How do you mount a wood door on this dishwasher?? Archie

The door seals (Gaskets) surrounding the door are not tight. The door adjustment, is dependent on the tilt backward and height adjustment (adjusting levelers) on the corners. If the upper locking tab screwed to the counter tops underside is loose or misaligned, bent, or broken, the door won't close fully and cause the same problems.

There is a hole on each side of the dishwasher about 6" down from the top and in-front of the rubber door seal, with round plastic covers in them. Just pop those covers out and the side mounting brackets align with those holes and the screws go into the wood frame. You may have to put some small blocks of wood on the wood frame to take up some of the space between the side of the dishwasher and the cabinet frame. Be sure to drill pilot holes for the screws to avoid splitting the wood.

Ask a local granite fabrication shop to get you some dishwasher mounting clips. They look like a perforated disc of metal with a small nut brazed to one side. They come with a short screw that attaches through your dishwasher mounting tabs. Place your dishwasher where you want it relative to the cabinets and pick a hole in the mounting tabs that won't leave the clip protruding and attach the clip to the chosen hole. Use masking tape on the top of your dishwasher door, wipe the bottom of the granite and the top of the clip with acetone, then use a gel-type two part epoxy from your local hardware store to attach the clip to the granite. Use enough to make the epoxy push through the perforations in the clip as this is how the epoxy grips the clip. Push the clip to the bottom of the granite and close the dishwasher door, using a wood shim or two between the top of the door and the mounting tab/clip to push the clip tight to the granite. Pull the shims out once the epoxy has cured (check the instructions on the epoxy).
Feel free to contact me with any questions. Brandon Wiese - [email protected] - http://.www.StoneRepairman.com

Ask a local granite fabrication shop to get you some dishwasher mounting clips. They look like a perforated disc of metal with a small nut brazed to one side. They come with a short screw that attaches through your dishwasher mounting tabs. Place your dishwasher where you want it relative to the cabinets and pick a hole in the mounting tabs that won't leave the clip protruding and attach the clip to the chosen hole. Use masking tape on the top of your dishwasher door, wipe the bottom of the granite and the top of the clip with acetone, then use a gel-type two part epoxy from your local hardware store to attach the clip to the granite. Use enough to make the epoxy push through the perforations in the clip as this is how the epoxy grips the clip. Push the clip to the bottom of the granite and close the dishwasher door, using a wood shim or two between the top of the door and the mounting tab/clip to push the clip tight to the granite. Pull the shims out once the epoxy has cured (check the instructions on the epoxy).
Feel free to contact me with any questions. Brandon Wiese - [email protected] - http://.www.StoneRepairman.com

Ask a local granite fabrication shop to get you some dishwasher mounting clips. They look like a perforated disc of metal with a small nut brazed to one side. They come with a short screw that attaches through your dishwasher mounting tabs. Place your dishwasher where you want it relative to the cabinets and pick a hole in the mounting tabs that won't leave the clip protruding and attach the clip to the chosen hole. Use masking tape on the top of your dishwasher door, wipe the bottom of the granite and the top of the clip with acetone, then use a gel-type two part epoxy from your local hardware store to attach the clip to the granite. Use enough to make the epoxy push through the perforations in the clip as this is how the epoxy grips the clip. Push the clip to the bottom of the granite and close the dishwasher door, using a wood shim or two between the top of the door and the mounting tab/clip to push the clip tight to the granite. Pull the shims out once the epoxy has cured (check the instructions on the epoxy).
Feel free to contact me with any questions. Brandon Wiese - [email protected] - http://.www.StoneRepairman.com

Unfortunately, dishwasher generate a lot of heat and water vapor. Some manufactures are now including a pressure sensitive mylar / aluminum strip to be attached above the door under the counter to prevent water vapor and or heat damage to wood or composition wood counter tops. However if water vapor is seeping out from the side of the door and causing damage to the adjacent cabinets woodwaork, the dishwasher door gasket may be faulty. Since this might be the problem, it would appear that your dishwasher is used a lot or getting old. New gasket is about $20. If the door closes and there appears to be a lot of play in the closed door,the latch may be in need of adjusting if possible. That is, even thought closed and operational, the seal is not tight and the dishwasher is running without having a tight seal on the sides. If you have a stone counter top, any water vapor / heat escaping from the top would not be apparent since stone is not damaged by the heat or water vapor, but the adjacent wood cabinets are.

Sounds like one of the doors springs is broken or has come detached from the dishwasher housing frame. If you have a plain dishwasher door, ie one that does not have a wood panel matching your cabinets, and the spring(s) are broken, new springs cost about $20. If you have wood panel on the dishwasher door, then you may need heavy duty replacement spring at about $22.

If you can't find any place on the sides to mount the clips then you can take a piece of wood that matches your cabinets and fasten it to the opening in you cabinet for the dishwasher so you will have somethink to mount the washer to. Make sure your washer is level so you can figure out the gap size at the top, then pull the washer out and mount the wood to the cabinet. You could call the guys who installed the counter tops and see what they would or could do, but I wouldn't drill into the granite myself

My husband ended up measuring and drawing his own template.

The best suggestion I could give you is contact either Sears or Bosch and ask for recommendations. You will require the proper springs designed for dishwashers.