Friday I removed our old dishwasher, pictured below. It was an interesting exercise in reverse installation.
Sunday, Rachel, Taylor and I installed our new dishwasher. It was a long time coming, as nobody would offer to do the dishes (including me). Just look at the pile of dishes in the picture. Luckily there were no major surprises installing the unit. I had to change the route for the drain line, but nothing major. I finished installation at 11:30 or so Sunday night. As I finish writing this at 9:30am on Monday morning, those dishes are just a distant memory.
It is a nice “middle of the road” GE, Energy Star Compliant model 🙂 I was appalled at the lack of sound insulation on the unit. Our 30 year old one had more, so we applied a nice layer of R-19 (left over from the garage renovation) to the top of it. It made the fit perfect! After running the unit, it’s actually quite silent for a dishwasher. Was it our extra insulation, or pure design? I guess we’ll never know.
There is only one major appliance left in the kitchen which was in the home when we purchased it 7 months ago. As I previously wrote, the stove is probably on it’s last leg. The oven quit working for months then mysteriously started again after touching the display.
Future kitchen projects: Countertops, Cabinet Facelift and Flooring. We haven’t decided for sure yet, but I think we will be working on the cabinets soon. After those are complete, we will have a new kitchen basically!
Good job on the dishwasher and best of luck on your future kitchen projects!
We need new cabinets in ours. A face-lift won’t do – the whole things (very old) need replacing. I haven’t done it yet because I’m intimidated about the process and the cost. Am trying to find a local, retired handyman who will install some pre-mades for kind of cheap…
Also, I love the new subheading name of your blog.