[Greenbuilding] Another Day. Another Challenge....Dishwashers this time!

[Bobbi Chukran]

No, we are not ripping out all the cabinets, and we are NOT building  
new cabinets from new wood.  We're leaving the uppers (even though  
they are really too low), and are "retrofitting" the old bottom  
cabinets to fit our lifestyles.  It's not just the dishwasher.  The  
counter is too low for my husband (who cooks a lot) to use.  They are  
almost too low for me to use!  They have no toe-kick, so every time  
you walk up to them, you bang your toes into them.  The drawers are  
all wood, built great, but stick because there are no slides.  If you  
pull it out too far, the whole thing falls out into the floor, and  
onto your feet (ask me how I know.  LOL).

There is barely room for the plumbing underneath, and that has to be  
brought up to code.  They'll have to cut through the backing for that  
and the electrical anyway.

Nothing in the house has been touched since 1960, but most of it is  
still the original 1930 design.

We were going to live with it and just make the other row of cabinets  
(which will be new, built from old wood) larger, but the dishwasher  
issue was just the last straw, and the deciding factor into remaking  
the existing cabinets.

bobbi c.


On Aug 3, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Reuben Deumling wrote:
>
> ...you're considering ripping out all the cabinets and have new  
> ones built to fit a standard depth dishwasher?
> Wow.
> ______>