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The only thing worse than having to pay for premature appliance replacement is.. the process of actually replacing them. Across different homes, different appl

The only thing worse than having to pay for premature appliance replacement is.. the process of actually replacing them. Across different homes, different appliances, different brands, and different vendors it is always a disaster. Dishwashers especially since they touch cabinetry, plumbing, and electrical. I would pay an "A Team" premium to have an entire squad come deliver and do all work to accommodate installation. I've had just about everything go wrong: * fridge installer taking 3 tries to send enough guys to lift a giant fridge up stairs (2, then 2 again, then finally 4) * Finding out my condo counters are ADA accessible special short height that is 3/8 of an inch too short to fit 90% of DWs without carpentry work * DW installer leaving, wanting a plumber to replace water line before continuing * DW installer leaving, wanting electrician to do hardwire/outlet work before continuing * DW repair guy leaving, because he couldn't figure how to pull the dishwasher clear of a tile floor ridge * DW repair guy disconnecting my kitchen sink water line, breaking a part making it unusable unless I made it to the hardware store across town closing in 10 minutes * Plumber knocking DW door off the spring hinge mechanism so it just drops like a rock now Basically theres 3-5 different specialists that all need each others work done in a particular order and possibly to do re-work after one of the others breaks something, every every time.

twoWhlsGud 3y ago
My favorite near disaster story was due to my 100 year old house having come with 50 year old electric cooktop that sat over the (slightly younger dishwasher). I destroyed the dishwasher right after moving in (by running it with the new water line turned off - I should have checked) and was happy to see that at least the dishwasher shaped hole was still standard sized. What I didn't realize until the new dishwasher arrived was that the old dishwasher was smaller (lower) inside the case - leaving a handy buffer space between the underside of the electric burners and the top of the dishwashers electronics. The new dishwasher had only about and inch of space and even after sticking in a layer of nomex insulation test runs of the cooktop with a thermal probe sited on the top of the dishwasher's insides revealed that I couldn't use any settings beyond medium without hitting questionable levels. The cooktop's associated oven put the whole question to rest soon after by bursting into flames due to a wiring failure. (This apparently period appropriate setup for small kitchens placed the dishwasher at the bottom with with cooktop above it and then a small oven on top with a integrated exhaust system underneath and on top of the oven - actually pretty handy).
op00to 3y ago
I hire my actual plumber/electrician to do appliance installs I won’t do myself. I’ve had nothing but problems with the contractors Home Depot and Best Buy have sent. It costs a bit, but is done right and I get to approve the work, not Best Buy. For the last 5 years, I buy appliances from a small independent dealer rather than a big box store. I have a guys name, and it’s the same guy year after year. Their prices are as good or slightly better than you’d see at a big box retailer.
- steveBK123 3y ago
  Didn't shop at any of the big 3 big box stores. You'd be surprised how bad even the local/regional family owned chain appliance specialists are. And the repair guy was the Bosch official warranty service guy for apparently all of Long Island. I found this out when he announced he was going on vacation as he left and we wouldn't be able to get the DW compute board replaced until he returned.

twoWhlsGud 3y ago

My favorite near disaster story was due to my 100 year old house having come with 50 year old electric cooktop that sat over the (slightly younger dishwasher). I destroyed the dishwasher right after moving in (by running it with the new water line turned off - I should have checked) and was happy to see that at least the dishwasher shaped hole was still standard sized. What I didn't realize until the new dishwasher arrived was that the old dishwasher was smaller (lower) inside the case - leaving a handy buffer space between the underside of the electric burners and the top of the dishwashers electronics. The new dishwasher had only about and inch of space and even after sticking in a layer of nomex insulation test runs of the cooktop with a thermal probe sited on the top of the dishwasher's insides revealed that I couldn't use any settings beyond medium without hitting questionable levels. The cooktop's associated oven put the whole question to rest soon after by bursting into flames due to a wiring failure. (This apparently period appropriate setup for small kitchens placed the dishwasher at the bottom with with cooktop above it and then a small oven on top with a integrated exhaust system underneath and on top of the oven - actually pretty handy).

op00to 3y ago

I hire my actual plumber/electrician to do appliance installs I won’t do myself. I’ve had nothing but problems with the contractors Home Depot and Best Buy have sent. It costs a bit, but is done right and I get to approve the work, not Best Buy. For the last 5 years, I buy appliances from a small independent dealer rather than a big box store. I have a guys name, and it’s the same guy year after year. Their prices are as good or slightly better than you’d see at a big box retailer.

steveBK123 3y ago
Didn't shop at any of the big 3 big box stores. You'd be surprised how bad even the local/regional family owned chain appliance specialists are. And the repair guy was the Bosch official warranty service guy for apparently all of Long Island. I found this out when he announced he was going on vacation as he left and we wouldn't be able to get the DW compute board replaced until he returned.