Who tiled my kitchen like this?!

[Sailor]

My kitchen tile is like that. Prior owner install I can tell. I had enough room barely to screw the legs up and get it out.

 

[Mark-DuCo]

I have some tannerite I can donate to help remove the old unit.

 

[Sailor]

Whatever you do get that Sh** fixed ricky ticky before this turns into, your wife saying "well since we have to remove one piece of tile we might as well, replace the cabinets, then appliances, then repaint and add some new lighting."

Your dishwasher repair just turned into 30k.

 

[halfmileharry]

Rather thick ceramic, 6", maybe 8". It's all set in mortar, so alcohol won't do anything.

Sounds like too much work to me.
The post from Sailor about a $30K tile job makes sense. I remember being married.

 

[BugI02]

Rather thick ceramic, 6", maybe 8". It's all set in mortar, so alcohol won't do anything.

You've got to be kidding! If your floor tile is really six to eight inches thick pull it all up and use it to armor the inside of a safe room! Then pull and repair/replace dishwasher and re-tile with something a bit more rational

 

[JTScribe]

Whatever you do get that Sh** fixed ricky ticky before this turns into, your wife saying "well since we have to remove one piece of tile we might as well, replace the cabinets, then appliances, then repaint and add some new lighting."

Your dishwasher repair just turned into 30k.

This man speaks a truth. A leaky faucet cost my father in law $3,000 for a bathroom remodel.

 

[JettaKnight]

You've got to be kidding! If your floor tile is really six to eight inches thick pull it all up and use it to armor the inside of a safe room! Then pull and repair/replace dishwasher and re-tile with something a bit more rational

6" to 8" square, ~ 3/8" or 7/16" thick.

 

[BugI02]

Oops. Reading-comprehension fail

 

[Tomc1947]

You'll probably have to remove the tile in front of the DW. Hope you have some extra because you won't get it up without breaking it. Another possibility is to unscrew(from the underside)the counter top and raise it up a inch or so.

 

[printcraft]

Been there done that.
I sawed off the front adjustment legs.

This ^^^^^^^^^^

Are replacements readily available?

Cut the flat area, get a couple of L-brackets and drill and bolt the feet back on.
Worked for steve austin..... better than before... stronger, faster.

 

[bocefus78]

Yep...it's Sawzall time. Cut em off, fix it, and replace them with appropriate sized and cut allthread.

 

[Frosty]

Another possibility is to unscrew(from the underside)the counter top and raise it up a inch or so.

this is the way to go. Crawl in the cabinets and try to find screws, then raise the counter top. Still a fair amount of work, but probably easier to do than chiseling up floor tile!

 

[chezuki]

this is the way to go. Crawl in the cabinets and try to find screws, then raise the counter top. Still a fair amount of work, but probably easier to do than chiseling up floor tile!

Doubtful it would be easier.

I can't lift it up because it's right up against the granite countertop.

 

[Lost Californian]

Did this to myself 3 years ago. Wanted to have the kitchen floor vinyl replaced with laminate flooring, but the sub floor(?) was too messed up to put laminate down. I did not have enough money to get the job done right, which included removing all the cabinets and having the sub floor redone, so I had them just do up to the cabinets, which trapped the dishwasher with a 1" lip and no upward room at all. This year, I had it fixed by having new counter top installed. Still cain't afford new cabinets, so I had the counter guys raise the counter top one inch, which got the dishwasher out, and had the space under the dishwasher raised level with the flooring. Now it all works like it is supposed to, yippee me.

 

[Frosty]

Doubtful it would be easier.

I guess it's all about your prospective. Personally, I'd rather fight with the counter.

 

[Rookie]

It would depend on the backsplash. If lifting the counter would tear it up, I'd break out the sawzall. Also, I think they silicone the counter to the cabinets. Again, sawzall the dishwasher.

 

[Brandon]

I would think any appliance store would be able to sell you or maybe even give you some adjustment legs (just the part you turn to level).
I know when I worked for Lowes, we kept several of those around as well as several screws for the backs of dryer/ovens for hooking up a 3 or 4 prong cord.

 

[JettaKnight]

OK, it's done.


I had to use a hacksaw and cut off the feet - no long term consequence because it didn't actually rest on the feet, just the bottom rails.


I finally pulled it out and deduced that the problem was a (really) loose neutral connector in the breaker box.

 

[Lost Californian]

Thanks for the update. It is always nice to hear the end of the story. Sorry about all the hard work for naught, but glad you got it fixed.

 

[ws6guy]

I'll have the pleasure of going through this at some point. Except mine is 3/4" hard wood.. I'll probably be sawing off the the feet as well.