Dishwashers. Why does everyone install them wrong?

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🍽️ Dishwasher Installation: Common Mistakes and How to Get It Right 🍽️

Dishwashers are essential appliances in modern kitchens, but did you know that many of them are not installed correctly?

With over 250 Ikea kitchen installations under my belt, we've seen our fair share of dishwasher issues. In this video, I uncover why dishwashers are often installed incorrectly and share valuable insights to help you ensure a proper installation for efficient, trouble-free dishwashing.

🔧 Key Points:
- 00:00 Introduction
- 00:45 What's the problem?
- 01:47 Why is it like that?
- 02:16 Oops...wrong word. Adjust, not install.
- 03:03 Possible reasons for not doing it right.
- 03:18 Securing the dishwasher
- 03:50 Don't do or accept this method.

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🔗 Learn why dishwasher installations often go wrong and how to ensure a correct installation for a more efficient kitchen!

[jfkst]

Probably because the instruction manual they come with are horrifically unhelpful.

[glenf]

We are following your channel as we install our IKEA kitchen and raised the dishwasher to match the doors. Once this was done what we found is the toe kick can be ran continuously across the cabinets including the dishwasher with a small notch cutout at the top to allow the dishwasher door to open. The dishwasher now looks built in to the kitchen rather than an afterthought.

[GumriRN]

Thanks so much! I’m spending $46, 500. On my smaller home’s kitchen and this is exactly what the kitchen contractor complained about. He never installed an 18 inch dishwasher before & said I ordered a wrong size. After returning the dishwasher I wanted for another $200. More in price, we discovered ALL 18” (apartment sized built-in) dishwashers are the same height. He is planning to do exactly what you said by inserting pieces of wood at the top, to raise it up in line with the cabinets too.
Now I’m going to SHARE your video with him & hopefully, fingers-🤞 crossed, my very expensive Kitchen won’t look like it’s just a jury-rigged installation. So glad I found your videos. 🙏🏼

[winsagin]

Im installing a new one for my sister and I checked here just so I could get the best advice, you are exactly right, a 600.00 appliance is worth doing right

[AlgaeWhisperer]

very informative ! ... im just now installing my dishwasher in my new ikea kitchen... i will lift the dishwasher & secure it on the side

thanks so much for sharing

cheers

[shandusa]

There’s a saying:
At a blacksmith’s home, wooden knifes.
Great tutorial. I am learning a lot from you.

[herovanderploeg]

Just about to install a new IKEA dish washer. So, this comes very handy. Thanks Rannes!

[PeRcpiskot]

Any suggestions on how to install the (built-in) dishwasher's cover panel and the toekick at the bottom of it? Ikea recommends using the BEHJÄLPLIG sliding door mechanism for installing the cover panel. Do you have any opinions on the BEHJÄLPLIG, or is it better to avoid using it? Additionally, do you prefer cutting the toekick (to let the dishwasher doors cover panel move "in" the toekick), and do you favor using Ikea's toekick or custom-made wooden ones?

[chakatania]

My dishwasher has the "flimsy" brackets you talked about. But I would love to see how you used them for the side mounting. If you have any other videos on this, please reply with the link. I would LOVE to see how to do that. Thanks a bunch.

[AudioMusicElectronics]

Thank you for the really helpful videos! What would you do if you had to install a dish washer at a free standing end of a kitchen row? Obviously blend it with a panel to support the countertop and to hide the dish washer. But how would you fix the panel to the wall, countertop, floor and dish washer?

[JudgeBuster]

Most of his points are accurate, but there's a critical thing he missed. When installing dishwashers under a Formica countertop that has "particle board" as it's structural support or mounting board (now they call particle board as "engineered wood"), there is a very important reason to NOT have the dishwasher flush with the cabinet face. The reason you let it protrude past the adjoining cabinet face or frame is because otherwise the steam coming out of the vent by the handle will quickly erode and decay the particle board above it. The object is to keep the front of the dishwasher an inch or so out from directly under the countertop. This greatly lessens the water damage to the board from the steam.

The ONLY way to avoid that - when you prefer a completely flush look - is to spray coats of polyurethane or Marine spar varnish onto the board above the dishwasher to seal it against moisture damage from the steam during the drying cycles.

I have rarely ever seen the proper protective waterproof varnish or spray applied to the underside of countertops. I've repaired many cases where the hot steam has badly eroded the particle board, causing it to crumble apart. The only way to fix a situation like that is to remove the entire dishwasher and apply Minwax Wood Hardener to the board. It petrifies the wood & holes for new screws for the retaining brackets MUST be pre-drilled or a bust out will occur. At least 2 coats of wood hardener should be applied.

If the board is badly decayed beyond repair, the best thing to do is get "side mount brackets" for dishwashers and affix them to the adjoining cabinet frames. There's also a 24 inch metal top strip that can be used. They're all on Amazon under side (or top) mount brackets for dishwashers.

[nikdipetta]

Sean Connery is in his voice bloodline.

[veroniquecloutier]

Thank you so much for this! We will be replacing our laminate countertops by quartz soon and this has been stressing me so much, I dont want to see the big gap! My laminate countertops have a "laminated edge" so it hides it but the quartz wont. Thank you for this!

[Mamoo]

What brand of dishwasher do you recommend?

[buckmiles]

One question? The dishwasher will not work correctly if it's not level with cabinet doors? Or is it just for looks? I'm not an installer so that's why I'm asking

[lennyupstateny]

Thank you for sharing. Never thought of that.

[DystrophicEvolution]

Crap, I removed my old dishwasher and the installer didn't use barrier/foil tape on the particle board underneath the laminate counter top! Thank goodness I didn't use the machine very often, but only sparse. I'm thinking I should run a strip of stainless near the top front of the countertop underneath. I should also install a braided (anti-flood) water inlet line and a floor pan to be prudent for a replacement dishwasher, right?

[MikeL-vujo]

Thanks most people wouldn't notice that detail .

[highlighthub-rbif]

Sometimes the dishwasher isnt flush at the top because otherways there is a problem of front panel hitting the dishwasher at the bottom when opening (with fully built in dishwashers). So you need to lower the whole dishwasher to the appropriate maximum height. This happens when the countertop is higher than usual. I think there is no right or wrong, but depends of where you are installing something and for what purpuse...

[UTpie]

I’m installing a new Samsung, and the instructions are completely useless. They should just put a piece of paper on it that says “Figure it Out”.

My question is, if I raise the front up an inch or so, does it matter that it’ll be going downhill towards the back?