2 dishwashers?!

[Citygirlrurallife]

We’re re-doing our kitchen and a few people have mentioned to us recently about 2 dishwashers being game changers and we have the room - is it ridiculous or genius?!

We have 2 - but the slim ones, so probably the space of 1.5 normal ones.

Game changer

We have two - family of 6 with food allergies so do a lot of from scratch cooking - having two means no one has any excuse to leave dirty dishes out - we probably run three dishwasher loads a day - more when we have guests - works brilliantly for us but then we have the space and also have two ovens ... which only get used together at Xmas funnily enough while the dishwashers are often on at the same time. If I had to choose, I'd go with two dishwashers over two ovens any day!

Love how some people just can't see others' point of view as being valid if different to their own. So much pearl clutching "2 dishwashers?! Lazy insanity!"

I have 2. My kitchen is large. We're a family of 4 but we host a lot. Each DC 'owns' a dishwasher and is responsible for the emptying of it with no quarrels over whose turn it is. I hate clutter so having clear work tops is brilliant. Because they're inbuilt the actual cost of the dishwasher wasn't but more than the cupboard unit cost would have been as only the door front had to be purchased and our dishwashers aren't fancy models.

So does anyone need 2? No more than anyone needs anything else, but it's made our family life smoother in one small but impactful way and that's a win for me.

Yes, totally agree., as are washing machines, clean water plumbed into the house and indoor loos. We use the local well for water and hand wash all our clothes

We have a laundry chute that solves that 😂

This is genius! You would need a code to identify the clean one, like pp does with with magnets.

My mum used to hide snacks in the dishwasher so when we were teens we wouldn’t hoover up the whole lot.

We are doing this in a large store cupboard which also has floor space for an airer.
I rarely put the clothes out to dry - I have been caught out several times thinking the weather will be nice only for a random downpour to happen whilst I am work😡
Also saves having to take the clothes back upstairs again.
Yep, lazy. Very very happy to be lazy with domestic chores.

Ahhhh I’ve just read back through the thread and seen references to 2.5 hour dishwasher cycles (and one 6 hour!!)

That explains why you’d have stuff sitting on the side waiting while it runs.

We almost always use the fast button which means the cycle takes 1 hr 10 min.

Sounds ideal, if you have space OP.

Because that's how much washing up we generate. Yes it's full. There are four of us at home all the time eating meals, and we mostly eat different things (I'm vegan, kids eat meat, adults eat separate to kids) plus the kids use a lot of glasses! It generates a lot of saucepans etc which are big and take up a lot of space in the dishwasher. It goes on at least twice a day.

Crap this is a very good point!!!

Oh I like each D.C. owning a dishwasher….currently DH is supposed to unload/reload/wash up in the morning and DC take it in turns each evening but I always want a clean kitchen when I wake up and once the day is started but the other fuckers seem to take their sweet time clearing it up - purely for my mental health it feels like a good idea and will seem to DC like less work cos it’s mainly unloading

@Applesaarenttheonlyfruit a laundry chute?! Holy hell how do I get one of those built into my house??? Laziness be damned

Exactly the same in our house

re the long cycles is it like washing machines whereby the eco wash is longer but more energy efficient?

@Citygirlrurallife , I always empty into cupboards. Some seem to use the dishwasher as alternative cupboard space. Each to his own.

All our cycles are long but there's the option to make them shorter. I've not noticed any difference in the clean.

re the long cycles is it like washing machines whereby the eco wash is longer but more energy efficient?
I think that’s the idea- ours takes about 3.5 hours so I only tend to use it overnight. The quickest setting is 60 minutes but presumably a lot more water is used with that.

Emptying the dishwasher is bad enough. Imagine having to empty two at the same time!

We have the door on our landing and it drops into a laundry basket in a tall cupboard next to the washing machine in the utility. It’s a gap in the wall and floor. It means you need to have rooms adjacent but above each other, or just directly above You can do multiple levels but ours is just 1st to ground. I love it as all the washing is in a pile in one place. We then all have a basket of clean folded clothes to take back up as I have 5 shelves opposite the cupboard where clean clothes get sorted.

I like to think I’m efficient, but lazy is fine too!

I never put pans etc in the dishwasher, they get hand washed. We would probably run out unless the dishwasher went on at least once a day. We just put plates, bowls, glasses, mugs etc in. Maybe that’s why I’ve never thought about a second dishwasher. Ours only goes on every couple of days.

I would with a family of four, there are only two of us so one is just right but we would need two with more people

There's five of us (three adults, teenager and toddler).

It goes on at night, teenager empties and reloads in the morning before she goes to school, I put it on when the breakfast bits have gone in, and then DH or I empty when we're cooking dinner.

We wash up the big cooking pots, but that's not exactly a hardship.

Really don't see the need for two, seems like a total waste of space for a cupboard 🤷🏻‍♀️

For those of you putting the dishwasher on at night, that is no more recommended than it is to have a tumble dryer on when asleep

I have two fridges. Very useful when living in a rural area and wanting to store / eat a decent amount of fresh stuff. I don't think I could justify two dishwashers though, even though I use it a lot. We are only a family of 3 and it is amazing how many times I run it during the day if we are all eating 3 home cooked meals, or if I bake something in addition to the usual cooking. It doesn't bother me having stuff stacked on the side though. I'm not particularly anal about appearances in the kitchen.

One reason I am keen on a second dishwasher is that I have read that the fire service do not recommend to run appliances overnight. Therefore, if I can only run the dw during the day, I would like a second one to load up whilst they first runs.