Cohousing-L Mailing List: Commercial dishwasher for Common House Kitchen

[Joani Blank (jeblank]

Howdy friends in built cohousing communities

If you have an under-the-counter Hobart or other commercial dishwasher
(2:30 minute cycle) in your common kitchen:

1.  Does it make a lot of steam, and if so is that a problem?
2.  Do your machine have an integral or supplemental water temperature
booster, and/or do you use chemicals?
3.  If you use chemicals, how is the smell of the chemicals? (Does it smell 
like bleach or something else, and does anyone in your community have 
problems with the smell of the chemicals?)
4.  If you use chemicals, do you use, or do you know of relatively 
non-odoriferous or non-toxic or green alternatives?
5.  We know these machines are relatively loud, but they run for a very
short time.  If your kitchen is fairly open to your dining room, is the
noise of the dishwasher problematic?

Joani Blank
for the Old Oakland Cohousing Group, Oakland, CA