Is it possible to place a dishwasher next to the stove?

When purchasing a dishwasher, you need to determine in advance where exactly the useful unit will be located. When installing it, it is usually taken into account how convenient it will be for the housewife to use the dishwashing device.

However, it is equally important to find a place for the machine that will ensure its safe operation and also guarantee the necessary working conditions.

Let's figure out whether such conditions will be created if the dishwasher is adjacent to the stove.

We take into account the requirements of manufacturers

Each manufacturer indicates in its instructions specific rules for placing this dishwasher model in the kitchen. The main requirement of manufacturers is inadmissibility of installation dishwashing machines end to end to other subjects. It is important for the owner of household appliances to organize the creation of an air gap around the dishwasher.

Advice! The technological gap space (at least 40 cm) can be used to create an additional compartment inside the built-in kitchen (for example, for a bottle holder or storage box).

Another recommendation from manufacturers is to fix the machine evenly on both sides. This can be ensured by adjacent drawers in the built-in kitchen, which have a rigid fastening.

Rules for combining a dishwasher with household appliances in the kitchen

Let's take a closer look at which place can be considered the most suitable for a dishwasher.

Is it possible to place a dishwasher next to a stove, hob or oven?

The main question that worries dishwasher owners is whether it is permissible to place household cooking appliances (oven, hob, gas or electric stove) and a dishwasher nearby.

Recommendations for installing a stove, oven, hob and dishwasher:

• It is necessary to ensure that a technological gap of 40 cm is maintained between the side walls of the dishwasher and the stove or oven.
• It is unacceptable to place the hob directly above the dishwasher.

Violation of the rules will lead to the fact that, under the influence of high temperatures, the sealing machine of the device will dry out and cease to provide a tight seal.

Successful and unsuccessful neighborhoods

The modern kitchen consists of many compartments and built-in drawers that hide other household appliances. When installing the unit, it is important to consider what the proximity to what is acceptable and what is undesirable for the dishwasher.

Recommended combinations:

With dish drawers. The result of the dishwasher's work is clean dishes that need to be placed in their places. Therefore, it is better to place the dishwasher under the drying cabinet. It is advisable to have pull-out dish drawers nearby.

With a drawer in which detergents are stored. A machine intended for washing dishes should not be placed at significant distances from the sink container.

Reference! For the convenience of the housewife and other family members, the distance from the container under the sink where detergents are stored to the dishwasher should not exceed 0.8 - 1.0 m.

With a refrigerator. Experts do not see any contraindications to the proximity of a dishwasher and a refrigerator. Both devices perform their functions without interfering with each other.

Undesirable combinations:

Under the sink. Some housewives think that the best solution is to install a dishwashing device under the sink. This opinion is wrong! The dimensions of the dishwasher in most cases exceed the space under the sink. This creates difficulties with the placement of communication elements of the device.

It should be borne in mind that due to the persistence of some housewives who did not want to find another place for their “assistant”, they had to cut a niche in the wall in order to increase the volume needed by the machine. Whether it is necessary to create such problems for oneself, each dishwasher owner will be able to decide on his own.

With washing machine. The undesirability of such a neighborhood is caused by the strong vibration that the washing machine produces when drying. Such shaking has a negative effect on the dishwasher and has a destructive effect on it.

With a microwave. Being too close to a microwave may be unsafe for the electronics that power the dishwasher. For safe operation of devices, it is necessary to create a distance of 0.5 m between them.

Choosing a suitable compartment in the built-in kitchen

When choosing an installation location, you must not forget the manufacturers’ requirement that the dishwasher be rigidly attached to each of its side walls.According to this requirement, only one of the internal compartments can be a suitable location. The end drawer will not fit in the dishwasher! In such a place, the machine will be firmly fixed on only one side. The absence of a rigid fastening on the other side will disrupt the stability of the unit during operation.

A dishwasher installed taking into account these recommendations will become a reliable assistant, make housekeeping easier, and provide comfort and coziness in the family kitchen.