But it’s in!!!!
Croft’s reaction to that was “did you check out the functions of the dishwasher where it is placed before you made it permanent?” I had to laugh because I have been testing the dishwasher in numerous positions on top of the counter. My initial idea has ended up working out just fine, only I couldn’t centre the dishwasher on the counter because of hose length.
I thought to secure the dishwasher with angle brackets and then slide it in between them, then realised that the front needed to be secured, too! The obvious answer to that was to mount the brackets to pieces of wood into which I would screw a frontal piece when the dishwasher was in. Great, there would go a few hours while I ripped plywood into suitable lengths. First, though, I went through my own scrap pile to see if I might have something better than plywood and lo and behold, I had the perfect thing, salvaged from the front of the dinette seats!
It’s definitely time for pictures. 🙂
I had two of these long pieces that were the *exact* width of the angle brackets!!! One piece was enough for the two sides and the other piece did the front. Amazing!
Once the dishwasher was slid in between the two horizontal pieces, I screwed in the front piece. I’ll fill in the previous screw holes with painter’s putty.
As you can see, it’s off-centre, but the hoses are truly at their limits. Not bad, though!
I am very happy that I was able to orientate the dishwasher this way. It’s the best position for loading an unloading and leaves me with a lot more counter space for prep work.
The installation feels very secure; we’ll see if it passes the road test. 🙂
Congratulations! You did it. Now, have you run the dishwasher through the cycle?
I did several cycles with the dishwasher in the position before installing it permanently and I just ran one with the dinner dishes. All is good!
I had a Danby countertop dishwasher which worked a lot of the times but sometimes it was very quirky about the cycles and wouldn’t empty which left me bailing out the water with a cup. Not good. In the end it put so much pressure on the connecting sink faucet that it made the sink leak. Water would come up under where the faucet was screwed down. I’m just telling you so you can watch for that. I was running it in my house, not in an RV. Enjoying reading your posts and following your progress. Learned of your site from Andy’s recommended reading. Andrea
Hi Andrea,
Thank you for sharing your experience with the Danby. I’ve heard two types of stories; some from folks who have never had a problem with their Danby and some who have. Your sort of story is more helpful. I do have to say you’re the only person thus far who has had a problem with the faucet leaking!
Thanks also for the kind words about the blog. Cheers!
The problems with the thing running right had to do (often but not always) with me not going through the whole cycle. If the dial wasn’t just “right” and I wasn’t sure what “right” was a lot of the time, it would just sit there and not do anything or it would run and not pump out at the end. Didn’t seem to have to do with food particles. The faucet leak took time. Over time the pressure on the pipes and the faucet at the counter level, eventually leaked.
You’re welcome on the kind words. 🙂
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