The Home Repairs Thread

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I'll start

Water keeps collecting at the bottom of my dishwasher. The drain isn't clogged, and the hose looks fine. It's a Kenmore under the counter dishwasher (I don't know how old it is). We don't have a trash compactor which I've heard sometimes can be an issue.

Anyhow, I'm stumped on what the issue is. Any suggestions?

I am assuming you mean by the bottom of the dishwasher you mean outside on the floor. Could be a number of gaskets that have worn out.

By trash compactor do you mean garbage disposal? If you mean GD; the dishwasher empties into the GD so if you have a blockage there that could be impeding the drain function on your DW.

Here are my little fun findings about appliances now a days; it is more cost effective to replace them then repair them. I had a six year old oven that the mother board blew out on; $350 to fix $500 for a new one.

I got burned (not literally) with a Kenmore dryer. First the heating element went out so I replaced it; $80 I replaced it myself $250 if Sears did it. After I fixed that the blower motor went; $150 I replaced it myself, I think Sears want something like $300 to do it. So right now I am $230 in on a 6 year old dryer, one more thing goes and I should have just bought a damn new one. If I had Sears do all the repairs I literally could have just had a new dryer.

So basically SS start looking for a new Dish Washer. I have had good luck with all my Maytag/ Whirlpool appliances.