Integrated dishwasher - which extraction method will be cheapest?

Kathy535

Hi, thanks in advance for any help.

We moved in to this house 6 years ago and the kitchen had been recently redone including a dishwasher. The dishwasher has now broken and I called out a repair man to have a look (I think the heater has gone). When he removed the kick board we found that the floor had been tiled after the dishwasher had been installed leaving a lip of about 1.5 cm and there was no way of removing the dishwasher without either removing about 6 floor tiles (which would also involve disconnecting and shifting the washing machine) or removing the worktop, sick and drainer. In his view, if I'm going to go to that amount of trouble then I should get a new dishwasher as the current one is about 10 yrs old and may break again.

So, the question is - which of these do you think will be the easiest / cheapest?

(Just to add that the dishwasher legs where at their lowest setting and there didn't seem to be any space up top either so it really does seem that there are now other ways of getting the thing out).

Thank you

MX5huggy

Worktop off, unless you have some spare tiles you would never get replacements to match.

PheoUK

Think you'll have to take the worktop off. This is why I didn't do that and tiled under all the units!

Kathy535

We do have spare tiles (but, there will be a clean patch!).

I can't understand why you would do something so short-sighted, I guess they knew they'd be selling up soon and it wouldn't be their problem

frisbeej

Can you cut the legs off? And then slide it forward on something and get to the back ones?

phill99

I fit kitchen for a living. If you have masons mitres on the worktops, they will rupture when you take the worktops off. You wont be able to use them again, so will have to replace them. Very expensive option. Taking a few tiles up and eplacing is far less expensive and less grief.

blackshirtuk

I would go for worktop off if you have no mitres

However, if you go for a new dishwasher you may have an issue with the limited height

jbainbridge

Aren't the legs on the dishwasher adjustable? Please double check.

I'm sure when we had or kitchen done I asked if they would tile under the appliances ... I was told it was not necessary. Perhaps memory is wrong ... In any case we've left that house behind!

Kathy535

frisbeej wrote: »

Can you cut the legs off? And then slide it forward on something and get to the back ones?

That's an idea, from memory I'm not sure there's enough room but it's definitely worth a try.

Kathy535

jbainbridge wrote: »

Aren't the legs on the dishwasher adjustable? Please double check.

I'm sure when we had or kitchen done I asked if they would tile under the appliances ... I was told it was not necessary. Perhaps memory is wrong ... In any case we've left that house behind!

They are adjustable but already at their lowest point so no room to move them down sadly.

Kathy535

phill99 wrote: »

I fit kitchen for a living. If you have masons mitres on the worktops, they will rupture when you take the worktops off. You wont be able to use them again, so will have to replace them. Very expensive option. Taking a few tiles up and eplacing is far less expensive and less grief.

Sorry about my ignorance but how would I know if I had mason mitres? The Worktop area is in a bay window and houses the sink and drainer, the Worktop fills the bay and runs around each corner where you can see a join.