Bosch Integrated Dishwasher Install

[daedalusminos]

Long story short - decided to replace our 18yr middle of the range integrated Bosch dishwasher with current model middle of the range integrated Bosch dishwasher.

Didn't think too much about it - hoped that it would pretty much fit straight back in....and it did except...

After several weeks running with the cabinet door panel off (making sure there were no leaks/too lazy) decided to fit that today.

Used the supplied template and offset it by the top door gap (about 5mm in my case) marked the holes - none were in the same place as the original dishwasher - some were a few mm off - bit annoying I thought, if you're going to change it make it significant. Fitted the T slot brackets, offered it up to find it sitting several mm too high mmmm.

Studied the guided template and noticed the rulings didn't go all the way to the top. Re-drilled holes a few up (2 of them were now in the original position (4 weren't) and the T slots were now straddled where they originally were. Installed door after much frustration - it has velcro, which I think is meant to hold in position until door aligned then you open the door to access the screws. Unfortunately the velcro wasn't strong enough to overcome the catch strength. Eventually got it installed and perfectly aligned. (OK maybe a mm too high).

Excellent I thought....until I went to open the door to find it hits on the dishwasher sump panel and only opens 2/3 of the way DOH!

I then check the dims for this dishwasher...to find my worktop height is right on top limit as is my door height...This kitchen is bespoke but I checked our utility cabinets and they're the same door height.

Anyone else experienced this?

 

[DanZac]

Excellent I thought....until I went to open the door to find it hits on the dishwasher sump panel and only opens 2/3 of the way DOH!

Silly question but when you say "Sump panel" are you referring to the actual washer or the plinth along the bottom of the units (kickboard).

The plinth on ours needed a cut out for the bottom of the door to slot into when fully open, if that helps.

 

[barracuda816]

This is a good question. I had the same problem with my Bosch dishwasher. I don't know how it is supposed to be but I cut the "door" panel and mounted the lower part to the adjoining cupboards. There is a slight gap for clearance. It seems like the dishwasher door pivot point is too high.

@DanZac If it the same as mine its not the kickboard that it hits, but the feet/ lower part of the dishwasher its self. Essentially due to the pivot of the dishwasher door you can't fit a full height facia/panel as it is too long to open fully. It seems like a bad design to me. But maybe I did it wrong.

 

[daedalusminos]

when you say "Sump panel" are you referring to the actual washer or the plinth along the bottom

It's the actual washer....total madness

 

[daedalusminos]

Essentially due to the pivot of the dishwasher door you can't fit a full height facia/panel as it is too long to open fully. It seems like a bad design to me. But maybe I did it wrong.

It's this exactly, it's not to do with the height of the worktop, it's the height of the units and therefore the door. It's a kitchen to fairly standard UK dimensions.

I'll have to pack the underside of the worktop so the dishwasher sits lower and the door higher relative to the dishwasher.

 

[Neilj]

I had something similar with mine. I used a spare piece of 18mm carcass as a packing strip fastened to the underneath of the worktop. That dropped the dishwasher down by 18mm relative to the door and it all fitted. Still had to cut a section out of the kickboard as well but that's not visible unless I'm lying on the floor, which I don't do very often