All Forum Posts by: Chris Mcgee

The repairman replaced 2 things last year that seemed to have fixed it, but it's just not worth $300 a year to maintain.

I still need to do some measurements, but the laundry unit fits inside a closet that has a door and it is a complete nightmare to try and pull it out and reattach the drain and fill hoses.

Also, the new appliances would have a 1 year warranty and I would get the extended warranty on them as well. I'm not sure how a dirty lint screen would affect a slow drain issue as this would happen after the wash cycle and in the dryer unit.

The only advantage I see for the laundry center would be from the simplicity of the units so less to break, which is why I don't see them being more expensive than #500 modern w/d's

I have a quad that I purchased that has 4 laundry centers in them. All appear to be fine except for one

https://www.lowes.com/pl/Stacked-laundry-centers-W...

I paid a guy to come out last year to fix a slow drain and it was over $300 and it's doing the same thing a year later. The way I have always in the past viewed appliances as repair once and then replace as the replacement is not that much more expensive.

The laundry centers start at $1200 yet I can get individual stackables that look much better for $500 a piece. Is there any reason people are still paying more for the laundry centers where if one unit fails you have to pay hundreds or have to replace the entire washer/dryer combo?

Indeed, this is my one and only rental property that has a dishwasher. I have heard that Samsung's can be problematic as well.

Due to this being a tenant who complains I was looking for something that would just work and not give me any problems.

I like the idea about adding the lease option because we are going to have to revisit that soon

I hadn't thought about it being too tall. I thought that was what the adjustable feet were for. Thanks, I will measure and probably get a braided fill hose as well

From looking at Consumers reports and online reviews, Whirlpool and GE are the brands they recommend.

I'm thinking of this one, but the only knock is it has a filter and not a grinder

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Whirlpool-55-Decibel-Built-In-Dishwasher-Monochromatic-Stainless-Steel-Common-24-in-Actual-23-875-in-ENERGY-STAR/50258927

I have a new tenant in a town home rental property. 

The previous tenants were the absolute best, always paid on the 1st of the month and had very little complaints. The new tenants not so much.

I did some cosmetic work between tenants at the request of the new person, mostly painting but also replaced the kitchen and bathroom outlets with gfci to bring them up to code. Come to find out there was also a water restrictor on the water line severely impacting the water pressure to the house(one faucet could run at a time). I paid to have that removed and things appeared great or so I thought.

A short time afterwards there were additional complaints about debris(mostly sand) in the dishwasher. I cleaned it out and discovered that there was broken glass(looked like shards from a wine glass) as well as the plastic stickers that they put on new plates in the filter. I have cleaned it out several times since then including sucking it out with a small shop vac but the problem still persists.

This dishwasher is old so it's not worth having to pay to get it cleaned out really good so am looking at getting a replacement. I am about 100% convinced that the broken wine glass(previous tenants did not consume alcohol because of religious beliefs) is the current tenants fault but can't prove it. Playing devil's advocate the increased water pressure could have dislodged debris and sediment or maybe it pulled something in from the garbage disposal?

So should I foot the bill for the new dishwasher or split the cost? Sturdy, reliable dishwasher recommendations under $500? 
I looked online and they do not seem that difficult to install so will likely do it myself to save the $136. Any gotchas for swapping out a dishwasher that looks to be over 10 years old?