Looking for guidance on a temporary spot I'm building up for a dishwasher

Submitted by Jollysixx t3_z6iscn in DIY

I've got a 24" dishwasher that will eventually be seated in this spot permanently once we remodel our kitchen, but in the meantime I'm hoping I can put it here with a little bit of work done to make the area suitable.

https://imgur.com/a/PzGzYmo

In the picture, the yellow represents the framing I want to put in either tied into the bottom of the current cabinets or the floor. When the remodel happens, both cabinets and floor will be replaced. The flat board with my measurements on it will be lowered on top of the framing to create a solid level surface.

The white is where the heat vent will be temporarily extended out too, which will fit under the framing I'll be adding. This will eventually be the permanent area as well.

The width of this dishwasher will exceed the inner space of the two sides of the framing, so the weight will be spread out to the sides, instead of in the middle.

Eventually when the remodel happens, the dishwasher would just be lowered about 5 inches, I don't think that would cause any issues with pipes that are installed, and if it does I can't imagine it would be a difficult fix.

I'm unsure of how to explain this any better but I'm hoping someone can give me insight on whether or not this will be viable as a short term solution to make the dishwasher usable.

Thanks! Any feedback is much appreciated.

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Better_Ad4073 t1_iy1rlhr wrote

So the top will be higher than the two sides. Even after the remodel? What about the top several inches of the dishwasher? Box it in? For the remodel, seems like the dishwasher should be installed on the floor and route the heater under the toe kick of a cabinet.

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Jollysixx OP t1_iy1slg3 wrote

That's exactly what will be happening eventually, for the temporary framing it'll sit slightly higher but eventually will sit flush with some room to spare for some air space.

I'm purely looking for a temporary install since we have the dishwasher but this house was not built for one. Remodeling the kitchen will be done quite a bit later and we just want a functional solution to use it now.

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Wykk t1_iy1tmbj wrote

You can visit almost any big box store to see that most dishwashers can freestand on their own, on their 4 feet, so as long as the board is long enough front-to-back, I wouldn't see a problem with it fitting.

The biggest concern I would worry about is securing it somehow to prevent it from tipping forward when the door is down and the racks are rolled out and loaded with heavy dishes. Normally this is just covered by the countertop, but other appliances (like our oven/stove) will use hook & notches secured into the back wall to avoid the tipping risk.

Even more so of a concern since your dishwasher will be elevated a bit, so a forward tumble could be way way worse.

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Jollysixx OP t1_iy1vr85 wrote

Thanks for, I'll definitely keep that in mind. I can't imagine bracing it would be too difficult.

The surface area of the board for the feet does cover the entire length for the washer.

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jaxpaboo t1_iy42qvz wrote

This is a temporary setup and 'looks' are obviously aren't important here. Not sure why you want to frame in the bottom area or the sides.

If it was me I would just move the shelf you have there down to the height you want. Go ahead and just move that trim wood above and below the shelf down to where you want it.

Dishwasher isn't that heavy and that board looks strong enough to me.

I'd also consider just pushing the dishwasher to one side and then you have 8" of storage space that you can work with.

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Jollysixx OP t1_iy43a2o wrote

The framing idea is so the heat vent wouldn't be blocked by the dishwasher, this way I could just extend it out to have uninterrupted heat.

Our home can get quite cold so I want to make sure it gets full effectiveness.

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jaxpaboo t1_iy60oba wrote

I get that... if shelf is 5" above the vent, then you will basically have an unblocked 5" x 32" vent.

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