No, the hot water tank is all the way on the other side of the house in the laundry room. Betsy At 01:10 PM 1/16/2009, you wrote:
>Betsy? > >Where is your hot water tank? Might it be that? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Betsy Whitney >To: <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] >Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 4:44 PM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Remodel and Kitchen Aid cabinet > >Not sure what we're going to do with the mixer yet, but I have >another little glitch. > >I have a place in the corner of the kitchen where there is a counter >with a wall next to it on the right. If I turn to my right, there is >another counter in front of me with a wall on the left side of it. I >can't figure out why that wall is there and when I knock on the back >side of that wall, it sounds as if there is nothing inside. The space >is about 3 feet by 3 and a half feet. I tried to get a copy of the >original plans for the house so we could see if that is just empty >space, but in my county, they don't keep copies of the plans. The top >of that area does not go all the way to the ceiling and seems to be >topped with wood. My husband wanted to pry off a piece of the >paneling from the back side of the wall, and I refused to have him >touch my cedar paneling with anything he could damage it with because >he definitely would. So, I guess we are going to try to take the top >off of that part of the area and look down into it. Very strange. >There is no reason that I can imagine that there would be plumbing or >the like in there. >Puzzled... >Betsy > >At 10:36 AM 1/16/2009, you wrote: > > >Betsy, > > > >Please do let us know what you come up with to do with the mixer. I > >love mine, but none of my cabinets are tall enough to hold it. By > >the way, I advise adjustable heighth shelves in kitchens. sigh I > >just wish the guy who put mine together had thought of these things. > >Did I mention that my cabinets all look really nice. :) > > > >Jennifer > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Dale Leavens > >To: > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com><mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected] > >Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:16 AM > >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Remodel and Kitchen Aid cabinet > > > >Good morning Betsy, > > > >My sister had a device in one of her kitchens which sounds something > >like what you want. It was a platform, in this case probably 16 by > >12 inches mounted on a series of levers and springs not unlike those > >you might see for supporting a computer keyboard under a work > >surface. You open the cupboard door and this thing swings out and up > >on the levers and counterbalancing springs until it came up level > >with the counter top. I suppose it would serve the purpose you had > >in mind. This device was in her kitchen and she never liked it > >because it used up the entire cupboard cavity and she didn't have > >the sort of device she would want to put there. > > > >At the time it never occurred to me that it might serve home for a > >big mixer, I never tested it to determine if it might carry anything > >that heavy. > > > >One concern I would have is that door has to remain open while the > >platform is in use. I am pretty sure I would forget it being there > >and do myself an injury. > > > >Keeping something like a big mixer off of the surface when not in > >use though would be appealing, one only uses such a machine only > >occasionally, Few of us would use it even daily. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Betsy Whitney > >To: blindhandyman-yahoogroups.com > >Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:14 AM > >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Remodel and Kitchen Aid cabinet > > > >Aloha All, > >I hear tell that there is a cabinet designed to hold a kitchenaid > >stand mixer. From what I can tell, it has some sort of a shelf in a > >pull-out cupboard and the shelf is on a spring that lifts the mixer > >up when pull open. I would love to get the mixer off of my counter, > >but wonder if anyone has one of these or has seen one. The mixer > >weighs about thirty pounds so I don't like having to move it around > >to clean. Thanks, Betsy > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
