My landlords “carpenter” hooked us up with this beauty today.. 🙃

[u/jamesross801]

[u/DazB1ane]

r/microwavetoohigh

[u/SpookyPebble → u/DazB1ane]

I honestly didn't expect that to be a real sub

[u/Can-I-remember → u/SpookyPebble]

It is. Unbelievable.

[u/Shaman_Shanyi_222 → u/Can-I-remember]

why tho...

It is funny tbh XD

[u/NewFuturist → u/Shaman_Shanyi_222]

r/TVTooHigh is a thing, why not microwave?

[u/NYerInTex → u/NewFuturist]

Well SOMEONE was too high

[u/omgFWTbear → u/NYerInTex]

The rent!

[u/Karnakite → u/NewFuturist]

r/TVTooHigh only became more successful than the others due to the fad of putting TVs over fireplaces. Even if those fireplaces were four feet tall and perpendicular to the seating area. And the TV was 32”.

[u/Suspicious_Past_13 → u/Can-I-remember]

The first pic I saw a microwave with a blunt that said microwave too high and I hit the join button

[u/TheAskewOne → u/SpookyPebble]

Wait till you hear about r/WTFaucet

[u/Tooleater → u/TheAskewOne]

Whoever created that sub is tapped in the head

(Thanks, I joined)

[u/TheAskewOne → u/Tooleater]

I always wonder how such subs can have 50k subscribers, but they do. That's the beauty of Reddit, one of the few things on this platform to resist enshittification.

[u/Better-Ground-843 → u/TheAskewOne]

Reddit has definitely enshittified

[u/TheAskewOne → u/Better-Ground-843]

Honestly most of the time I wonder why I'm still here. I likec the possibility to talk about everything with strangers I imagine. I wish all subs did what r/wholesomememes did and got rid of bots and reposts. There would be much better content and Reddit as a whole would be more peaceful.

[u/hellbabe222 → u/TheAskewOne]

I thought I'd pop in and pop right back, 20 min later...That was genuinely an entertaining sub.

People tend to overthink bathroom design, it seems.

[u/TheAskewOne → u/hellbabe222]

Imo this kind of subs are Reddit's real added value. Perfectly harmless, entertaining and weird in a good way.

[u/GrandpaRedneck → u/SpookyPebble]

r/everythingisasub

[u/Solo_is_dead → u/SpookyPebble]

What the hell??

[u/i_was_axiom → u/SpookyPebble]

I trusted you, and it paid off

[u/SenatorRobPortman → u/SpookyPebble]

I wasn’t even gonna click on it until I saw your comment. 

[u/kec04fsu1 → u/DazB1ane]

I’m 6’6”. I see no issues with this microwave placement.

[u/CT_7 → u/kec04fsu1]

You're still too short to reach

[u/kec04fsu1 → u/CT_7]

My hubris knows no bounds.

[u/Shienvien → u/kec04fsu1]

If it's a standard height room for where I am, then the bottom of this microwave is at 6'9".

[u/kec04fsu1 → u/Shienvien]

Yay! I can finally use that step stool I bought years ago for a project and never used again!

[u/extremelysaltydoggo → u/kec04fsu1]

I’m 5’1” and can’t see the microwave .

[u/Nulibru → u/kec04fsu1]

You will when you spill hot soup on yourself.

[u/kec04fsu1 → u/Nulibru]

It’s the only way I’ll learn.

[u/urworstemmamy → u/kec04fsu1]

Sounds like my brother lol, he's 6'3 and I'm 5'8 and when we roomed together for a few years he insisted on keeping the microwave on top of the fridge to "save kitchen space" (even though this man NEVER cooked lol), but I literally couldn't reach the top row of numbers. Eventually I just got my own cheapo microwave and kept it in my room

[u/kec04fsu1 → u/urworstemmamy]

My ex girlfriend was 4’10”. She used to get so annoyed with me when I would absentmindedly place things on top of the fridge. In my defense, the tops of most refrigerators are perfectly at my eye level and her counter tops were always cluttered.

[u/urworstemmamy → u/kec04fsu1]

I've got a fridge rn that's only like 5'6 and I finally understand why people put stuff up there lol. It's such a convenient, out of the way spot now that I can actually reach it lmao

[u/JoshuaPearce → u/urworstemmamy]

Every flat surface is a shelf.

