You can buy aftermarket pullout units that screw down onto the floor of the cabinet, and attach to the panel with special brackets.

Is the trash compactor a free-standing unit that cabinets were built around (like a DW) or is it inside an actual cabinet?

(I've never had a trash compactor so I don't know how they're installed!)

it is a freestanding unit just like a dishwasher that the other cabinets are built around. There is no actual cabinet that the compacter resides in but rather it is surrounded by cabinets on either side. Therefore, there is no floor (other than my tile floor).

Hmmmm...I know for the filler pullouts Rev-A-Shelf says they have to be installed at cabinet installation time and cannot be retrofitted. However, fillers are usually quite narrow. Perhaps with a wider opening you could still retrofit a pullout. I wonder if you would need to reinforce the sides so that the pullout doesn't damage the cabinets on either side.

Do you have any leftover paneling in your wood & finish or can you get some? If so, you might be able to build a toe kick & front frame (if needed) with the paneling and put in a floor w/plywood or something else and then mount the pullout to the sides of the cabinets on either side. [I recommend a floor b/c if something spills/drops out of the waste basket you need to be able to get to it easily to clean it up.]

Then, as Muscat mentioned, just attach the pullout to the door panel.

Alku or anyone else who has information about this/has done this...are you around?

How about a 15" base cab from Ikea. Just slide it in to the space with it's adjustable legs, attach your panel to one of their pullout drawers using the template they provide and make a toekick from any leftovers you may have. You could even put another pullout drawer above the trash to hold extra garbage bags etc.

Biner, what an interesting idea. I'm sure that would be more economical than getting another cabinet from my cabinet line....but, how would I attach it? I have closer to a 15 1/4" - 15 3/8" opening.

Much easier! You can still screw it into the back wall. As to the sides, attach the new cabinet to one existing cabinet and then put in a filler strip to "hide" the gap on the other side with veneer or wood to match your exisiting cabinets--just as they probably did with your original cabinets if they had to put in a filler anywhere. Then, all you have to do is build a toe kick and attach your door to the trash pullout hardware.

I would not get a drawer on top. Your door is probably full length anyway--so be sure to get a full-height trash pullout insert. (It would be too difficult to try to "build" a drawer front to match your existing cabinetry anyway.)

Ok...second trash compactor came DOA, so I'm definitely going to retrofit this cabinet space for a pullout. Has anyone seen a tall (ie no drawer above) double can pullout for a 15" space (which I think comes down to a 12" opening when a face frame is built. (I've seen single can talls but not double).

Thanks!

Revashelf makes one for just that type of cabinet. On the Revashelf website, look for 4WCTM-1550DM-1 under waste containers. It is 12" wide which should fit the opening of a 15" cabinet, and it is full height with no drawer on top.

Sue

Here is a hitlist of waste containters/trash cans. The search was done on the Ovis site, but most sites that sell Rev-A-Shelf should have them.

Here is a link that might be useful: Search for Cabinet Organizers --> Waste Containers (Ovis)

Thank you for the links and model numbers. I think floor mounted would be easiest so that my gc (the one who did my kitchen) can just build a floor and face frame and does not need to build sides of the cabinet and then I don't need to worry about filler to bring the cab to a standard 15" for the side mount.

I'm hoping that there is room behind the 50 qt container for a small container to hold recycling...now I need to decide about the foot pedal vs. keeping the soft close feature....

Thanks again