New Year's Eve the dishwasher began to spill water from under the door. It wasn't a small leak, more like a gigantic waterfall.
Two days ago, my husband pulled the dishwasher out from the cabinet. He pulled it apart, and found nothing wrong. He ran a cycle - sitting on the floor the entire time with a flashlight - and not one drop of water spilled out.
Not one.
He placed the dishwasher back in the cabinet and we ran it. Not one drop of water leaked out. We looked at each other and shrugged. Five hours of time wasted, but just maybe by pulling it out from the cabinet, he'd released a kink or something. I rejoiced - 7 days of handwashing all of the dishes was getting really annoying - and I loaded the dishes in and started the cycle. We watched for a few minutes and there was no leaking, so we high fived each other and began to walk away.
And heard the water spilling out again.
We turned around and there was a veritable flood in the kitchen. It took a dozen bath towels to clear it and we vowed then and there that we were going to get a new dishwasher the next day.
He went to Sears, he went to Lowe's, he visited repair place after repair place for suggestions on possible fixes and ideas for what it could be. Ultimately, he decided that there wasn't going to be any repairing, just replacing, and he bought a new dishwasher and brought it home.
He'd never installed one before and thought, "How hard could it be?" Oh, hahahahahahaha, said his wife.
After many, many hours of this:
Like, say, about SIX hours to pull out the old KitchenAid and replace it with a new LG - we now have a functional, working, brand new dishwasher.
So 2010's appliance count is one. I wonder how high it will get this year?
De-lurking b/c I have serious dishwasher envy - that looks like a great machine! I am glad that your days of dishpan hands are over ...
Posted by: laura | January 08, 2010 at 09:41 PM
Yeah! Isn't it great to know that you've got a brand new dishwasher? Definitely one less thing to worry about for a while.
Posted by: Grace | January 09, 2010 at 01:02 AM
Been there done that on the how hard can it be to install thing! Though your 6 hours beats our experience hands down, it wasn't so much the time it took as the unexpected need for hacksaws for removing copper piping and cutting all those extra holes in the kitchen cabinetry.
But hey, new dishwasher! Yay! :-)
Posted by: mimbles | January 09, 2010 at 05:33 AM
I hope your count stays at 1. Enjoy your new dishwasher. Mine is making weird noises. Even though I only have three kids the sippy cups and bottles are horrific. Hubby will be going out the same day if our dishwasher bites it.
Posted by: Jenn E | January 09, 2010 at 07:53 AM
YAY!!! it took my hubbie 2.5days to completely install my new dishwasher, one of our obsticles was the floor was tiled only to the point of the old washer so there was tile cutting, and those words you know the ones....
Posted by: kyooty | January 09, 2010 at 08:35 AM
Since I have a non-husband who doesn't do ANYTHING repair wise, I decided to install MY new dishwasher last year. My mom bought it as a "birthday gift" because mine died. I was in the same position for hours and hours. Had to visit walmart well after midnight - took the oldest with me. I was able to do everything I could possibly do on my own - finally had to call in my neighborhood "fix it" friend who did some "real" plumber kind of stuff that I would not have been able to do. I felt defeated because I wanted to do it ALL BY MYSELF... but there was something I just couldn't do. At least I knew WHERE to get help. Just this week I fixed my oven on my own and did the "I don't need no stinkin man" dance all over the house." Woop woop!
Posted by: Katherine | January 09, 2010 at 08:39 AM
Hey, I just blogged about appliances! But in our case, it's a brand-new upright freezer that I've been lusting over and nagging Aaron for a year about.
I can't IMAGINE doing all the dishes from your house by hand. I think I'd end up giving each kid one set of dishes and calling it good. Do you have a color for each one?
Posted by: Lyz | January 09, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Here's to modern conveniences! Congrats on the newest addition to the family!
Posted by: patois | January 09, 2010 at 10:42 AM
Does yours play a pretty little tune when it is done? I only ask 'cause mom just got a new one (LG too) and it scares the bejebus out of me every time it finishes the cycle!
Posted by: Melissa | January 09, 2010 at 01:46 PM
We are breaking cars over here for 2010. We own three and so far in the last month all three have broken.
Glad you got a new dishwasher!
Posted by: Jodi | January 09, 2010 at 09:25 PM
Woohoo a new dishwasher!!
Posted by: Sandra | January 10, 2010 at 11:38 AM
i can think of a couple of possibilities as to why your dishwasher was flooding like that and yet briefly stopped after your husband pulled it out, but i suppose it doesn't matter now...
so enjoy the new one! LG tends to make a solid product.
Posted by: Robert | January 10, 2010 at 09:40 PM
I am a mechanic. I take apart diesel engines with hundreds of parts, and can put it all back together again. But I will never ever mess with a dishwasher! They are evil! You did good to get a new one, more money, yes, but far less aggrivation!
Posted by: ggroszek | January 11, 2010 at 10:22 PM
rather looking for some to fix it. i guess buying a new was good idea.click here
Posted by: mortyappliance | January 11, 2010 at 10:33 PM