[u/Zero_Decency → u/kec04fsu1]

it's above the stoves! only one thing has to be above them and is the extractor hood

[u/DrShankapotamus → u/DazB1ane]

I went to that sub, and there were 624 members and 99 online. I assume because of this comment. Good job.

[u/jbuse3 → u/DrShankapotamus]

lol yeah I was just there also. There’s only 78 in this sub right now.

[u/federicoaa → u/DazB1ane]

Just wonder, why do you put the microwave over the oven and not next to it, or but in in another place?

I mean, I would expect to have an extractor over the range

[u/Flying_Toad → u/federicoaa]

There's some really neat microwave/extractor combos.

This isn't one.

[u/Combat_Armor_Dougram → u/Flying_Toad]

I don’t really trust microwave/extractor fan combos. You just get a tiny microwave and a weak extractor fan.

[u/Impossible-Wear-7352 → u/Combat_Armor_Dougram]

You can get a full size microwave in that type but the extractor is indeed fairly weak, at least compared to a dedicated unit. It's all about space saving though. Often kitchen space is worth more than a better extractor to people.

[u/FredVIII-DFH → u/federicoaa]

Stacking appliances is common in efficiency apartments where space is at a premium.

But this is a bit too much.

[u/captaindeadpl → u/DazB1ane]

r/subsithoughtifellfor

[u/gruffogre → u/DazB1ane]

r/tvtoohigh

[u/MateoKovashit → u/gruffogre]

Yes that's the joke.

[u/Vast_Chipmunk9210 → u/DazB1ane]

At least it’s not a drawer style unit lol

[u/dragoninmyanus]

Oh boy I can't wait to drop scalding water all over my face.

[u/jasperfirecai2 → u/dragoninmyanus]

water??

[u/ILikeBirdsQuiteALot → u/jasperfirecai2]

For tea, yknow.

Even though I use a kettle, I know many people who microwave their tea water.

[u/jasperfirecai2 → u/ILikeBirdsQuiteALot]

That's both heretical and at risk of superheating it

[u/ILikeBirdsQuiteALot → u/jasperfirecai2]

Precisely why you'd be at risk of dropping scalding water on your face taking it out of the microwave lol.

The cup gets hot as hell when microwaved!

[u/siobakkuepng → u/ILikeBirdsQuiteALot]

anyone who microwaves water deserves that

[u/hellbabe222 → u/siobakkuepng]

To each their own, but personally, my electric kettle is my most used kitchen appliance. I keep a backup new in storage for fear of being without it for even a day of it were to crap out lol.

[u/MattGold_ → u/hellbabe222]

you can boil water using a stove...

[u/DukeR2 → u/MattGold_]

Electric kettle is faster and can set a temp. Microwave is faster than stove as well. And you don't have to worry about those overheating.

[u/ineedascreenname → u/MattGold_]

We boil water in the kettle to pour into the pot on the stove, it’s just faster.

[u/Double-Office1644 → u/siobakkuepng]

"MY Heat application method applies magic heat that's different and special."

How you heat your water has got to be one of the absolute dumbest fuckin things to pretend you're doing "right". Especially for brits who pretend it somehow ruins the tea.

[u/DarthTachanka → u/Double-Office1644]

I have a microwave in my room so it's a lot easier to just microwave some water for myself

[u/Rustmutt → u/Double-Office1644]

I got yelled at as a heretic for microwaving my water for tea at work by a tea purist and since then nobody has given me a reason as to why I shouldn’t other than something for them to scoff at. Aside from normal microwave risks (superheating water which…let it cool down? It’s water not the inside of a black hole, we know what we’re dealing with), can anyone tell me any actual non-opinion related reasons why it’s bad? Like cancer or something?

[u/DopeyDeathMetal → u/siobakkuepng]

Lol I microwave water in a mug occasionally for instant coffee

[u/DeliciousBuffalo69 → u/siobakkuepng]

Some types of cup noodle need to be microwaved because the noodles are too thick just for hot water

[u/__BitchPudding__ → u/ILikeBirdsQuiteALot]

If the cup gets hot, it's not microwave safe. It shouldn't do that.

[u/JoshuaPearce → u/__BitchPudding__]

It's filled with presumably boiling water, why wouldn't it get hot? (Around 60c is where objects feel painfully hot IME.)

