How to place a dishwasher in a Khrushchev building?

Not so long ago, many housewives only dreamed of a dishwasher, but not every family was able to purchase one. Today, dishwashers have become more affordable, and more and more users want to have a home assistant in their apartment. The desire to have dishwashing equipment can turn into a headache for owners of Khrushchev apartments. Tiny kitchens make it difficult to install equipment without problems. We’ll figure out how to place a dishwasher in a Khrushchev-era apartment building, and we’ll tell you about the most acceptable and interesting solutions.

Where do all the kitchen appliances go?

In fact, it is very difficult to arrange all the necessary appliances in a limited kitchen space. Where to put a stove with oven, refrigerator, dishwasher, microwave oven, coffee machine, blender, multicooker and other useful technical inventions? Don’t forget about the furniture: furniture, dining area, etc. You should carefully plan the kitchen space so that the indoor environment best suits the needs and preferences of family members. How to choose suitable places for all kitchen appliances? You can find a way out if:

carefully delimit the space, plan it down to the last centimeter. The ideal option would be to customize the furniture set, taking into account the exact dimensions of the room. It is necessary to use not only horizontal, but also vertical space. Thus, small household appliances can be placed on the shelves of the kitchen unit, which will stretch all the way to the ceiling;
purchase a narrow dishwasher built into the furniture.It will take no more than 45 cm and will be covered by the façade of the headset. Such dishwashers can be “shoved” into a five-meter kitchen;
buy a compact desktop typewriter and place it in a free corner on the tabletop. Such an invention takes up very little space;
choose 3 in 1 equipment. We’ll talk about what this device is below.

Don’t rush to give up buying a dishwasher; there are plenty of options for installing it in a limited space.

As you can see, there is a way out. If you try, you can even place a dishwashing machine in a Khrushchev-era building. We hope that the recommendations and tips presented below will definitely help you cope with this difficult task.

Work on your kitchen plan

It seems to you that there is really nowhere to put the dishwasher. In the vast majority of cases this is not the case. Proper space planning can increase the functionality of any room. Correct calculations can work miracles and do what seemed impossible. If rough repairs have not yet begun on the premises, then it is necessary to plan everything down to the location of sockets, light sources, and points of connection to communications.

If you can’t handle the layout yourself, you can always invite a professional designer. The cost of the consultation varies depending on the skill of the specialist, but by paying once, you will receive a detailed interior plan where the dishwasher will fit seamlessly.

If you have a limited budget, look through ready-made ideas on the Internet; finding a design project for a standard kitchen in a Khrushchev-era building is not difficult.

Detailed recommendations for planning the kitchen area are as follows:

order a furniture set specifically for the size of your room, according to an individual project;
Plan what appliances, other than the dishwasher, will be placed in the kitchen. If possible, it is better to update the stove, oven and refrigerator by purchasing the narrowest and most compact models. This will save enough space to install a dishwasher;
Some types of machines can be installed in a cabinet under the sink. As a last resort, you can resort to this placement option;
do not neglect hanging shelves and brackets. By attaching additional storage space to the wall, you can free up one of the lower cabinets of the unit and build a dishwasher there. You can mount a microwave oven, multicooker, etc. on the brackets.

Space for dishwashing equipment can be gained by reducing the length of the open working surface of the set. The tabletop is made folding or retractable. Thus, the space “eaten up” by the dishwasher is easily compensated for by additional cooking space. Even a five-meter kitchenette can be turned into a stylish, multifunctional room, “stuffed” with all modern appliances. You can plan the space so professionally that, along with the dishwasher, you can also fit a washing machine.

Which “assistant” should I choose?

It is important to wisely select equipment for washing dishes, focusing specifically on your situation. For example, narrow dishwashers can save as much as 15 cm, since their width is only 45 cm, and not 60, like standard models. Today you can find equipment whose width is less than 45 centimeters, so the choice is not easy.

For a small kitchen space, narrow models of dishwashers are the priority for installation.

If in your case, in order to install the machine, literally 1 cm is not enough, and it is simply impossible to gain it, try removing the soundproofing layer from the dishwasher body. Of course, during operation the equipment will make louder sounds, but the problem with a lack of a few millimeters will be easily and quickly solved. choose a dishwasher of suitable size

Another option is a compact tabletop dishwasher. A very convenient device for very limited space. Installation of equipment on a table top is allowed. However, using a desktop device entails some inconveniences:

small camera capacity, maximum 6 sets of accessories;
inability to clean large kitchen items;
loud noise during the working process.

Excessive sound is a “disease” of most models of this type of equipment. If you run the equipment during the daytime, the noise will not cause much inconvenience.

The advantage of compact models is the possibility of installation in hanging cabinets, or directly on the wall, using special brackets. So the machine will not “steal” the useful space of a small kitchen at all, but will be just as functional as a full-size dishwasher. Compact devices fit perfectly into a cabinet under the sink, in which case there will be no problems connecting communications.

Buy combined equipment

If you haven’t thought about installing modern 3-in-1 kitchen appliances, then it’s time to do so. What does the placement of a dishwasher and saving kitchen space have to do with this, you ask? Combined technology allows you to completely solve the problem of lack of space for washing equipment.

An example is the Candy TRIO 9503 model, which combines a glass-ceramic electric stove, oven and dishwasher. Three essential appliances in every kitchen are successfully combined in one stylish housing. The working surface of the stove is located at the very top, followed by the oven, and at the base there is a dishwasher. Judging by customer reviews, using a 3-in-1 device is very convenient, and it completely solves the problem of lack of space in the kitchen. 3 in 1 equipment

Today on the Russian market the range of combined equipment is quite limited. In fact, the choice comes down to the Kandy brand, which produces two types of 3-in-1 equipment: with a gas or electric work surface, but these models are also characterized by a large number of positive reviews. Let's talk about the disadvantages of this type of equipment.

High price of copies. Although it's debatable, the cost will actually be even lower than buying the stove, oven, and dishwasher separately.
Functional limitation. The compact combined device has a small oven that only fits 1 baking sheet. The dishwasher also cannot boast of its size; its maximum capacity is 6 sets of dishes. There are no complaints about the working surface of the stove; it, like the standard version, has 4 burners.
A small amount of information regarding the reliability of equipment. Since the product appeared on the market relatively recently, it is too early to judge the actual service life of a 3-in-1 device. Here you can only rely on the reputation of the manufacturer brand.

We hope that after reading the article, you will understand how to install a dishwasher in a Khrushchev. In fact, it is possible to equip a small room with all the necessary electronics, and this is proven by various design projects for tiny kitchens. Carefully study the information that is freely available, take one of the kitchen interior ideas as a sample, and select the most narrow equipment. If you follow all the recommendations, then soon there will definitely be a separate place for a new “home assistant”.