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I replaced the one in our new house recently. It wasn't heating up, smelled bad and didn't open up all the way so the bottom tray smashed back in unless you held it. Fuck knows how the previous owners lived with that for 5 years.
The new one was a faff because to line up the door with the rest of the units, it overhung too much at the bottom it hit the dishwasher base before the door was fully open. Obviously the reason why the old one didn't open fully. Even with a massive gap at the top I couldn't get the dishwasher low enough for it to work. I had to trim about 8mm off the bottom of the door in the end.
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Has anyone fitted an integrated dishwasher?
Our freestanding one has died. The only freestanding only ones I can find to replace it that are both stainless steel and have a cutlery rack are £500+ but there's an integrated one with a cutlery rack for about £200.
The kitchen is homemade from painted 18mm ply. The gap for the dishwasher is about 46cm wide but we could easily pad it if needed.
Is it as simple as - buy integrated dishwasher, make a cover and plinth out of ply to match the rest of the kitchen, screw dishwasher into side walls of gap, mount cover and plinth on dishwasher?