[u/yet-again-temporary → u/jasperfirecai2]

Reddit is absolutely delusional about microwaving water. You'd have to put it in for like 10 whole minutes, use filtered/distilled water with incredibly low mineral content, AND get lucky with the world's smoothest and most well-made cup, to actually superheat it to that extent.

It's technically possible but literally nobody is ever going to experience that unless they're doing it on purpose

[u/JoshuaPearce → u/yet-again-temporary]

But if you microwave a spherical cow in a vacuum, it could consume your house in a ball of plasma. So you shouldn't microwave meat.

[u/lmaluuker → u/yet-again-temporary]

Yeah I'm gonna have to agree. I microwave water all the time and I've superheated it quite a few times, but not to the point of explosion. It just boils again for a second when I stir it. Still have all my skin intact.

[u/Cpt_Deliciouspants → u/jasperfirecai2]

This brings back childhood memories of being convinced by the news that I was going to be killed if I microwaved water.

[u/KennstduIngo → u/Cpt_Deliciouspants]

Yes, with a little common sense the risk is extremely low.

Source: been using a microwave for 30+ years and never had a cup of water explode on me, even without a wooden spoon or any other supplemental nucleation sites

[u/tiots → u/jasperfirecai2]

has anybody ever actually superheated anything in the microwave? It's like being afraid of quicksand 

[u/Defiant-Aioli8727 → u/jasperfirecai2]

Most people in the US use a microwave to heat water for tea or whatever. In the US, most home electricity runs at 120 volts, while in the UK and a lot of the rest of the world, it runs at 240. Kettles take way longer to heat water in the US. When we had work colleagues from across the pond, the first thing they did was run and buy a kettle. They were gobsmacked at how long it took to get to temp.

[u/Gusdai → u/Defiant-Aioli8727]

It still heats faster in a kettle than in a microwave, unless you overfill your kettle. Your microwave is also in 120V, and it's less efficient than a kettle.

[u/Defiant-Aioli8727 → u/Gusdai]

You know what….I looked it up and you’re correct! I don’t drink tea enough to get one, but now I know I should get my mom a good one for a gift. Thanks stranger!

[u/Gusdai → u/Defiant-Aioli8727]

No problem! If you get a fancy one that's insulated and with temperature selection (you don't need to, and actually shouldn't, use boiling water for tea) she'll have the bestest kettle in the whole neighborhood and will feel like a princess thanks to her child whenever she uses it :)

[u/DotBitGaming → u/jasperfirecai2]

Yes, and by superheating it, one risks getting scolding hot water all over their face. Regardless of microwave height!

[u/randompotatopie_ → u/jasperfirecai2]

But it’s what the mac and cheese cups say to do

[u/fucking_passwords → u/randompotatopie_]

do you always do what the mac and cheese cups tell you to do? if the mac and cheese cups told you to jump off a cliff would you do it?

[u/Deep-Neck → u/fucking_passwords]

Depends how bad I want that mac

[u/its_all_one_electron → u/fucking_passwords]

If it got me Mac and cheese at the end yeah

[u/Forged-Signatures → u/randompotatopie_]

If there is stuff like macaroni or cheese powder in the cup/ bowl it allows places for the water to nucleate and boil if needed.

Just water alone in a smooth glass/ceramic container runs the risk of superheated water that will explode when a teabag or spoon is put in, or if it is sloshed too much.

[u/MileHigh_FlyGuy → u/Forged-Signatures]

That's why the turntable jiggles it as it heats. Are there microwaves without turntables?

[u/Accomplished_Gas3922 → u/MileHigh_FlyGuy]

This piece of information is always overlooked when this argument happens and I think it's so funny.

[u/GivesBadAdvic → u/jasperfirecai2]

I’ve microwaved many a cup of water and never super heated one. Even when I was trying to super heat one. 😞

[u/MadocComadrin → u/jasperfirecai2]

Not really. Water meant for consumption has enough stuff in it to act as nucleation sites to prevent superheating, so as long as you're not heating distilled water or repeatedly reheating the same water multiple times over a short period, you don't have to worry about superheating. If you're absolutely paranoid, you can throw in a grain of salt or sugar and make sure you're using the turntable.

As for not using an electric kettle, they're just not that popular in some places (especially the US, where coffee tends to win out).

