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The Lifespan of Large Appliances Is Shrinking
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I'm dreading this once our start going out. Considering my stove is down to 3 burners now it'll be sooner than later.
I also just remembered that my dad just replaced his oven a couple months ago. Original one was maybe 2 years old from new construction.
I don't know how old the kitchen stuff in this house is, but we've been here 7 years. We did replace the fridge because it was FUGLY stainless (Sold it to our daughter, its still going strong). Re-skinned the dishwasher to get rid of that stainless, the stove is only partially stainless so it isn't quite so bad to look at, although I do have the part numbers to reskin it where needed if I get tired of looking at it.
New dishwasher, oven, fridge, and microwave will be here Saturday
What's the name of the new dishwasher?
What's the name of the new dishwasher?
I'm not even sure the wife would be mad as long as she washed dishes.
With the house, kids, work, dogs, etc., mine has said that whole sister-wives thing has an appeal.
I’ve never blown a heating element in an oven before. This oven is only probably 5 years old. It’s a higher end one; cost us about 3 grand. The other day while baking something there was a loud humming and then a pop and flames visible in the oven. I quickly shut the oven off and let the smoke clear. This was the culprit.
I’ve lived in many, many houses and apartments with all kinds of ovens - new and old, high and low quality. This is one of the best and newest oven I’ve ever had, and this happens. Sign of the times.
I’ve lived in many, many houses and apartments with all kinds of ovens - new and old, high and low quality. This is one of the best and newest oven I’ve ever had, and this happens. Sign of the times.
Not hard to change out , but the replacement will be built by the same place that built this one.
Yeah - fortunately only $35 and a Whirlpool part number. Maybe I should buy a few since everything is disposable these days.
What pisses me off is that it put me at risk of a serious fire. If I had bacon in the oven there could have been a real problem. I do not consider my house a disposable item!
What pisses me off is that it put me at risk of a serious fire. If I had bacon in the oven there could have been a real problem. I do not consider my house a disposable item!
I had one right there - 6 feet from the stove, under the sink where I was washing dishes when it happened.
New dishwasher, oven, fridge, and microwave will be here Saturday
Fridge had a door that looked like it was oil canned bad. They replaced it.
Was working installing a RO system this evening right beside my dryer that I started 30 minutes prior. All of a sudden it just turns off. Light inside still works but will not start. Played with it some but one thing at a time.
It’s electric and I have a natural gas shutoff capped right beside it. Really tempted to buy an incredibly basic gas dryer to replace it.
We had one of those refrigerators. My wife utterly HATED it. I could take it or leave it. But as 1) wife didn't like it, 2) it was stainless stee - uh, excuse me - STAINLESS STEEL (which we both utterly *DETEST*), and 3) the kids needed a new fridge; it went to their house in exchange for $100, and we got the black side by side that wife wanted.
As for a gas dryer, we've ALWAYS had one until we moved to Florida - but this house has gas so next dryer will be gas!
Do it. Buy the most basic, no bells or whistles unit and it will last. My Maytag electric dryer and washer are 15-20 years old now and running fine. They are bare minimum, still running mechanical switch units with no additional features or electronics. I've cleaned them both out once probably 5 years ago and that's all I’ve done to them. My father and my MIL/FIL both buy the "fancy" units, and they are both on their 3rd set in that same time frame, but they have to have the "convenience features".
The electric model I have is also incredibly basic which is perfectly fine - really could try to repair but at what point is it worth it.
We bought Speed Queen washer / dryer in 2014 , zero issues with the washer. I replaced a terminal strip and thermal " fuse" on the dryer.
Super easy to work on. I spent stupid money on basic units because I wanted mechanical timers and no locking lid until the cycle is finished crap.
I guess that comes down to how much is your time worth and what's wrong with it. Pop it open and look for the basic stuff, then go from there. My washer had a problem once when a tube that references water level had come off, and it wouldn't run or stop running, I can't recall. I pulled the panel, looked around and found that and had it going again in about 15 minutes. Maybe you'll find something that easy.
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I can't complain about my old Maytag "commercial" units, they've been relatively trouble free, but when the time comes, that's the direction I'm going. I know Speed Queen is relatively expensive up front, but it's just another instance of buy-once-cry-once, and I won't have to cry as much if I can find a trade-in or lightly used unit.
And on that note, my MIL just had her relatively new, probably 3 years old, $1,000 dryer crap out on her last week. Her same age GE dishwasher died just a week or so before. Again, she likes the bells and whistles and won't take my advice of buying the basic units.
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