Is this a bad location for a dishwasher? -PICS-

[stephenk]

My girlfriend and I are buying out first house. It's an older home built in the 1920s, so it doesn't have a dishwasher. I'm determined to install one.

From talking to people, reading online and looking at pics here and elsewhere, the ideal placement for a dishwasher seems to be right next to the sink or placed perpendicular to the sink, so the door opens in front of the sink. From what I gather, this placement helps prevent drips from dishes falling on the floor when moving things from the sink to the dishwasher.

Here's a (poorly-drawn) pic of the kitchen layout and proposed dishwasher placement.

With this placement, there would be 15 inches between the edge of the sink and the edge of the dishwasher.

 

[stephenk]

Here's a picture of that side of the kitchen with the proposed dishwasher location marked in red.

You'll see a dishwasher won't fit between the sink and fridge.

The reason I don't want to install the dishwasher just to the left of the sink is because that would mean eliminating the small cabinet with 5 drawers, which I'd like to keep. I'd prefer to instead eliminate the large cabinet on the end and the two drawers next to it.

Again, in this installation, there would be 15 inches between the edge of the dishwasher and the edge of the sink.

 

[stephenk]

Here's the other side of the kitchen, just for your info.

 

[stephenk]

Just for kicks, here's a pic of the house.

 

[gansky1]

Looks fine to me - better than no dishwasher at all for sure. I agree about the drawers, you can't have too many.

 

[stephenk]

Yeah, I'd hate to eliminate that cabinet with 4 drawers (I accidentally wrote 5 drawers above, but you can see that it's actually 4).

It might not be an ideal location, but it seems to be the best I can do with the current kitchen layout.

 

[wayupnorth]

I see nothing wrong with that design at all. My kitchen is galley style and the only place I could put a dishwasher is on the opposite side, directly across from the sink. Very nice looking house also.

 

[yogitunes]

May not be the best location, but close enough for plumbing and fitting your needs.....other options is a 15 inch dishwasher next to the fridge....

can the drawers be moved down and put the dishwasher next to the sink once the cabinet is removed?

 

[ronhic]

I do find it interesting that there is no draining board as part of the sink....

However, better to lose the cupboard than the drawers, especially if you can make the top drawer between the dishwasher and sink the cutlery drawer etc...

If you're concerned about drips etc when moving items from a rinse or scrape to the machine, just put a hand towel over the edge of the counter.

 

[kenmoreguy89]

Yes if you have enough space to flat the hoses behind the furniture I don't see why it would not be a good place.....
Just verify the measures of the furniture depth to see if the diswasher will fit.....and will not be too "out" forward.

P.S

Vey nice house!!!

 

 

[appnut]

this placement helps prevent drips from dishes falling on th

Looks reasonable to me.  A slight aerobic workout lol.  However, proper indoctrination from Mr. BobLoad himself. (me)  Drips falling from dishes on the floor implies one thing.  Pre-rinsing of dishes.  l  In these here parts, an absolute no no.  Proper automatic dishwashing does not need to have dishes pre-rinserd by hand.  Sufficient scraping and loading.  BTW, what brand of machine are you considering?  (I'm assuming modern). 

 

[coldspot]

"Have you thought about a portable dishwasher? That is if you got a place to put it when not and use.

 

[keny]

Move the drawers?

As another option, isn't there some way to move the 4 drawers to the extreme left? Is it an individual segment? You could support and protect the countertop as you remove everything to the left of the sink and reconfigure.
Remember you'll be carrying wet, dripping dishes a longer distance if you do it the other way.
You may be able to patch up or cover screw holes with wood filler or molding after you remove the cabinets and drawers.
Good luck with the project in any case.

 

[petek]

Seems reasonable to me as well if you can't move the drawers left and dishwasher right.
The house looks great, congrats. Is there still a lot of the original interior woodwork and fixtures, bathroom etc?

 

[retropia]

As others have mentioned, my first choice would be to move the four-drawer unit to the end, and position the dishwasher next to the sink. However, the four-drawer unit may not be its own separate cabinet module, in which case it would be considerably more work to relocate it.

In that situation, I'd place the dishwasher where your proposed location is, at the end.

 

[mattl]

The minute I saw the picture my thought was to move the drawer unit to the end as others have said. Depends on the construction.

 

[stephenk]

I have considered the possibility of moving the cabinets around. I didn't see an obvious seam in the cabinets where I could separate them and move the drawers to the end, but I didn't study it too closely. We don't take possession of the house for a few weeks so I won't have a chance to check again for a little while.

After doing quite a bit of research and looking at different models I've settled on the Bosch Ascenta series. I'll probably go with one of the lower-end models. It appears they're quiet, clean well and they're made in the USA. Well, technically they're "made in the USA with domestic and foreign components," or something like that. I've been watching them for a while so I can get the best price. I may purchase around Black Friday if I can find a good sale.

SHE3AR56UC Dishwasher | BOSCH US

SHE3AR56UC Dishwasher | BOSCH US

www.bosch-home.com

 

[chris74]

It's a shame...

...that you don't have more room. I think it will be a pity to destroy that beautiful sink/cupboard combination.

 

[hoovermatic]

Not at all. That's where mine used to be and it worked very well for the 10 years it was in that kind of layout. I used the worktop above to stack all the dirties which kept them away from the sink, keeping the sink free for other things so it worked for me and I did a lot of entertaining.