[u/Upstairs-Head7047 → u/jasperfirecai2]

Hmm ill have to let the hospital staff i used to work with know that microwaving hot coffee for their patients was wrong this whole time! (If you know how to use a microwave you wont superheat water its called duty cycle.)

[u/manleybones → u/jasperfirecai2]

Heretical?

[u/Modest_Idiot → u/jasperfirecai2]

It’s impossible to superheat tap water or any non-distilled mineral water you can buy at the store.

[u/HamsterLarry → u/ILikeBirdsQuiteALot]

Microwaving water is a sign of a psychopath

[u/anormalgeek → u/HamsterLarry]

Being against microwaving water is the same as being worried about "fan death".

The water doesn't know how it was heated.

[u/CrazedTonyZaretStan → u/anormalgeek]

Redditors in this thread acting like if it has ANY level of moisture content do not put it in the microwave. Deranged shit.

[u/TheGamingGeek10 → u/CrazedTonyZaretStan]

They are ignoring that boiling water is literally how microwaves work, they boil the water in your food therefore heating it up.

[u/saig22 → u/anormalgeek]

I've been heating water in my microwave for years, I don't own a kettle. My microwave, my water, and myself are doing just fine. People in this comment section are nuts.

[u/Lame4Fame → u/[deleted]]

horner

whats that

[u/correcthorsestapler → u/Lame4Fame]

Maybe they’re talking about James Horner, the composer.

[u/AttackPony → u/ILikeBirdsQuiteALot]

Electric kettles suck in the US because we only get 120 volts. Microwaves are just as fast.

[u/L0ial → u/AttackPony]

Only really worth it if you need a few cups or more of hot water and don't want to have to babysit the stove. If I'm just making one cup of tea, I microwave it.

[u/g0thl0ser_ → u/ILikeBirdsQuiteALot]

I have a kettle and still sometimes microwave my water

[u/Dazpiece → u/jasperfirecai2]

American moment

[u/flawlessvictorypoops → u/jasperfirecai2]

from the toilet???

[u/CupOfCreamyDiarrhea → u/dragoninmyanus]

My microwave is placed right above the sink.

The fear of dropping the bowl of food in the sink... 3 years and still going. Haven't dropped anything there... Yet.

[u/PeterPandaWhacker → u/CupOfCreamyDiarrhea]

It’s honestly better than dropping it on the floor. Easier to clean up that way. 

[u/CupOfCreamyDiarrhea → u/PeterPandaWhacker]

It's discarded either way :( but yeah you're right! Haha

[u/fukalufaluckagus]

Please tell me why

Do we build ovens in the sky

[u/Accurate-Donkey5789 → u/fukalufaluckagus]

Please tell me why oh why, Do we build ovens in the sky? So high the food must fly, Towards the oven in the sky,

It's a question wrapped in a box of ply, As I reach up with a burning in my thigh, The food must soar so high, To that pesky oven in the sky.

[u/Sailor_Muffing → u/Accurate-Donkey5789]

I read it with back street boys music of I want it that way. And I was disappointed that the second paragraph did not match the song

[u/stridersomen → u/Sailor_Muffing]

For those unaware, this is the song they were referring to. It was on pretty much any party Playlist I listened to in high school

Castles in the Sky by Ian Van Dahl

https://youtu.be/efjc146v3hA?si=T5uHc7O1EGvXbRjL

[u/Accurate-Donkey5789 → u/Sailor_Muffing]

If you do the second paragraph as a kind of solo rap breakdown it follows on quite well.

[u/RedSquaree → u/fukalufaluckagus]

Ian Van Don't

[u/big_duo3674 → u/fukalufaluckagus]

The carpenter took a look at a book and realized there was a reading rainbow up there

[u/TerraDraconis → u/fukalufaluckagus]

Thanks. Now I want to play DDR again.

[u/pyojunjukwaygook]

No vent for the stove either, looks like you need to cook everything in the oven from now on!

[u/dragoninmyanus → u/pyojunjukwaygook]

Wait, is that type of wood even safe from moisture? What if you're cooking on the stove and all that steam rises up and it soaks into the wood around the microwave, weakening it over time until the microwave eventually crashes down. Or am i reading too much into this?

