my dishwasher takes about 4.5 hours to do a load
this baffles me.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:12, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Is there really much point in you having it then other than to waste lots of power and water?

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:18, Reply)

This doesn't sound right at all.
Try another setting and don't open it once it's started. I normally use my 50 degree 'eco' setting, and it takes about 80 mins or so, possibly less. I fucking love my dishwasher and really couldn't possibly go back to the bad old days of not having one....although I still do wash some stuff in the basin.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:19, Reply)

Clearly only peasants use the basin

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:22, Reply)

People with not enough money for a dishwasher have no option.
Or not enough dirty dishes to warrant one. Or not enough room in their horrid little kitchens to accommodate one. I will wash stuff by hand if the dishwasher is on, or has clean stuff in that I haven't got round to putting away.

All i need now is an automatic ironing machine.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:28, Reply)

I get around that problem by not doing any ironing
hanging clothes up is nature's ironing
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:31, Reply)

Yes, I also do the natures ironing thing
but some things still need to have a cheeky once over. We have an old fashion pulley in the kitchen that i can get about 2 loads of washing on if I 'Tetris' it on properly. Hang everything up, then blast the 4 gas hobs on for 5 mins, gets everything drying a treat.

Efficient Domestic Routine is a seriously underrated form of anti-depressant.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:39, Reply)

I don't have enough dirty dishes to warrant one. I have a lovely big kitchen, but I don't cook that much
My ex flatmate was terrible for leaving stuff in his dishwasher until it went mouldy and would then just wash it again. The dishwasher eventually died from mould overload.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:32, Reply)

I've only done that once
it was pretty grim, even though there weren't many dishes in there.

we tend to use the dishwasher every couples of days, which means that we do less washing up than if we didn't have one. which saves money, and effort.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:34, Reply)

He did it pretty much every time. I stopped using it because it was so disgusting and just washed everything I used by hand.
Much faster and I could be sure that it was free of fungi
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:37, Reply)

a wise decision
I couldn't live without mine though. There aren't many household chores that I hate, but washing up is one of them.

The only thing that comes close is hanging up washing.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:40, Reply)

You need to learn to do it Robin Stylee from Batman Forever

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:42, Reply)

how does he do it?
been a long time since I've seen that
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:47, Reply)

Better than you
You'll have to watch it I'm afraid.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:48, Reply)

I suspect the feed pipe is a bit blocked
because it washes fine. I use the eco setting anyway

I love the dishwasher. Given that it is not spending extra time heating up or washing, it's not using extra water or power, so it uses less than washing up in the sink, and crucially it saves 15 minutes at an important time, i.e. just after I've eaten and the last thing I want to do is do the fucking dishes
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:27, Reply)

Possibly
I had to take the filter out of mine and wash it, as the water wasn't draining away properly it was fucking rank. I nealry had a nervous breakdown just before we got ours. I wasn't working at the time and looking after my 2 kids, and all I seemed to do was either wash dishes, or put them away. There were ALWAYS dishes lying about somewhere. I ended up becoming a total DISH NAZI, whereby one plate/saucer could 'do' for many things.

Then the dishwasher arrived and when not washing, acts as a cupboard for dirty dishes, thereby keeping them out of my sight and subsequently keeps me from going insane.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:34, Reply)

I share your sentiments
I don't like dirty clutter about the place and having a dirty dish cupboard is a godsend. especially after you've had people round, eaten and then got fucked up. you can still come down in the morning with a hangover to a tidy kitchen.

I've checked the filters and stuff and they seem fine, so I'm assuming that as it is washing properly it must be the filler pipe that is blocked. they have a little filter thing on it, so I just need to pull the bastard out and have a look.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:37, Reply)

Fuck me, you two are like Brenda and Audrey
off the Bounty ads!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:45, Reply)

fucking not!
I'm perfectly happy with how shit my sainsburys basics kitchen roll is and seeing some other cunt wiping stuff up using one sheet of Bounty won't make me feel bad
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:48, Reply)

Nice tunic

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:49, Reply)

:-P

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:53, Reply)

Efficient Domestic Routine
It's a panacea for all of modern societies ill's, embrace the marigolds Roota, come with us!! I'll show tricks with vinegar and bicardonate of soda you didn't think were possibly....but it is possible, all this and MOAR.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:54, Reply)

She'll show you her trick
with the Aubergine and a shaved mouse. It's quite something.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:55, Reply)

you said you wouldn't!!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:57, Reply)

No, I said you couldnt
but you proved me wrong.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 12:03, Reply)

i like to succeed

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 12:04, Reply)

Oh god I have me mother on the phone with all that
Don't get me wrong, my HOUSE is clean and that...
*shoves things under sofa*
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 11:56, Reply)

things under sofa aubergines up arse
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 12:03, Reply)

No, the mice go there

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 12:04, Reply)

Dirty little meeces

(Cancer Joy was short lived, Mon 1 Feb 2010, 12:10, Reply)