Why are your cabinets taller than 30"? Usually the finished height is 34 1/2" for a 4 1/2" toe. Certainly possible to drop the dishwasher so the bottom aligns and have the extra door hang over the top, just more awkward to access the buttons. I would probably put a filler in that one spot at the top where it would be largely concealed by the counter overhang.

If I know the dishwasher/ref panel involved, I tell customers to get me a model # of the appliances they will be buying and I talk to my cabinet distributor to check and make sure the manufacturer makes panels for provided appliances. They always had a list of appliances their panels will work unless you get into a custom kitchen, they can make a panel to fit anything.

Maybe nowadays things work differently but this is how I always handled things when it came to panels.

That said if the kitchen manufacturer does not make a panel for your dishwasher see what they have and see if it can be retrofitted.

Good luck

I dislike pannelled appliances but IMO Hallett seems to have the right answer I need to see the DW and the panel to really have any advice.BTW your cabinet makeer should be able to fix this .

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I just remembered this IKEA kitchen I did a few years back had this problem, if you open the dishwasher (on the right) it is down 3/4" with a stainless steel covered filler between the appliance and the counter, the door sticks above the dishwasher. Client ordered the appliances and with IKEA the front comes one size so we made do. It's been three years with no issues (I have a cocktail in this kitchen a couple times a month so I would have heard!)

@HALLETT & Co. I used an Amish cabinet maker - just measured and the finish height is 34 1/2" but the toe kick is only 3 3/4" - so that's the discrepancy. Apparently these are the specs he always uses, but they don't make sense when trying to have a dishwasher that coordinates with the cabinets and toe kicks. I'm surprised he didn't run into issues before, even with dishwashers that aren't panel ready the toe kicks of the cabinets and dishwasher wouldn't align. Or other clients didn't care or notice... Didn't think I needed to specify the toe kick height with him since that's typically standardized.

What type of filler did you use on that dishwasher? I did a google search but mostly ran across fillers for ranges.

Or I need to track down those sliding hinges. That seems like a decent option if I can find them.

Thanks for the help!