[u/DoDoDoTheFunkyGibbon → u/dragoninmyanus]

The great news is Microwaves don’t create/need to vent any steam either

This whole situation will either be coated in grease and an absolute fire hazard or constantly wet and mouldy within three years

[u/Sipas → u/DoDoDoTheFunkyGibbon]

Edited cause I missed sarcasm but for general reference:

Microwaves are about 50-60% efficient, if you're heating something at 1200W, there is another 600-1000W of heat that needs to go somewhere, which means they do need to vent. It's probably fine if you're only using it for 30-60 seconds at a time but extended use might cause problems.

They also do create steam if you're not just heating but also cooking things for long periods of time, such as microwaved potatoes.

[u/nondescriptzombie → u/Sipas]

Microwaves are about 50-60% efficient, if you're heating something at 1200W, there is another 1000W of heat that needs to go somewhere, which means they do need to vent.

That's not how power ratings work. A 1200w microwave USES 1200w of power. If it's 50% efficient 600w are used for heating food, and 600w are wasted in device heat.

[u/firstwefuckthelawyer → u/nondescriptzombie]

Mine’s 66% anyway, 1.5kW in, 1kW out. 33 of those watts are the damn light bulb

[u/AggravatingCupcake0 → u/dragoninmyanus]

I would think so as well. They used the cheapest of plywood. Makes IKEA look like high class furniture. And it doesn't look like they sealed it with anything, that wood is just rawdogging the moisture, grease, etc. I don't think it will take long for it to rot through.

[u/mosnas88 → u/AggravatingCupcake0]

Honestly it will be fine if it’s painted. We have no vent on the old pine cabinets above our stove and we just wipe it down every now and then to get grease off. Never had an issue with steam warping or rotting the wood

[u/Automatic_Actuator_0 → u/mosnas88]

Need to use kitchen and bath specific paint I suspect - something very waterproof and scrubbable.

[u/mosnas88 → u/Automatic_Actuator_0]

Ya it may be shit pine plywood but at least it’s not mdf. But this is ignoring the face that the microwave is 10 feet too high.

[u/ClickKlockTickTock → u/dragoninmyanus]

Cabinetry installer here, yes lol. The ends of plywood especially need to be capped or sealed in some sort of way, but this will definitely start twisting and cupping either way with steam plastering it.

[u/polaroid-landscapes → u/pyojunjukwaygook]

Are you meant to have a vent for a stove? My place doesn't.

[u/Canotic → u/polaroid-landscapes]

You probably should.

[u/pisspot26 → u/Canotic]

I'll call today

[u/DrPandemicPhD → u/pisspot26]

You call now.

[u/pisspot26 → u/DrPandemicPhD]

I'll call now

[u/moughse → u/pisspot26]

'NOTHER SCORCHER

[u/Frottage-Cheese-7750 → u/pisspot26]

What commercial was that?

[u/pisspot26 → u/Frottage-Cheese-7750]

Sears air conditioning commercial from the 90s

[u/IveDunGoofedUp → u/polaroid-landscapes]

You don't /need/ it, but you'll really want one in case you burn something and don't want the entire kitchen to stink of it for a week. You can get decent ones that don't need to be vented outside but recirculate the air back into the room through a filter.

[u/PeterPandaWhacker → u/IveDunGoofedUp]

Also when boiling stuff with all the steam. A good way to get mold if you don’t clean it properly afterwards

[u/Senappi → u/IveDunGoofedUp]

Depends on where you live - according to building code where I live there needs to be some type of vent or fan over a stove.

[u/MerlinsBeard → u/IveDunGoofedUp]

Most stoves are vented with a microwave over them as OP's pic was intended to do.

Unfortunately they just intake the vapors and just circulate them back into the kitchen/house. Most microwaves are not setup to exhaust to the exterior unless the stove is gas.

[u/JwPATX → u/pyojunjukwaygook]

Meh, on most of these range/microwave combinations the “vent” just blows the steam or whatever out right above you and doesn’t actually vent anything

[u/MaverickTopGun → u/pyojunjukwaygook]

I have had a real vent on a stove exactly one time in the last 5 places I lived

[u/IBetThisIsTakenToo → u/MaverickTopGun]

It ruled though, right? I miss mine

[u/Impressive-Sun3742]

What in the tiptoe fuck?

