Repair or replace?
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I would think so too, having to stoop down to place in or remove anything from the microwave. Counter level or just short of shoulder height would be my preference.
wrote on 14 Jan 2025, 22:20 last edited by@Renauda said in Repair or replace?:
having to stoop down to place in or remove anything from the microwave.
Think of it as loading a dishwasher - that needs regular cleaning.
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wrote on 14 Jan 2025, 22:22 last edited by
I’d rather have a below counter drawer microwave than what builders here are doing .. a below counter swing out door microwave. Still, both suck when it comes to cleaning up messes.
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@Renauda said in Repair or replace?:
having to stoop down to place in or remove anything from the microwave.
Think of it as loading a dishwasher - that needs regular cleaning.
wrote on 14 Jan 2025, 22:25 last edited by@George-K said in Repair or replace?:
@Renauda said in Repair or replace?:
having to stoop down to place in or remove anything from the microwave.
Think of it as loading a dishwasher - that needs regular cleaning.
Even worse.
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wrote on 14 Jan 2025, 22:30 last edited by
I think builders are into aesthetics, maxing out counter space, and avoiding over the stove microwaves when they can. You can only vent so much with the over the stove microwaves with the built in hood fans. Lot of people prefer a dedicated fan over their stoves. They suck better lol
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wrote on 14 Jan 2025, 22:35 last edited by
@blondie said in Repair or replace?:
Are those pop up controls?
Yeah you can close that and it’s flush with the door
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I think builders are into aesthetics, maxing out counter space, and avoiding over the stove microwaves when they can. You can only vent so much with the over the stove microwaves with the built in hood fans. Lot of people prefer a dedicated fan over their stoves. They suck better lol
wrote on 14 Jan 2025, 23:11 last edited by@blondie said in Repair or replace?:
ou can only vent so much with the over the stove microwaves with the built in hood fans.
Yes. The microwave vents are next to useless.
Lot of people prefer a dedicated fan over their stoves.
When we remodeled the kitchen in our house (1986) our cooktop was on an island. We didn't want an overhead vent coming down over it, so the contractor (who was great) installed a vent that would rise up behind the burners and vent down the back of the island, into a vent under the floorboards, and out into the back yard.
Ours only rose about 8 inches, iirc and didn't have lighting. Worked well, though.
https://www.thermador.com/us/products/ventilation/downdraft
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wrote on 14 Jan 2025, 23:29 last edited by jon-nyc
No stooping required. It’s a drawer. If it were a normal microwave installed under the counter that would be different.
I don’t mind it at all. I was worried it would cook unevenly since there’s no turntable but they seem to have figured that out. I’ve had a cheap microwave on my counter since this broke 12/24 and I want my counter space back
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wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 00:51 last edited by
Jon, I think what’s key for you given the tight space in that corner is the installer. He/she needs to get that thing out and a new one in without wrecking anything. If it were me, I wouldn’t be ordering online. I’d be going to whatever appliance center builders send clients to in your area, with that picture in hand, and seeking out who they recommend.
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wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 00:52 last edited by
For sure swapping it out isn’t something I would do st this point in my life.
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wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 00:58 last edited by
I would prefer to have a dedicated range hood fan, but space did not allow. My over range microwave has a pretty powerful fan that is vented to the outside.
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wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 00:58 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Repair or replace?:
In an island. (Peninsula, I guess)
@jon-nyc said in Repair or replace?:
In an island. (Peninsula, I guess)
I’m much more comfortable having a device emit microwave radiation right at the height of head as opposed to emitting radiation at the height of your unit…
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@jon-nyc said in Repair or replace?:
In an island. (Peninsula, I guess)
@jon-nyc said in Repair or replace?:
In an island. (Peninsula, I guess)
I’m much more comfortable having a device emit microwave radiation right at the height of head as opposed to emitting radiation at the height of your unit…
wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 01:03 last edited by@LuFins-Dad aren't you done with those organs?
(that's what I used to say when we used x-ray in the OR and I was offered a lead gown)
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@LuFins-Dad aren't you done with those organs?
(that's what I used to say when we used x-ray in the OR and I was offered a lead gown)
wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 01:07 last edited by@George-K said in Repair or replace?:
@LuFins-Dad aren't you done with those organs?
(that's what I used to say when we used x-ray in the OR and I was offered a lead gown)
I’ll take a brain tumor before that…
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wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 01:13 last edited by
Built ins may look small from the outside, but they are awkward, heavy, and always have sharp edges when you remove them. My last go at a swap out was 2016. Never again.
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wrote on 15 Jan 2025, 01:21 last edited by
I might have done it myself 20 years ago. Not now.
