Christmas Present is Installed!
As mentioned in a previous post, my children gave me a Lowe's gift card for Christmas to purchase a dishwasher. The following post shows Drew's progress and installation of the Bosch machine I picked out. I didn't know that dishes could be so clean out of a machine. There are no spots, bits of food or stains.
As of today, only one dish has been altered by the machine. I put an old dusty set of cups, saucers and bowls in the dishwasher one night when there was extra room. The next morning when I unloaded the machine, I thought the dust had stayed on one of the cups, but when I started drying it (it had a base that held water) I noticed that the inside had turned a dark brown and that had bled through to the outside. I guess as long as I serve coffee in the cup before the drinker sees the bottom, I will be ok. The cups aren't expensive or anything though they are pretty.
As of today, only one dish has been altered by the machine. I put an old dusty set of cups, saucers and bowls in the dishwasher one night when there was extra room. The next morning when I unloaded the machine, I thought the dust had stayed on one of the cups, but when I started drying it (it had a base that held water) I noticed that the inside had turned a dark brown and that had bled through to the outside. I guess as long as I serve coffee in the cup before the drinker sees the bottom, I will be ok. The cups aren't expensive or anything though they are pretty.
Drew making the sink table 4" taller to match normal sink heights now that our kids are taller.
Notice the huge puzzle Hannah was working on in the background.
Alien antennae - the new water pipes coming up from the basement.
Red for hot and blue for cold (duh).
The sink table back in place and all the plumbing hooked back up
with the extra drain connection for the dishwasher.
The dishwasher is installed! We are using the machine once a day for sure and some days we run it after lunch and then again before bed. I must thank my kids for a wonderful present that saves me lots of time each and every day. And my dishes are clean—even the ones high up on the shelves that I use to fill it when I want to run it and it isn't quite full.
View from the back. (Oops, this picture shows that the dishwasher isn't really hooked up.) We have added a paper towel holder to the back and we keep the trash below on the floor.
The new Manabloc in the basement.
This is Drew's part of the new dishwasher setup.
We (Drew) re-plumbed the entire kitchen and office restrooms and
ran the pipes through this contraption.
Our Bosch tankless hot water heater; it is just to the east of the Manabloc in the basement.
The new PVC drains that replaced the old 100 year old cast iron monster.
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Drew is quite the handyman! I wouldn't let Kim within 100 feet of my house with a drill in his hand!!! ha!
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