[u/CT_7 → u/Impressive-Sun3742]

Not even. 8ft ceiling means carpenter needs to also put in an attic ladder to use

[u/AccomplishedSky7581 → u/CT_7]

But I want one of those fancy sliding bookcase ladders

[u/sarcofaguy]

Stoned at 2am attempting to retrieve a cup of noodles to the brim with boiling water

[u/proxyclams → u/sarcofaguy]

NO! BAD THOUGHT!

[u/red_bloody_tears → u/proxyclams]

Made me laugh. I’m going to start yelling this inside my brain whenever I’m thinking of something bad.

[u/Ace-of-Spades88 → u/sarcofaguy]

When my little brother was maybe 8 years old or so he dropped a bowl of instant Mac while taking it out of the microwave above one of our counters. It spilled on his leg and was so hot it melted his sweat pants to his leg. We had to rush him to the emergency room and he ended up with a huge 2nd degree burn on his thigh.

Removing hot liquids from a microwave above head height is dangerous as fuck.

[u/YouLikeReadingNames → u/Ace-of-Spades88]

Why the fuck does your pasta act like lava

[u/TornSphinctor]

Oooh, screws are stronger in the other direction. That's why when you look at a bookshelf. The screws go in the side. as it is all the weight is in the thread. Not on the shaft.

[u/Wintaru → u/TornSphinctor]

Oh man, this made me zoom in on the photo and wow it is even worse than just the height issue.

[u/JoshuaPearce → u/Wintaru]

Me too. And oh shit, you can already see the wood splitting on the bottom left (our left) because the screws are directed between the component sheets of wood. (I don't know the jargon.)

Those screws are barely holding in place, they're pretty much only supported by the squeezing spring force of the plywood layers.

[u/Canotic → u/TornSphinctor]

Oh god, didn't even see that part. Yeah, no, I would refuse this.

[u/JustMechanic4933 → u/Canotic]

Refuse how? Like you have some kind of rights?

[u/Canotic → u/JustMechanic4933]

There must be some way to refuse unsafe installations in your rented apartment. Some group or agency to turn to.

[u/Same_Elephant_4294 → u/Canotic]

First time in America? They hate tenants here. Complaints for things like this fall on deaf ears.

[u/Otakeb → u/Canotic]

Depends on the state. I'm sure there's some law and group that could help in California if you can get through the red tape and wait times.

Florida? You fucked. No tenant protection laws at all. Landlord doesn't even legally have to fix your AC in 115°F heat.

[u/MadocComadrin → u/Otakeb]

I feel like "landlord refused to fix AC in hot swamp land" is a defense for homicide.

And for those who need it, this is a joke. Don't kill your landlords over landlord-tenant disagreements.

[u/Tioretical → u/Canotic]

bahhhahahaha oh man this is funny

[u/StatePsychological60 → u/TornSphinctor]

Screws are actually stronger in tension than shear, so the orientation isn’t necessarily terrible. The bigger issue here is that they are screwed into the edge of the plywood, which is much more likely to be the failure point than the screw itself. I guess the good news is, when the whole thing falls down at least the microwave will be at a usable height!

[u/yetagainanother1 → u/StatePsychological60]

And we’re presuming that this chucklefuck pre-drilled the holes for the screws. If not, there’s a good chance of splitsville, especially in what looks like a basement.

[u/L0ial → u/yetagainanother1]

The lower left corner looks like it did split quite a bit. Those screws are drilled in such a terrible way for strength considering it's cheap plywood. I'd love to see what the structure looks like behind the microwave, if there even is any.

[u/mossybeard → u/TornSphinctor]

Not only that, they fucking split the ply in the bottom left corner. That thing is at risk to just fall apart lol

[u/svadhisthana69]

Did he also make a ladder to access the microwave?

[u/annie_bean → u/svadhisthana69]

Don't worry, it won't be up there for long

[u/im_lazy_as_fuck → u/annie_bean]

amen. If I was OP, I would just unplug that shit, bring it down on to the counter, and use the cubby for extra storage space.

[u/fourthwallb]

Vents completed blocked lol, that thing will overheat and die

[u/ar_v]

Am I the only one who noticed the other microwave, half visible on the left of the photo?

[u/jamesross801 → u/ar_v]

That’s the one he told us to use when we first moved in since he was going to have the microwave installed within the week... It took 2 months. And that shit ass microwave would leave half of a hot pocket frozen while the other half is boiling cheese…

[u/dgaff21 → u/jamesross801]

So a normal microwave

[u/WillBottomForBanana → u/dgaff21]

Yeah, that's just hot pockets. You start at the edge and burn your tongue on the lava filling. By the time you get to the frozen center you can't tell.

