Dishwasher screwed in from the TOP and then tiled over (how to secure now?)

Donna Ohl · 2008-03-16T23:20:50+00:00

How can I secure my dishwasher now that it is fixed? time I shut the door, it moves backward because there's no way I canget to the screws that were holding it in in the first place.Is it normal for a dishwasher to be screwed in at the top & then tiledover? There are two screws which I had to forcefully wrip out of the plastic ofthe top of the dishwasher to work on the dishwasher to unclog the solenoidfilter screen.It seems that whoever put the dishwasher in, screwed the dishwasher to thecounter from the plywood at the top of the counter BEFORE the tiles wereput in and then tiled over the screws.The only way I could move the dishwasher was to tear the screws out of thetop of the dishwasher.Now that the dishwasher is repaired, I have no way to rescrew the screws.HOW am I supposed to keep the dishwasher from moving back and forth everytime I shut the door?

Mar 16, 2008 20 Replies

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jakdedert 18 years ago

Too late now, but hindsight indicates it would have been easier to have popped out a couple of tiles and grouted them back in after the repair. Not a difficult job compared to what you did go through.

jak

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