valve on your KA. You should be able find the necessary adapters in a plumbing supply house or a decent hardware store.

 

[danemodsandy]

Whyever...

...Don't you just find some great old portable and use that? KitchenAid made them for years, so did most of the other manufacturers. You could probably put all kinds of repairs and restoration into an existing portable and still come out ahead on expense and effort.

 

[bendixbubba]

not hard to do

With my maytag reverse rack, there was no space to install it into the kitchen, and the strata refused it to be allowed to be plumbed in. So, not wanting to live without a machine to do the wash up, I built a cabinet out of melamine pressboard, both sides, top and bottom, changed out the water solonoid to a portable one with hose fitting on it, got a used uni-couple from a scrapped machine, put a power cord into it, connected the water, plugged it in, and there it was. From built in to portable. Cost just over 100 CDN to do the entire thing.
well worth it too
Chris

 

[autowasherfreak]

I keeping my eyes open for KitchenAid portable, and so far locally I've only been able to find is built-ins.