Kitchen Appliances - On the RoaD

[Oonrahnjay]

    OK, I got my Corian kitchen counter tops cut a few weeks ago - they arrived just after the cabinet maker delivered the cabinet faces; everything went together really fine.  But I'm now sitting here looking a couple of beautiful spaces (sink and propane cook top installed) and scratching my head.  I'd really like to have a way to set a couple of small items (toaster and microwave) without drilling holes in the counter top, etc.  I don't have overhead space to mount them up top windows, etc. and I really wouldn't like to have to take them down and store them in kitchen drawers or cabinets every time I went down the road.

    Anybody got any suggestions, or is the best thing just to go ahead and drill the counter tops?  (And I guess the real issue is the microwave - the toaster is probably reasonably easy to handle by putting it in a drawer.)  Thanks,  BH  NC USA

[wagwar]

Can you hang them from the underside of the cabinets?  Black and Decker makes a matched pair - coffee maker and toaster oven that look very nice. You can see what they look like in our bus at the blog:

www.mightybus.wordpress.com

[bobofthenorth]

We have a toaster oven hanging under the upper cabinet that gets a lot of use. And we've also got a high rim around the forward edge of the counter space - maybe 8 or 10" high. We leave the coffee maker & the kettle on the counter & i'm confident in a wreck they would stop against that perimeter barrier.

[Oonrahnjay]

We have a toaster oven hanging under the upper cabinet that gets a lot of use. And we've also got a high rim around the forward edge of the counter space - maybe 8 or 10" high. We leave the coffee maker & the kettle on the counter & i'm confident in a wreck they would stop against that perimeter barrier.   

      I haven't thought about a perimeter.  Would be difficult with my layout but maybe possible.  Absolutely *NO* chance of hanging anywhere -- don't have any upper cabinets or any place to put them. 

      I do have a "backsplash" at the rear - I'm thinking that maybe I'll be make a frame out of steel angle, pad the bottom so that it doesn't scratch the Corian, attach a rear bracket to the backsplash, and secure the microwave (and maybe toaster) to the frame.

[Stormcloud]

I placed our microwave in a cabinet cutout speci-fically sized for it.

The unit's feet sit on 4 3/4" plywood circles with the centres drilled out to match the feet (like donuts). The plywood disks are glued with silicone adhesive to the cabinet. Easy to remove the microwave as long as it is lift straight up 3/4 inch then moved forward. Its really secure.

I have replaced the microwave once......it was a matter of using a sharp chisel to knock the plywood disks clear, then re-silicone them in the new pattern to match.

I would bet your coach doesn't drop 3/4" instantly, and I expect the silicone would adhere adequately to the Corian to keep it from sliding. If you don't like it there, it's easy to move it.

[Melbo]

Mark that is what we do for keeping things stable.  Next time you need to remove them just take a pair of channel lock pliers and twist it --- comes right off.

HTH

Melbo

[Oonrahnjay]

I placed our microwave in a cabinet cutout speci-fically sized for it.

The unit's feet sit on 4 3/4" plywood circles with the centres drilled out to match the feet (like donuts). The plywood disks are glued with silicone adhesive to the cabinet. Easy to remove the microwave as long as it is lift straight up 3/4 inch then moved forward. Its really secure.

I have replaced the microwave once......it was a matter of using a sharp chisel to knock the plywood disks clear, then re-silicone them in the new pattern to match.

I would bet your coach doesn't drop 3/4" instantly, and I expect the silicone would adhere adequately to the Corian to keep it from sliding. If you don't like it there, it's easy to move it. 

       YES!!!   That's my solution - thanks!