Hello everyone,
we have just moved in and bought the kitchen from the previous tenant – apparently it’s a Faktum model.
It’s completely messed up. We managed to fix a few things ourselves, but right now two issues are worrying us:
The kitchen is not properly leveled at all, so when cooking, liquids gather on one side of the stove. This problem also affects the tall cabinets.
Fortunately, the cabinets are not screwed together, and neither the dishwasher nor the oven is fixed in place.
So my question is: Can we level the kitchen by pulling out and adjusting the individual units, or do we have to remove the countertop?
I would really like to avoid that.
The front of the dishwasher door is damaged and somehow didn’t fit properly. The person who assembled the kitchen apparently sawed off the bottom of it (!).
Now the toe kick doesn’t fit underneath. How would you solve this? Should we just leave out the toe kick in the area of the dishwasher?
We managed to get the sink installed temporarily since a sealing ring had been installed incorrectly, which caused the drain to be too high and water (with dirt) to remain standing in the sink. After reassembling, we still had to fix several leaking spots.
The urgent question is about leveling the cabinets. If anyone has experience with this, I would be really grateful.
Best regards
Libby 🙂
we have just moved in and bought the kitchen from the previous tenant – apparently it’s a Faktum model.
It’s completely messed up. We managed to fix a few things ourselves, but right now two issues are worrying us:
The kitchen is not properly leveled at all, so when cooking, liquids gather on one side of the stove. This problem also affects the tall cabinets.
Fortunately, the cabinets are not screwed together, and neither the dishwasher nor the oven is fixed in place.
So my question is: Can we level the kitchen by pulling out and adjusting the individual units, or do we have to remove the countertop?
I would really like to avoid that.
The front of the dishwasher door is damaged and somehow didn’t fit properly. The person who assembled the kitchen apparently sawed off the bottom of it (!).
Now the toe kick doesn’t fit underneath. How would you solve this? Should we just leave out the toe kick in the area of the dishwasher?
We managed to get the sink installed temporarily since a sealing ring had been installed incorrectly, which caused the drain to be too high and water (with dirt) to remain standing in the sink. After reassembling, we still had to fix several leaking spots.
The urgent question is about leveling the cabinets. If anyone has experience with this, I would be really grateful.
Best regards
Libby 🙂
Thanks, everyone.
This is what’s planned for the weekend...
The tip to use lead on the bottom of the cabinet is great—I wouldn’t have thought of that, maybe only my partner. Many thanks!
I’m getting really frustrated with the guy who sold us this thing by now...
After it stayed dry under the sink (even though we spent several hours screwing around there), now there’s water in the dishwasher—I assume it’s because the drain hose slopes from the sink toward the dishwasher.
We’re going to redo the whole thing over the weekend. Is it possible to buy the necessary parts like sealing rings etc. at a hardware store, or do they absolutely have to be from IKEA?
I don’t even know if the sink is IKEA at all. It’s probably a quartz composite sink, one basin with a draining board. I haven’t found anything like that in any brochure or online (seems to be from an old product line...), and I can’t find the faucet either... 🙁
It’s all so annoying because you have to painstakingly figure out the background info and exactly what’s going wrong...
This is what’s planned for the weekend...
The tip to use lead on the bottom of the cabinet is great—I wouldn’t have thought of that, maybe only my partner. Many thanks!
I’m getting really frustrated with the guy who sold us this thing by now...
After it stayed dry under the sink (even though we spent several hours screwing around there), now there’s water in the dishwasher—I assume it’s because the drain hose slopes from the sink toward the dishwasher.
We’re going to redo the whole thing over the weekend. Is it possible to buy the necessary parts like sealing rings etc. at a hardware store, or do they absolutely have to be from IKEA?
I don’t even know if the sink is IKEA at all. It’s probably a quartz composite sink, one basin with a draining board. I haven’t found anything like that in any brochure or online (seems to be from an old product line...), and I can’t find the faucet either... 🙁
It’s all so annoying because you have to painstakingly figure out the background info and exactly what’s going wrong...
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IKEA-Experte19 Oct 2016 11:54Take some photos and upload them to the photo gallery here, then it will be easier to provide advice.
The dishwasher drain hose always runs from the floor up to the trap; it can’t be due to the slope if the water is not draining properly.
The dishwasher drain hose always runs from the floor up to the trap; it can’t be due to the slope if the water is not draining properly.
Yes, yes, it is already pumping out; that’s not the issue. The water just eventually returns.
I understand that the pipe initially goes upwards, but the branch pipe under the sink must first go up to prevent the water from flowing the wrong way, right?
The model designation of the dishwasher is DWH B00.
I understand that the pipe initially goes upwards, but the branch pipe under the sink must first go up to prevent the water from flowing the wrong way, right?
The model designation of the dishwasher is DWH B00.
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IKEA-Experte19 Oct 2016 21:57This usually happens automatically through the connection at the trap. Photos would also be helpful here.
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