In my 53 years of married life, I've always owned a dishwasher! As a child, dishwashing was my chore. I detested it. Right after our honeymoon Cec went on strike. I said to him "I'm working, your home all day and you can wash the breakfast dishes". I came home from work and he'd bought a portable dishwasher. He said, "I had to do dishes for my my mom and I'm not ever doing them again". We never had furniture in the living room but we had a dishwasher. The folding beach chairs were just fine. We got a TV for a wedding present and Cec took his bed from home. It was quite funny!
We've had a few dishwashers in our time. The dishwasher we have now is 13 years old and it's starting to give us trouble. So, instead of waiting until it breaks down, let's order one from Costco. I asked both Cheryl and Donna as I know they both do research and have recently purchased new dishwashers. They both have Bosch. They both love the third rack and I know when I've loaded Cheryl's, lids, knives and other flat things fit on that rack nicely. Bosch gets an excellent rating with Consumer Reports.
Todd our handy appliance repair guy will install it. It was delivered and Todd said he would come on Friday. When he arrived and looked at our dishwasher, he said "we may have a problem". Apparently the code has changed. Instead of hard wiring, you need an electrical box to plug it in under the sink. As our dishwasher is on an island, that meant we needed an electrician. He called his neighbour George, a licensed electrician and George came over on Saturday and installed the electrical box.
The dishwasher was disconnected so I would be doing dishes all weekend. I don't own a dish drainer. Todd said, take out the rack from your old dishwasher and put it on a towel! What a creative idea. I found if you leave the dishes to soak in the sink in really hot soapy water, they come clean real fast. Then rinse them in really hot water, leave them for 30 minutes and they dry themselves! I actually haven't minded doing dishes all weekend.
