To consider two dishwashers?

@SageRosemary
we just use the dishdrawer as a normal dishwasher too, rather than 'storage'. However when we first bought it we had a tiny kitchen and the intention was to use it for storage - but it never happened, it wasn't really practical/necessary.

For it to work then one dishwasher would have to be big enough to hold all of your plates, cups, glasses, bowls, oven trays and cutlery.

I have fisher paykel dishwasher drawers which are brilliant. Unless we have a big party nothing ever sits in the side. I could never go back to one dishwasher so totally recommend but you do still need to empty as you use different things.

Nothing wrong with making your life easier.

This could be the laziest thing I’ve ever heard 🙄

This. I really can’t see the need for 2 dishwashers unless you have a very large family.

If my kitchen was bigger I would do this. One dirty, one clean. Do it! Do it! Do it!

This sounds ideal. Ours is on for the third time today already. I’ve cooked breakfast (pancakes) and lunch (soup) from scratch and prepped dinner from scratch (pizzas). None of this sounds like it would use that much cutlery, crockery, utensils etc but it clearly does!

Two dishwashers here- DH thought I was mad but quickly acknowledged it was a great idea. The use one fill one idea is a great theory but doesn’t work, we still empty one in one go. But the kitchen never gets cluttered with dirty dishes waiting for space in the dishwasher (family of 5). Very happy with it. We also have w/m upstairs which make so much more sense as that’s where clothes are stored/taken off!

I think this about laundry. Have a room just for laundry - washing, drying, hanging, just get your clothes from there instead of all the bloody carting around the house to different rooms

@Hadjab

I fill the dishwasher over the course of the day, run it in the evening and empty it before bed, so there’s never any dirty stuff hanging around on the sides - and repeat

Your dishwasher is never filled up completely by the end of the day?

Ours often is, so is run at any time in a day. Any dishes used while it is running tend to be left in the sink , which I deplore.

How is leaving clean dishes in the second dishwasher not the same as putting them away in a cupboard?

The dishes sit patiently in the 'clean' dishwasher to be used. There is not job 'putting the dishes away in the cupboard'. This is for me one of the advantages of the two dishwasher system.

Absolutely go for it!!

We moved in here last year. I wanted 2 dishwashers and everyone thought I was crazy.

We only got 1 in the end and its a massive regret. Even DH agrees now we need a second one and we're going to lose a cupboard to get a second one in.

@MereDintofPandiculation

If the dishwasher tablet flap is open, then it’s clean and emptying; if it’s closedwith a tablet inside,then it’s dirty and filling

This. ^. This is genius.

Like so many other genius ideas, it's totally obvious once it has been pointed out. Thank you.

Surely, even my DH, who often gets confused because, I suspect, prefers to add one dirty item to emptying the full clean load, could not get muddled up by that 'way of working'.

Couldn't do it. The stuff would always smell of dishwasher.

I suggest getting rid of all dishwashers and washing by hand.

But two fridge-freezers? Already there.

@Hadjab because you don't actually empty the clean dishwasher. You take the stuff out of it as you need to use it instead of taking it out the cupboard so you bypass the step of from dishwasher to cupboard altogether and actually don't need any/much cupboard space.

Could you have two half dishwashers? I have a half size dishwasher that's perfect and gets put on most days.

I have 2 full size dishwashers. We empty them when cycle is complete though. 3 adults in our household. Works a treat. If you have space do it!

A little bit off topic but I new a 96yr old and her family moved her into a new build luxury flat and she used dishwasher as a filing cabinet 😂

Now I want that fisherpaykel.

I think I’m being thick, because it doesn’t make much sense to me. I fill the dishwasher over the course of the day, run it in the evening and empty it before bed, so there’s never any dirty stuff hanging around on the sides - and repeat. How is leaving clean dishes in the second dishwasher not the same as putting them away in a cupboard?

I've seen it in other homes. Dirty/Clean then reverse. It's brilliant but everyone in the house has to be on board with the idea. No dirty stuff in the clean one. Perhaps a tag on the door to show which is the right one. If you have room and can afford it do iy

I assumed this was a family and thought oo not a bad idea.
But how much washing up can one person create?

I have my Fisher & Paykel double drawer dishwasher for over 18 years now so I can recommend the brand too. However, I just use this as a normal dishwasher and empty it after use. I generally just use the top drawer, easier for my back. Handy for family parties as you can start them at different times.

I follow a page on Facebook where someone is renovating a house & they are having two dishwashers & two washing machines. It's a gamechanger, if you have room, go for it.