Deep Cabinets for OTR microwave ??
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Comments (3)Hey Mark -- Kathy didn't ask to not have a vent !! Like me, she just wants a slimmer 30" OTR that isn't so high or deep that it blocks access to the back of her stove top !! Unfortunately it appears to me that in the last 10-15 years, all microwave manufacturing has consolidated to just one country doing just one size -- 16" high and 15" deep (for the standard 30" width OTR). I'm not happy at all about this. The new ones stick out too far and go down too far -- they really look stupid compared to the slimmer ones you could get 10-15 years ago....See MoreReady 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 MoreOTR Microwave flush to cabinet front
Comments (8)The OTR MW should not be flush to the cabinets for two reasons (1) you won't be able to open the MW door more than 1/4 of the way or so because the door won't be able to clear the cabinet side (in the photo you linked, how is that MW door going to open all the way or even part way?), and (2) you won't have exhaust over the front burners whatsoever if you don't have the OTR MW slightly forward of the cabinets. The OTR MW sticking out a few inches or not isn't going to make it look any better or worse. An OTR MW is what it is. It sounds like you don't have room for even a small countertop MW anywhere else in your kitchen. Every kitchen has compromises....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 More- 4 years ago
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