Several years ago our dish washer gave up the ghost. It was probably 20 years old too. We were going to get somebody out here to have a look at it. The guy quoted us a price of around 300 bucks give or take. I said for that kind of money I'll just buy another one. This guy then says it would cost you about half this price to have somebody put it in for you. I said how hard can it be to install a dish washer. You have a supply line off the hot water line, and a sewer line. This guy says something about codes and yadda-yadda-yadda. That's when I decided to do it myself.
After the guy left I took the under the counter dish washer out. There were only 2 small Philips screws holding it under the counter. When I removed those, it just rolled out as slick as snot. There was a screw on fitting holding the hot water supply line in place and a standard 3 prong electrical cord which plugged into a switched wall outlet in the compartment. When I turned off the hot water with the shut-off valve under the sink,and unplugged the dish washer, I just rolled it out of the way and outside onto the patio. My wife measured the inside dimensions of the compartment as well as those of the old unit. Then we went shopping for a new unit. We found one that was pretty much like the one that was in there for around 250 dollars. We got it home and unpacked it outside on the patio and lifted it up and put it down in the laundry room where I rolled it up to the compartment. After connecting the supply line to the new dish washer and plugging it in to the switched outlet, I rolled it all the way back in and placed 2 new screws under the counter top. I then turned the hot water back on under the sink and gave it a test wash with no dishes inside to well, wash the new dish washer. According to my wife, your not going to just put a load of my dishes in that thing with out washing it out first are you? Um, I wouldn't dream of it my dear. Uh-huh she said.<grin> It's probably been running now for 3 or 4 years and haven't had problem one yet. Alan Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <lmch...@verizon.net> To: "handyman-blind" <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 2:15 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Maytag dishwasher > Well, I did make the wrong decision. It was repaired today. While the guy > was here he pointed out that something was wrong with the handle. He took > the door apart and as he thought the top panel mounting pins were broke, > Not > all but two of the four. If we do not get it fixed a few more parts will > need to be replaced. This part installed will be about $175. If I had any > idea of that I would have taken the $150 offer towards a new machine. The > guy got beat up today on the Maytag jokes. I reminded him about the old > commercials where the Maytag repairman was bored. He is repairing ten > dishwashers today. > He did give Karen one tip that is probably true for all dishwashers. When > you open the door first push in before unlatching. This takes pressure off > of the plastic parts inside. Also do not close it when you empty, just > push > the door up and do not latch. Again this takes wear off of the parts and > also does not put any creases into the gasket. > --- > Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and humorous > with many resources for the blind. > http://www.lennymchugh.com > Lenny > Please Copy and Paste into New Message to pass along. 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