kilikini wrote:
>
> Pete C. wrote:
> > Steve Pope wrote:
> >>
> >> Pete C. > wrote:
> >>
> >>> labor, save water and wash better than by hand since they use hotter
> >>> water than your hands can take. $300 will get you a perfectly
> >>> serviceable if not fashionable DW.
> >>
> >> Footprint of a dishwasher is about 5 square feet. Cost of
> >> residential property around here is about $500 per square food.
> >> So that dishwasher requires $2500 worth of space.
> >>
> >> Steve
> >
> > Well gee, that's your problem, you're only eating square food
> >
> > Since most dishwashers install under counter, and even the portables
> > provide counter space on top, you can't count them like that.
> >
> > Your property there is also *way* too expensive, by that spec I've
> > got a $1M+ house, and probably with the 4 acres I have, a lot more
> > than that.
>
> What if you only have about 3 feet of counter space and you need those
> cabinets? Can't put a dishwasher in this house. I'm happy that my husband
> is willing to help with the dishes occasionally. That's one chore I can't
> stand, honestly.
>
> kili

So put a portable DW on the porch outside the kitchen window and toss
the connections in through the window.