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Here's a closer look. At this point I was starting to rebuild the opening to the correct size. I reused some of the wood for the filler panel hoping it would match. It's not a perfect match, but it's closer than if I tried to stain some new wood to match the old cabinets.

I'm a big DIY'er, with most of my experience working on autos and bikes. Since I haven't owned a home before, I'm not experienced in these types of projects. That should be clear by the fact that this job doesn't look so great. Definitely not a professional job.

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Here's the first test fit. The unit clearly isn't squared up in the opening. And, it will be higher and closer to the counter in the final installation. I had the legs adjusted to the shortest position in this picture.

The next step will be the plumbing.

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nice job, so far.

Just my opinion:
put boards under dishwasher to raise it up as far as you can.

Those 2 filler boards on the side you put in, not so much.
Either remove the whole mess and replace with one new pieces of pine or maple, and stain to match
OR
remove those boards altogether, so to allow that space for storage of bags, and or cookie sheets and large, flat items.

Those 'knee cap remover' handles I would remove, FAST. I had those in an apartment I rented once. When moving about the kitchen I found that my knee caps could easily fit under the edge of those, and move the wrong way, and OWWWW.

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oh,

You need to update your outlets in the kitchen to include 3 prong outlets and a few GFI outlets that are ahead of all other outlets.
 
Yes, I'm aware the outlets in the kitchen are outdated and need GFCI protection.

As far as the height of the dishwasher - you may have missed what I wrote above, but the legs are adjusted all the way down in the picture. After adjusting them up it's considerably higher.

As far as the filler boards, they're staying this way for now. I have bigger fish to fry after finishing this install. We can decide what to do there at a later date, or just leave it as is.
 
You've done a great job so far....more than I would have tackled.  If you're cabinets are not square, I would be more concerned with making sure the dishwasher is level rather than it being square to the opening.  Just a thought.

 

Gary
 
"If you're cabinets are not square, I would be more concerned with making sure the dishwasher is level rather than it being square to the opening. Just a thought."

You're right about this.

I should have clarified. I just popped the dishwasher in the cutout for a quick test fit. I didn't try to level the dishwasher, square it in the opening or raise it to the proper height. I just stuck it in the opening for a quick look.

I checked the sides of the opening and they are pretty close to plumb, and the floor the dishwasher will sit on is close to level, so it shouldn't take too much to get a good, level fit for the dishwasher.

I'm going to start tackling the plumbing tomorrow.
 
I finished the install today.

I bought a dishwasher installation kit from Home Depot. The ones in the plumbing isle were all made in China, but they had a GE branded one in the appliance section that was made in Germany. I paid a little under $10 extra for the made in Germany version. I also replaced the stop valve under the sink with a Brasscraft 1/4-turn valve that's made in the USA and a Brasscraft T fitting that's made in the USA.

The plumbing turned out to be easier than I expected. No leaks, at least not yet. I put the dishwasher though a test run and seems to be working fine.

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Looks great!

You also increased the value of your home. No one wants to be without a dishwasher! I've actually not moved into places in the past because of that reason alone.
 
You did great, man ...and regarding what I said before, about losing space....I really thought you were going to sacrifice all those drawers, so the space you chose was bigger than envisioned or understood here on this side of the universe.

Good job!
 
Long-term update

Apparently, it's been 3.5 years since I installed this. The wooden filler panels on the left of the dishwasher have faded over time to be a pretty close match to the surrounding wood.

The Bosch has performed very well. We run it, on average, probably 8 times per week. According to my math, that's around 1400 cycles on this dishwasher.

The only issue has been a leak caused by the water hose. If you read above you'll see I spent extra to get a made-in-Germany water line, but it leaked where it connected to the dishwasher after about a year. The replacement was a different brand and has been working fine ever since.

Overall, the performance of this dishwasher has been top notch. It's very quiet and cleans well. I do sometimes wish I had gone with a Whirlpool or other dishwasher with silverware storage in the door, so there would be more rack space.

It dries pretty well. Plastic items still have water on them, but I think that's pretty normal and doesn't bother me. Sometimes I open it after it's finished and everything dries really well.

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8 times per week?

That's average I'd say. I'm curious as to what cycle mostly?
My dad has the same Bosch and after 3 years, the detergent dispenser didn't work, and after the 4th year, the control board fried. My dad used to run it half full daily on the hottest cycle.
It's still in his kitchen, inoperable, but my sister lives there alone now, and she is in no hurry to remodel yet.
 
Hi we have a Siemens and we run it I would say between 8-10 times a week, and its about eight years old, we mainly use the 50 degree Celsius cycle with the final rinse at 70 deg celsus. So at 8 cycles a week, at 50 weeks (discounting two weaks for being away) a year and for eight years ours have around 3200 cycles under the belt and still going strong.

Rather good machines I would say. So there should be a lot left in your machine.

Regards.
 
"I'm curious as to what cycle mostly?"

Normally just the auto setting. I have the added heat function turned on to aid in drying.
 

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