We’re going to have to go back to handwashing until we get this sorted out.
Worse, it’s causing the Pergo flooring to buckle a bit. So we may eventually lose the kitchen floor. If it ain’t one thing it’s another.
We’re going to have to go back to handwashing until we get this sorted out.
Worse, it’s causing the Pergo flooring to buckle a bit. So we may eventually lose the kitchen floor. If it ain’t one thing it’s another.
Correction: I pulled the dishwasher, and it’s not the problem: it’s the sink: we didn’t get a good seal on it, and we’ve got mold, and a problem: otoh—this is minor. It hasn’t gotten to the library ceiling in the basement, it’s still a small though persistent leak, and if we just put rolled towel beside the sink when we need it (until we have time to caulk it properly) we’ll be good. I’ve got the dishwasher back in, and I think ok. We’ll find out.
Just in case, do you have any spare pieces of the original Pergo? You can pop the buckled ones out and replace them, if so. I hope the sink problem is easily fixed. I usually end up having to recaulk the bathtub every 2-3 years, as the old caulk gets the mold that scrubbing won’t remove.
CJ, don’t be too hasty to replace that buckled flooring–so long as the buckling is minor, at least, give it a chance to dry out (thoroughly), often it’ll flatten back down as it dries. Had a similar experience when my mother, who was visiting, absentmindedly used dish soap in the dishwasher, instead of dishWASHER soap–foam all over, a wave leaked out of the door and surged across the floor, which over the next day or so buckled distressingly. We brought in the Pro From Dover, and he told us to give it a couple of weeks. Boise air is pretty dry, even this time of year (as should be Spokane air, I’d think) and he was right, the floor settled right back down over the course of a couple weeks.
After moving into this place I was hearing dripping under my sink after washing some dishes: someone had used an old MrPibs box to prop an important “thingy” up down there. It had gotten wet and no longer was propping very well. Or at all. I remember the landlord had been messing around there while I was signing some papers. Had he set up a “slow fuse” that would give him access to my apartment again after I settled in and panicked about the dripping? Dunno. I fixed it myself. Going to have to do better than that, Landlord.
Sounds like MY old landlord: he and his wife didn’t get along, so he used to set up repair jobs that would keep him at MY place for hours on the weekend, or ‘projects’ that needed doing. He was harmless—but my place was HIS hobby and refuge, and as a writer who mostly got to work on weekends, he was crazy-making. He’d dodder and potter about the garage, the hall, I mean, it was like a second resident…
Sometimes, the seal between the door and the face frame of the dishwasher gets gunked up. Most dishwashers I’ve seen have small rubber pieces that fit into the lower corners of the door, and can be easily removed to clean around them and get that gunk out.
Also, sometimes the intake in the center under the spray arm can also get gunked up, so you might have to clean that, too.
I’ve found that it’s usually the small seals on the doors that need cleaning that cause the leaks. Oh, and a landlord who doesn’t know how to properly install a garbage disposer – if there’s a dishwasher, you take out the metal plate covering the fitting on the disposer.
Have you ever watched ‘The Money Pit’ with Tom Hanks and Shelly Long? If you haven’t yet, you might want to check it out! It is hilarious and speaks way too well to the ‘joys’ of home ownership! And by comparison, it make all our problems look sooo small!
Yep. My favorite was the bathtub—which was nearly what happened in the OKC house. 😉
I loved the stair collapse sequence too… something about that scene just kept me laughing until I was crying! But yah, that bathtub scene—great stuff! And I am quite glad you managed to avoid that in your OKC house!
“It never ends!” — C3PO
“Murphy was a piker!” Notebook of Lazarus Long
CJ, this is starting to get ridiculous. Have you considered getting a blessing on your house from your preferred practitioner of the transcendent?
Actually, none of this is extraordinary, just the joys of home ownership. Things do wear out and need to be repaired or replaced, from light switches and ceiling fans to water heaters and shingles.
I have often thought that, if someone offered me a wish, that I would ask for entropy to be reduced by a factor of 10x on anything I own, except where ‘breaking’ is necessary for whatever-it-is to perform its function. That way, at least I could be reasonably assured my major appliances wouldn’t break just as they are getting out of warranty!
I’m currently going through dishwasher leaks at my girlfriend’s house. The worst thing about them is that you have to run the bloody thing to see if it’s fixed. Over and over and over.
Phil Brown