Dishwasher

[Bird]

1972-77, our first "new" house and came with a Gaffers & Sattler dishwasher. During that 5 years I replaced the motor twice. And I also replaced one for a neighbor and one for my sister.

1977-89, another new house with a new Gaffers & Sattler; must have improved them some; never had to work on that one in 12 years.

1989-1995, full time RVers; no dishwasher, fortunately.

1995-97, bought an old mobile home with a dirty, dead, full of water dishwasher. Had Sears install a new Kenmore.

1997-2000, bought a new custom built double wide that came with a GE dishwasher. It started leaking in less than 3 years and I would have had to buy the pump and motor as a single expensive unit.

2000-2002, before I could replace that GE, a daughter showed up with a new Maytag, which I installed. No trouble with it in the 2 years before we sold the place.

2005-present, bought this house with a KitchenAid dishwasher, but no manual, so I called and ordered a manual for it. They said the serial number means it is a 1999 model. Still working with no problems.

NOW . . . if it were up to me, I wouldn't have one of those things in the house. I can wash and dry dishes, utensils, pots & pans quicker and get them cleaner by hand. I NEVER use the thing.

HOWEVER . . . if the darned thing dies, I'll have to buy a new one just to keep the wife happy.:laughing:

 

[wngsprd]

I'm with you Bird, I wash a good bit by hand, but we can fill a dishwasher pretty quickly, too, so nice having one for the big jobs.

Our 10+ year old one started leaking and I decided to replace it back in October...figured it was an inexpensive Kenmore, and more stuff would start to fail since was old...Once I took it out and started looking at the internals, decided I made the right decision.

We chose a Bosch...got it on sale but was still about double what we paid for the Kenmore 10+ year ago. So far, very pleased...as others have said, extremely quiet...can stand next to it and not know it is on except the red light it projects onto the floor. We have not had any problems with cleanliness of dishes, or excess water left of them. Has a 3rd shelf, and stainless interior.

Good luck with your choice!

 

[kenmac]

Gaffers & Sattlers.. Never knew they made dishwashers.. I have (back in the day) replaced some Gaffers & Sattlers heating & cooling equipment

wow ! in 72-77 ya'll had a dishwasher ?? Ya'll lived on the rich side of the tracks.. In those yrs.. I had no idea there was such a thing

 

[oldpilgrim]

I had a dw back in 72, and a garbage disposal too. I took home $100/week, and was paying a mortgage and was adding 2 rooms on my house as my 2nd son was just born and we needed room.

It's surprising how far a buck would go back then.

 

[kenmac]

they probably had only 1 grade of dw back then too

 

[oldpilgrim]

Lots of different brands but they were all about the same except for chrome and paint. But they worked.

 

[kenmac]

Lots of different brands but they were all about the same except for chrome and paint. But they worked.

Back then.. there were probably only 4-5 (if that) brands and maybe 2 different models..Today I couldn't even guess all the brands or how many models each brand makes

 

[kcflhrc]

I would replace it. Stay away from Samsung. They make great phones and TV's but their appliances aren't very reliable. We bought all new Samsung kitchen appliances when we moved 2 years ago. The Samsung dishwasher has been broke several times in 2 years. A couple of weeks ago it started acting up again. I ripped it out of the hole and called the scrapper to come get it. This was a $1k dishwasher. After lots of looking and reading reviews we bought a new Bosch on sale for $800. It's an all stainless unit inside and out. So far so good.

 

[TomSeller]

I have always stayed away from buying appliances at Home Depot because I was told probably 10 years or so ago that they are not the same models as appliance stores have. The person who told me this had one of their 2nd floor appliances fail and flooded their house while on vacation, ending up in a lawsuit. They said their eyes were really opened as far as what corners HD wanted the manufacturers to cut to save a few bucks.

I don't know if this was true only back then, is still true or never was true. Anyone know?

And if it is true, who else gets "lesser" models made? Sears?

 

[houstonscott]

They can have our dishwasher when they pry it from my wife's cold dead hands!unch:

No one is going to take it from you, but new ones will not use more than 1.7 gallons of water and will not clean dishes. HS