Don't try this at home children

You are not the first - I was called out to a friends DW, fortunatly it was a programmer fault which I was able to change from the front:-) There was no way the DW was coming out without destroying the worktop or the laminate floor.

Peter

When I do a kitchen, I put all the flooring down, wall to wall, before the cabinets go in.

Perhaps if I was using some low grade plastic floor which I didn't expect to last the life of the cabinets, then I would fit it after the cabinets so it could easily be replaced.

Dont dishwashers have adjustable feet? mine has for uneven floors. Same as fridges,washing machines, ect.

If dishwasher feet don't act as vibration absorbers cut the things off and place a a piece of very thick (abount 0.25") vinyl flooring under it.

Arthur

You could add a packing piece on top of the cabinets before you fit the worktop...

Any chance that the appliance has a removeable worktop? My dishwasher has and it saves 2-3cm of height if necessary. Or maybe it could just live without the top panel of its case, if that's how it's made.

In my experience of making similar c*ck-ups, I think you're better off doing the hard work to fix the problem now. Then at least once it's done, you'll bask in the warm glow of satisfaction of a job done properly, rather than suffer that nagging twinge of regret and doubt every time you force the dishwasher door open.... :)

An interesting idea but it would leave an awkward gap between the door and the worksurface, also quite a lot of work to make it look good. I've decided to bite the bullet and fix it properly!

Dave

A good thought but unfortunately not, it's a s/s box.

Dave

The door opens and looks fine it's just that once the flooring is down it will be tough to get the D/W out. However, you've pricked my conscience and told me what my inner self had nagged about all night, so I've started to refit it all 10mm higher. I wonder if there's a "smiley" for £$%^&*^&*&£*!! ;-)

Dave

If It Was Me. I'd be tempted to get enough spare flooring to replace the area in front of the dishwasher several times.

Depends on how thick your flooring will be I guess. The doors usually allow some adjustment up and down.

Probably best ;-)

(having said that, the appliances in my kitchen fit under the worktop with about an inch to spare - so even adding thicker flooring does not make that much difference)

My brother in law recently moved to a house where he inherited this problem off the predecessors. I suppose it explained why they were willing to leave the appliance behind.

In this case, it was the washing machine that failed and had been floor tiled in. I believe they managed to get it out by some-how hack sawing the legs off.

Well, I jacked everything up by 10mm, changed the plumbing and the hob feed, and there's now about 10mm available for flooring. It took about 4 hours once I'd stopped moaning about what an awful job it was going to be - not too bad really.

Dave