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    Oct 25, 2012, 07:36 AM
    Over the range microwave
    Can I install an over the range microwave (or get someone to do it if I can't lol) even if there was not one there before? Or does the building have to be 'ready' for it somehow?
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    Oct 25, 2012, 10:31 AM
    Is there an outlet there or nearby, assuming it's a microwave with a plug?
    Then sure, put it above the range.
    (I wouldn't do it - then you have the problem of dealing with cleaning the underside of the shelf or installing a vent/grease trap. I'm too short anyway.)
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    Oct 25, 2012, 11:06 AM
    Lol yeah I'm short too but hubbie is 6'3 :P
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    Oct 25, 2012, 11:27 AM
    Good, so hubby gets to clean it.
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    Oct 25, 2012, 11:55 AM
    Hahah absolutely :P

    I may not go that route anyway. It would certainly be nice to have. But so much easier and cheaper to just go with a counter top one.
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    Oct 25, 2012, 12:16 PM
    I love to watch home improvement shows, and I love counter space as much as the next cook. I know clutter is out and I'm all for that. I don't even have a very big kitchen, 8'6" x 11'. But I see all these microwaves either high up or under counters these days, and I don't get it. Even the owners sort of mumble 'yeah it's tough bending down' or 'yeah I can't see up that high' yet they do it anyway.
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