Installing Bosch woes

[boyse7en]

Hi all,
I’m trying to fit a Bosch slimline integrated dishwasher in my kitchen.

Come across the first issue before I’ve really started.
The height of the dishwasher is adjustable from 815mm to 875mm according to the instruction sheet, but the distance from the floor to the underside of my worktop is 890mm. I thought kitchen worktop heights were standard (it’s a Magnet kitchen, not some custom job) but it appears mine is unusual.

What to do? Do I need to put a board underneath the dishwasher to raise it up so the top is tight under the worktop, or screw a board under the worktop so that the dishwasher sits on the floor properly?

[electrofix]

Re: Installing Bosch woes

find 2 pieces of timber ( sometimes there are bits of wood in the packaging) use these under the legs to raise it

if you fit it too low then the outer door will be higher than the control panel. seen this a lot and I think it looks terrible

Dave

[don]

Re: Installing Bosch woes

boyse7en wrote:
. I thought kitchen worktop heights were standard (it’s a Magnet kitchen, not some custom job) but it appears mine is unusual.

What you have is extra height units, not that common. Hardly any manufacturers produce extra height dishwashers especially in slimline.

Dave’s solution is your best bet 🙂

Don

[boyse7en]

Re: Installing Bosch woes

Thanks guys, I was worried that either the door top would be higher, which would look crap or that if i put wood underneath that the door would sit lower and foul something when it opened

[Didmybest]

I couldn’t decide whether to start a new topic or to tag onto this one – couldn’t find any rules to guide me, so as I did want to reference one of the posts I decided on the latter. Apologies if this is a transgression.

don wrote:What you have is extra height units, not that common.

I don’t think that’s right.

The “standard” height for worktop surfaces is 900-920mm, has been for donkeys years.

https://kitchinsider.com/kitchen-worktop-height/

https://www.worktop-express.co.uk/bl…ght-and-depth/

and many, many more similar answers from searching for “kitchen worktop height”.

Which means a height from floor to a 30mm thick worktop of 870-890mm. Mine is 880.

I’ve just bought a Bosch integrated (full width) dishwasher, and its height range is 815 – 875.

I don’t think I’ve ever encountered a kitchen with a worktop down at around 850mm. Look at Howdens/Magnet/B&Q/Ikea/whoever, and you’ll find that 900/910/920 is the “standard” height, not an uncommon extra height that appliance manufacturers can be forgiven for not catering for.

But looking around, this seems to be a very common height range across many manufacturers.

They are meant to sit on the floor.

So why are they all so short? What are they all thinking of?

Would I be being cynical if I thought it was because they make freestanding ones which have their own top, and are designed to always slide easily under a worktop, and integrated ones are just basically the same machines minus the outer case and top and with a different door with the controls in the top edge?

Alternatively, what am I missing? Having to pack out under the legs is going to be a PITA. Can’t believe the makers think that’s what people should be expected to do. 🙁

Never had integrated appliances before, and TBH if I’d known about this “feature” I’m not sure I would have bothered. Dishwashers are harder to do because of the drop down doors, but I think for WM/TD I might just buy freestanding ones and put them in gaps behind ordinary base unit doors.

[electrofix]

packing the legs is really simple on a dishwasher as its stable and not going anywhere

its much more difficult on a washer due to weight and vibration so some manufacturers have a kit to raise the height

Dave

[Didmybest]

Or they could just make them the right height in the first place…

Ho hum – we are where we are. I’ve got work to do anyway as there are no base units either side of the space where it’s going – basically my old (freestanding) DW is on the blink, and rather than shell out for a repair (my attempt turning out less than 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} successful) we decided to buy a new one, and went for integrated as a new kitchen comes next year so we didn’t want to buy another freestanding only to ditch it in less than 12 months.

And my “Somewhere I think I’ve got…” turned up trumps and I found an offcut of 40mm thick worktop, over 600mm long, so I can just put that down on the floor.

Still think the appliance makers are being shabby though.

[don]

Didmybest wrote:

I don’t think that’s right.

The “standard” height for worktop surfaces is 900-920mm, has been for donkeys years.

They have indeed but I have sold a few extra height products over the years where the client has had 1000mm or even 1250mm height base units which can be handy if the consumer is tall. Miele still produce an XXl dishwasher and I believe Neff still as well. Granted we don’t sell many but the option is there if required.

Don

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