dishwasher location. left or right?
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Is it too weird to have dishwasher be to left of sink?
Comments (37)My old house had it on the left, worked out fine, but my kitchen was the size of a postage stamp and I had the microwave on the counter above it and unloading the dishwasher was a pain. In my new house my dw is on the right, but lots of clear counter space above it. I agree, don't think it matters which side of the sink it is on, but having open counter space above it is important....See MoreWater left in dishwasher
Comments (5)Thanks for your help. We checked the drainline this afternoon and ran it with the drainline to a bucket. Water did come out of the drainline but at times it seemed the pump was struggling and no water or very little was being drained. Wondering now if the pump is starting to fail or the computer/processor is off. Appreciate very much all the help....See MoreGetting the clean-up zone right: please help place 2 Dishwashers
Comments (28)Carol, What I was trying to say is that there maybe different ways of 'centeralizing' the sink if that is a desired feature to make things look right for you. I gave three different ways just as examples. First one is to look at the sink and the two DWs as a whole, then the tendency is to put the sink in the middle and one DW on eitheir side. The backsplashed section reinforced this idea somewhat. Second one is to align the sink with the island. Aligning central line of sink with that of the island may not be feasible. But the option B has the sink right edge aligned with that of the island pretty well. Third one is to take that whole wall including the corner section as a reference (which I estimated to be about 9ft wide). Then I realized that the sink in option A is already at center position. To pursue that idea, you may need to consider how to place the high cabinets to make it look right. I think there may be a good opportunity there as there is a large window there. If you can expose the front side of the corner and tie it to the rest of the wall, i.e., the corner food storage cabinet opens downward, and there is no ceiling height high cabinet between the window and the food storage, it may work out OK. I am not very clear about the vertical arrangement of the cabinets and what is why I said 3D arrangement of the cabibnets to acheive the concept and 3D rendering to examine how it look like would be helpful if you like to see more in the line of ahieving Option A DWs side by side with sink still being at a central location. Hope that explains what I meant better. Sorry for writing so long but I don't know how to describe it concisely. JF...See MoreDishwasher location
Comments (17)I'm a righty and I think all my previous dishwashers have been on the left of the sink. It never bothered me. In this new kitchen, I put in on the right only because it got it out of the main work area. DH and I are always in kitchen together and I can have dishwasher door open without it being in the way of anyone else working in there. That is way more important than which side it is on. I think a person can just naturally adapt to that. FWIW, I have a sink that's larger on one side than the other. I had to order the reverse model to get the large bowl on the same side (right) as the dishwasher. My personal preference, but something to consider....See MoreKatie
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