OTR Microwave - who's to blame
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Ready to install 22inch OTR microwave in 24in cabinet
Comments (8)They're installing a 22" OTR micro under the 24" wall cabinet, which presumably sits over their smaller 24" range. Personally I can't imagine an issue with using wood fillers. They'll be up at the level of the microwave, and I presume you have wood cabinets on either side of your 24" range dropping to 18-19" off the counter surface. What kind of range is it? There should be specs detailing the required space above the range before any combustible materials are allowed. Given these trim pieces would only encroach over the range area by 1" on either side, I wouldn't worry about it - unless you go crazy with greasy flambe cooking on your 24" cooker ;) Otherwise some simple metal trim painted white to match the micro would be relatively easy to make up using aluminum readily available at Home Depot or something - they should sell 1" x 1" aluminum stock (L shaped or full box) that you can cut easily with a hacksaw, sand the edges smooth and hit with some white Tremclad. Would cost you $10-$20 all in....See MoreWhich is worse?Microwave on counter or OTR?
Comments (41)A bookshelf type doesn't necessarily have to take up counter space. We just finished cabinetry design for new construction kitchen & on attached, marked in red, is lift up cabinet that will hold counter top micro, although could be open - we just happen to be doing integrated so went with it covered. Like your bookcase idea too - if you've got room above though, you could free up that counter spot. . UNTIL RECENTLY, I'd have praised OTR location. We loved convenience as we micro a lot during dinner prep, handy while working below at stove. NOW wouldn't get one again. OTR stand for Oversized Timer / Reminder for us - that's all its good since several months ago when heating element expired. You cant just pop in a new one like buying a replacement counter top micro. When new house micro expire, unplug old, plug in replacement. A reminder that helped us decide against the pricier drawer micro....See Moreremoving OTR microwave and small cabinet
Comments (9)Seems like you might just mean "can we take down the micro & cab ouselves"...well, I took down my OTR micro solo (with help of cardboard box) a couple weekends ago. I don't recommend that. I DO recommend the box :). OK, on mine, what you have to do is push on the microwave while someone unscrews it from the top--it's held by a bracket in the back as well. This is where I used a perfectly shaped box (coincidentally, the one the new microwave came in) between the stove & the OTR, to hold up the microwave for me while I unscrewed. The biggest trick is that you then need to lift the back of the micro up a bit to free it from the hooks on the bottom of the plate. I, um, wasn't really strong enough to do that reasonably & ended up bending them--which doesn't matter since I was throwing the bracket away, of course--but this is where a 2nd person would have been invaluable. The major trick here is that you are doing it all over your stove, which is in the way! Cabinet is probably someone pushing from bottom to hold in place while someone else undoes screws. So, to me, if you aren't the strong one, then you get to undo the screws while he holds... It's more complex if the OTR microwave actually vents somewhere, of course--ours didn't, then you'd have to disconnect that. Do a youtube search, I found videos of other people doing this stuff & that helped (though I didn't listen to the warnings about making sure to have 2 people. I am sometimes more stubborn than intelligent!)...See MoreOTR Microwave distance over range question
Comments (6)Typically the OTR manufacturer has that the upper cabinet that the OTR attaches to must be 30 inches above the range top. Most OTR's are 15-17 inches tall so that puts the bottom of the OTR between 13 and 15 inches away from the cooking surface. This puts the bottom of the microwave interior floor somewhere around 4.5 feet from the kitchen floor or about armpit to shoulder high for the average height person. When you start getting higher than shoulder high it becomes more dangerous for the person removing hot food from the m/w....See Moredadoes
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