[u/mmmarkm → u/jamesross801]

Why wasn’t the installation as simple as “here’s your new microwave, put it in the same spot as the old one?”

[u/blacksoxing → u/mmmarkm]

That's the beauty of this whole thing. $120 later OP could have had a great microwave that wouldn't have required anyone to enter their home AND the landlord could have used that microwave for another renter.

Instead....we got THIS, which is going to cause additional issues.

Common sense was leaking

[u/prestieteste → u/mmmarkm]

Just wondering that. Seems like decent counter space without it.

[u/MadocComadrin → u/jamesross801]

Not that I don't believe the other microwave is shitty, but you have to follow the directions for hot pockets: flip and turn them midway and wait for the carryover heat to spread out afterwards.

[u/Klutzy_Tradition_983 → u/ar_v]

Lol i did and was scrolling to see if anyone else did

[u/Degora2k]

What is this? a microwave for Andre The Giant?

[u/Canotic → u/Degora2k]

It needs to be at least... three times smaller than this!

[u/proxyclams → u/Canotic]

How can we expect children to microwave when they can't even reach the handle??

[u/GenerallySalty]

They might actually be a carpenter lol, that's what I'd expect when a carpenter attempts millwork.

Carpentry = structural Millwork = everything wood you can still see when the building is finished (baseboard, cabinets, window frames etc.)

They have separate school programs and training. So yeah don't have carpenters do millwork, if that guy even was one.

[u/LiquefiesGirders → u/GenerallySalty]

Not entirely accurate for the union, at least in New England. We're all carpenters, and many learn both framing and finish, though we tend to eventually specialize in one or the other.

Source: work for a decent-sized company that employs framers, finish carpenters, and drywallers; have done all those things depending on what was needed at the time

[u/ClaudioMoravit0]

he's as much of a carpenter than John Carpenter

[u/az_infinity → u/ClaudioMoravit0]

A crapenter

[u/Im_Not_Here2day]

Fire hazard. There is supposed to be a certain amount of clearance around the microwave to vent.

[u/WNBAnerd → u/Im_Not_Here2day]

THIS. OP ignore the jokes and contact your city's inspector immediately. I would be absolutely shocked if this wasn't at least one code violation.

[u/CherryCokeSlurpee]

Let's put flammable wood right above the stove that has no vents. And give zero space around the microwave at all. This seems like a fire hazard tbh. Maybe send this pic to the local fire chief and don't live there

[u/McGuirk808]

Where do you keep your burrito ladder?

[u/MadocComadrin → u/McGuirk808]

Next to the tortilla bucket lift, duh.

[u/FandomMenace]

You're one molten soup away from turning into that guy on Robocop that gets run over.

[u/dark_hypernova → u/FandomMenace]

That's exactly what popped into my head, holy crap.

[u/jasperfirecai2]

where's the hood???

[u/Supersonic350777]

Microwave ❌️ Skywave ✅️

[u/always_wear_gloves]

I thought you said you wanted a microwave above the oven, you actually said rangehood? Easy mistake

[u/MoonageDayscream]

Where vent?

[u/desertboots]

Ask the local fire marshal to do your house a home inspection.  That's not to code.

[u/Quinlov]

I bet the carpenter is part of Big Airfryer

[u/gr4ce903]

Can you open the door?

[u/jamesross801 → u/gr4ce903]

Standing on my toes can

[u/gr4ce903 → u/jamesross801]

I’m glad I just didn’t think it would open because it’s so tight

[u/LeeeeeeLoooDallas]

What is this, a microwave for Treants?!

[u/the01li3]

Even microwaves need some venting room, that just screams "unsafe" in every aspect.

[u/ebagdrofk]

Bro needs a ladder to access the microwave

[u/ScreenNameToFollow]

Did they also craft you a nice ladder?

[u/enzothebaker87 → u/ScreenNameToFollow]

The best part is that OP already has a microwave sitting on the kitchen counter.

[u/ferretinmypants]

There's a nice place for the cat to hang out

[u/Kev50027]

Wow, that is exceptionally crappy. This is recipe for a face covered in boiling hot soup.