Hollywood D
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We are thinking about doing a kitchen remodel this winter. New cabinets, floor countertops...everything. Right now the sink and dish washer are against a half wall. The half wall is about 7" higher than the counter top. There's an outlet on that wall above the counter as well as a switch which controls the outlet for the garbage disposal. The outlet it down below the sink.
We want to cut that half wall down so it's flush with the tops of the cabinets and put a bigger counter top up there and have some stools on the other side. Like an eating area.
In order to do that I need to move that outlet. I already figured out what to do with that. The question is what do I do with that switch. The whole outlet under the sink is controlled by the switch. The dishwasher has it's own outlet behind it.
It would be nice to be able to put it one of those air switches for the disposal and have the button on the counter top. But to do that I would have to remove the wiring from the switch so the outlet is hot all the time right? I guess another option is to move the switch under the cabinets with a surface mount box but that would kind of be a pain every time you want to run the disposal.
I haven't opened the switch or outlet to see what it looks like.
We want to cut that half wall down so it's flush with the tops of the cabinets and put a bigger counter top up there and have some stools on the other side. Like an eating area.
In order to do that I need to move that outlet. I already figured out what to do with that. The question is what do I do with that switch. The whole outlet under the sink is controlled by the switch. The dishwasher has it's own outlet behind it.
It would be nice to be able to put it one of those air switches for the disposal and have the button on the counter top. But to do that I would have to remove the wiring from the switch so the outlet is hot all the time right? I guess another option is to move the switch under the cabinets with a surface mount box but that would kind of be a pain every time you want to run the disposal.
I haven't opened the switch or outlet to see what it looks like.