Cohousing-L Mailing List: Dishwashers/residential Dishwashers

[PatZy (pzboom]

We are very glad we went with two high-capacity residential dishwashers.  
Dinners are usually 15-18 people, we are often able to use only one dishwasher 
although that depends on how many plates/bowls the meal requires.  The meal 
team of that evening does NOT unload the next day, the clean dishes simply stay 
in the dishwasher until the next meal team sets up, at which time much of it 
goes right back out on the tables and the rest gets put away.  The dishwashers 
have a “delay start” function so we can set them to run at any time, which is 
helpful to not have dishwasher noise during the biz meeting that follows some 
meals.  

The only problem we’ve had is that since we have 34”h kitchen counters, only 
one dishwasher would fit.  It doesn’t have a grinder so plates must be well 
rinsed before they go in or it clogs.  We check the filter frequently, and 
hand-wash wine glasses since they have broken and clogged it before.  Pots/pans 
go to the pot sink although I think if we had it to do over again, I’d lobby 
for foregoing the pot sink for more counter space - it doesn’t get used that 
much and people have trouble controlling the commercial style very forceful 
spray faucet we installed there.  Still need to see if there is a way to adjust 
the spray force downwards.  

PatZy Boomer
Mountain View Cohousing Community