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Dishwasher part III: The End (we hope!)

posted by [personal profile] rfunk at 08:52am on 17/01/2008 under
After last week's dishwasher debacle, we ended up deciding to just buy a new one. To put the old one back after all that work would've been rather disappointing, and we'd been intending to buy a new dishwasher soon anyway.

So Saturday we dug out the Consumer Reports, picked out a couple of good brands and a price range, then checked websites for what's currently available, and finally headed out to Sears.

The final decision was whether to install it ourselves or have someone else install it for us. Considering the hassles I'd already been through, and knowing that there were further hassles of the process that I hadn't yet ventured into (I'd punted on replacing drain hose in the vain hope that the old one would be fine), I decided to spend the extra money for installation.

The installer came yesterday and did the work, under [livejournal.com profile] duriyah's supervision. I think it took him maybe half an hour or so. Much quicker than I could have done it.

Now we have to learn the best buttons to push to best clean dishes with our super-hard water.
Mood:: 'content' content
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posted by [identity profile] anivair.livejournal.com at 02:09pm on 17/01/2008
I think it's all about which detergent you use. Cascade (complete, with that jet ... umm ... stuff) is supposed to be among the best for hard water.
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posted by [identity profile] rfunk.livejournal.com at 02:14pm on 17/01/2008
Cascade Complete is wonderful (or at least it worked best when I lived in Canton), but it's apparently not so good for septic systems. :-(
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posted by [identity profile] duriyah.livejournal.com at 02:25pm on 17/01/2008
Rob loves Cascade, but I'm hesitant to use it because it contains both phosphates and chlorine. As we have a septic system, I'm afraid the chlorine in the Cascade would kill the good bacteria that's eating my poop. And since the septic tank is uphill from a stream, I am not comfortable using a phosphates-containing detergent, as phosphates can cause surface water contamination. We currently use Seventh Generation, which contains neither phosphates nor chlorine.

For the record, I used to use a detergent containing chlorine for a year before I realized that it had chlorine in it. At that point I switched to Seventh Generation. Since the switch, the only difference I have noticed is that some stains like coffee and beat juice remain on the dishes. Otherwise they seem as clean as before.

What we really need to do is fix the water softener.
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posted by [identity profile] anivair.livejournal.com at 02:26pm on 17/01/2008
Ahh, I forgot about the septic tank. You're right, you don't want to go screwing with the bacteria there. They are important.
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