Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: the Dishwasher envelope please!

[Elizabeth Stevenson (tamgoddess]

Six or 7 times! Ouch. We do dishes once, that's it.

This is a good reminder when building that it is in your best interests to
have the place classified as not commercial. I think there is some
discretion in every zoning board, so fight for it! BTW, we were required to
have the bathrooms plumbed for commercial, but not a commercial kitchen.
There may be middle ground to be reached.

Liz

> 
> But, the community members who worked on designing our kitchen went for the
> commercial dishwasher because they said our common house is classified as a
> public building and so we had to have one to meet the Seattle city code for
> public kitchens.
> 
> Another reason given was that the commercial dishwasher could wash dishes
> more quickly and thoroughly than the home models.

To that, I say, HAH! No way three minutes cleans better than 45.
> 
> Here at Jackson Place we sometimes have 60 people at a meal.
> 
> How many people does your community serve at each meal?

40, or 50 if it's busy.


> We probably run the commercial dishwasher 6 or 7 times. Maybe even more.

> Sylvie Kashdan
> skashdan [at] scn.org
> Jackson Place Cohousing
> 800 Hiawatha Place South
> Seattle, WA 98144
> www.seattlecohousing.org

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