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nwmr: Do we need a new dish washer?
Mustardseed2007
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I came home yesterday to the smell of mold-gross!
It was coming from the dish washer. Since last year at least our dish washer has sometimes not been draining and sometimes leaking onto the floor when it runs. This mold smell is new. Dh is wondering if we should have a plumber come out and I personally am just hoping we can go or lowes and get a new dish washer and that will fix the problem. The plumber route seems like more trouble (I know..lm horrible, but sometimes I don't want to take the time to try to fix what we have, which in my experience involves multiple visits and then in the end still need to replace our stuff).
Do any of y'all know what the best course her is? Should we call a plumber? Should we just/can we just get a new dish washer?
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Re: nwmr: Do we need a new dish washer?
I don't know the answer but I do know that the hook-up line from the sink to the dishwasher is not that long so you might be able to pull it out and check to see how secure the line is and just disconnect it (bucket underneath and clean the line yourself and see if that does the trick). That is if you all are up for the challenge. My husband isn't handy at all but I am and I will usually see if I can fix it before calling someone out.
If your appliances are anything like ours, however, I'd consider buying new. The builder put the cheapest stove/dishwasher in our home. In our last home, I got a great deal on a dishwasher at Sears for $250 (had all the buttons, sanitizing modes, top rack only wash, etc). I'd bet the one we have is probably a $100 or less.
We had similar issues (minus the leaking). We had several repair visits (home warranty; we moved last year). They cleaned out the bottom (you would not believe the stuff under there). You can lift the screen in the bottom and remove the rotor (it all snaps back together) and remove all the gunk. It might be preventing draining. In our case, it wasn't the issue. I don't know what the issue was, but the night after we returned from vacation I went to Home Depot and bought a new dishwasher. It was worth the expense to spare my time and the headache of trying to figure it out. And, I was also never really convinced things were CLEAN....
Our home is older - from the 60's. All of our appliances are from 1990ish. They are good quality stuff for the most part-Jenn Air stove, built in microwave and oven. The dishwasher is a Frigidaire, though, and I think is very basic and since maybe a year after we bought the house it's been like this.
And yeah...I am concerned is that somehow it isn't the dishwasher at all, so then we'd have a brand new dishwasher that still leaks...maybe ONE plumber visit and then replace.