Dish Washer Door Hits Plinth

[Andehh]

Kitchen was fitted several weeks ago, but the wrong dish washer door {integrated washer, so coloured wooden door} was supplied. The correct one turned up last night which I fitted with much swearing. Now when I open it though, it catches on the plinth directly below.

Are the legs on the cabinet fitted too far forwards - bringing the plinth forwards as a result? OR ...is it normal to trim out the plinth to allow the door to swing 'into' it? If I did trim the plinth, is there anything (brush strip?) that can be used to hide this gap?

The dishwasher is well fitted into the aperture, not too high/too low.

Thanks

[Harry H]

I had exactly the same problem and after much adjusting, swearing etc ended up trimming the top of the plinth. It was only a few mil so virtually invisible.

[PAULJ5555]

I fitted one a few months ago the destructions told me that I had to chop out a section of the plinth about 2cm deep so that the door can pass through it, you then have to seal with varnish the exposed chipboard in the top of the plinth.

Can you find a copy of the instructions for you DW online?

[Rosscow]

Is the dishwasher adjusted so that it is tight to the underside of the worktop? Should have some metal clips that attach to the dishwasher and screw to the worktop.

It is normal to have to notch out the plinth, though. Don't worry about brush strip, you won't see it at all.

[Andehh]

damn, I have the instructions at home.....read as far as it took me to screw the front to the dishwasher (mostly successful) then never looked at them again & instead quietly grumbled into my mulled wine glass(es)!.

Will double check them when I get back! DIsh Washer is firmly fitted in place, with barely a few mm at the top of it, will see if I can do anything to it later to improve the condition.

As for not seeing it, we made half the house open plan with a snug opens into the kitchen, so when in the snug you would be able to see under the dishwasher. Amazon has some white, 15mm brush strips, which looked to be a fair shot at hiding the cut out!

Thanks guys, another DIY job to add to the Christmas list.

Edited by Andehh on Wednesday 2nd December 13:01

[Simpo Two]

Harry H said:

I had exactly the same problem and after much adjusting, swearing etc ended up trimming the top of the plinth. It was only a few mil so virtually invisible.

Ditto, 2mm on mine.

[CorradoTDI]

Is it fully or semi integrated??

Some Semi's you are meant to take the 'work top' part off the top which gives you another 3cm to go up.

[Andehh]

Fully integrated, and I imagine ill need several mm off of it. It was a fairly solid thud when it hit them last night.

[southendpier]

Rosscow said:

Is the dishwasher adjusted so that it is tight to the underside of the worktop? Should have some metal clips that attach to the dishwasher and screw to the worktop.

It is normal to have to notch out the plinth, though. Don't worry about brush strip, you won't see it at all.

Bet it's this. The Dishwasher should have adjustable 'feet' to get it to the right height to close the gap at the top of the dishwasher unit and the bottom of the worktop. If it is at the top of these then the worktop is too high so you'll have to trim the plinth.

[kryten22uk]

Surely the plinth is set back under the cabinets/dishwasher, so you'll be able to take a good chunk off the top without seeing it. I took about 1cmor more off mine and I can't see it unless I get down on the floor.

[Wozy68]

If your worried about taking too much out of the plinth then you need to lower the diswasher and raise the door. The gap between worktop and dishwasher infill with a peice of timber say 25mm thick. The timber isn't seen when the door is closed.

[anonymous-user]

Our AEG has two methods of fixing the door. One, you need to cut the plinth. The other has the door on runners so it moves as the door opens/closes. No need to cut the plinth so much neater

[Andehh]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, damn instructions detail trimming it down to fit. Will add it to the list!

[jeff m2]

This is often caused by floor installers.
Adding a 1/4 ply to get a good surface plus whatever they are going to lay ontop can often cause problems with the fitting of dishwashers.

I would check the floor before a messed with the work surface. (and xxxxed it up)

[bakerstreet]

Take a few mm off the section of plinth where the dish washer door is. It really is that simple.

Should take 5 minutes with a jigsaw