Utensils in dishwasher, handles up or down???
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Getting Down to the end - do handles matter?
Comments (8)I'm like you; performance first, looks second. In my opinion, the only time you really need to worry about the handles is when the two appliances are right next to eachother. Even then, I think you have a bit more leaway when the two handles in question run perpendicular to eachother (ie vertical fridge handle and horizontal oven handles). BTW, I hate to complicate things when you're close to having everything picked out, but since you haven't decided on ovens yet, have you considered the Fisher & Paykel ovens? When we were oven shopping, we also considered the same list of ovens as you are, but also the FP ones too, which we ended up choosing. To us they were a nice balance between bells and whistles and the price tag. Also, I believe they just changed the door style slightly, so you may be able to find a great price on a model with the old door....See Moreprefinished Miele Dishwasher owners-handle/outside control panel?
Comments (5)I bought a Miele Dimension Plus less than a month ago. I went with no handle and front mounted controls. I prefer the flush look and a handle makes the dishwasher not quite flush. I also like to see the readout on the front of the dishwasher, especially to check how much time is left in the cycle. My previous dishwasher was fully integrated with the cabinets. That made it less obvious, but the Miele is a pretty good-looking machine, so there's no real need to hide it. I feel my kitchen looks better now than it did previously, because the dishwasher breaks up the monotony of the cabinets....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 Morefollow-up: sterling in dishwasher, it works!
Comments (17)No, kateskouros: the black marks only were removed by polishing. And, based on my "experiment," I believe the black marks were caused solely by the Cascade detergent. The Electrasol did not remove the black marks, but it also did not cause any black marks. When using Electrasol (am I sounding like a commercial?) the flatware looked just like it did when I put it in the dishwasher, except clean. When I first noticed the black marks I polished those pieces, then back they went into the dishwasher. The next morning when emptying it (we run it nightly), the pieces were covered with black splotches again. Grr! That's when I polished again but started handwashing the flatware. I think that happened once before I announced we had to get to the bottom of this! You know, I didn't try putting any splotchy pieces into the Electrasol wash -- everything had been polished and not allowed back into the Cascade wash. When we figured out it must be the detergent and purchased some more Electrasol, we ran the dishwasher with flatware and the flatware came out looking great -- clean and without splotches. We used Electrasol for a week, just to see. Every day was the same thing: clean flatware without black splotches. So then we tried the Cascade one more time and what do you know? Black splotches on the flatware! We're convinced it was the Cascade which was causing the splotches, and maybe there's some wacky chemistry with our water, flatware, saliva, who knows what! But man, living without a dishwasher for the five months of the kitchen remodel got boring after the first day, so if Electrasol is keeping me from handwashing then I'm using it!...See Morejkayd_il5
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