On 13 Sep 2005 20:37:23 -0700, wrote:

Is there any trick to the trade for installing an appliance garage and
getting the correct measurements so there is not a gap either between
the appliance garage and the wall cabinet? This assumes that the
appliance garage "rests" on the countertop (obviously secured to
the wall).

Not really much of a trick but more of a pain. Depending on how the
appliance garage is built there are a few choices.
We always leave the garage loose for the hard surface guys. If they
know the measurement for the hard surface we will set the cabinets up
accordingly but still not install the garage. This will work most of
the time but not always. Some (if not all) manufactured appliance
garages are made in a way that they can be cut down a minimal amount
(usually at the bottom) if necessary. If your garage is made in such
a way, measure for what would be a tight fit with the tile and worst
case you can trim the garage.
We don't see too many tile tops here anymore but did have one tile guy
tell us to install the garage and he would tile around it. That made
us pretty happy but if I was installing the tile I don't think that
would be my preference.

Mike O.