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<\/p>\n\nI’ve been meaning to write about our Bosch dishwasher since we managed to get it installed on December 18th. Every day since then “a great rejoicing” has resounded through our house.\n<\/p>\n
\nWe ran through our usual installation squabbles. The fact that we chose to raise the cabinets 2 inches above standard height caused problems with the dishwasher which is in the middle of the run of cabinets. We had to raise it up on wooden supports after all. AJM drilled the two holes for the pipes through the wood of our new IKEA cabinets without problem. Getting the dishwasher level and in place was maddening but at last we were both satisfied. We lay together on the floor, me hooking up the electricity and AJM hooking up the plumbing. This was one of the best moments of the entire kitchen remodel experience in terms of our working together as a “finely oiled team” (as we used to call DSL Development). AJM had the much more difficult job and it takes several tests to get it to work without leaking.\n<\/p>\n
\nAt 8:45 that evening we turned the dishwasher on for the first time and…it worked! We were wordlessly happy. When I was a teenager, some relative gave me a teenage romance where the protaganist is disappointed that an older couple she likes celebrates their wedding anniversary by getting a dishwasher. She didn’t think it was very romantic. The couple in that book and I will tell you that a dishwasher is one of the loveliest presents you can imagine as a married couple, especially if you have lived your entire adult life without one. I concur heartily.\n<\/p>\n
\nHaving a dishwasher was one of the main goals of the kitchen remodel project. It is the main reason we had to have the plumbing and electricity updated. It was also one of the first items I purchased; I bought it last March, nine months before we’d be ready to install it.\n<\/p>\n
\nDishwashers have certainly changed since I was a teenager. I did a lot of research before settling on the Bosch SHY56A. My reasons? First, it is advertised to be one of the quietest dishwashers on the market. And it is. We can barely hear a gentle swishing of water from the living room. Second, it does not require a garbage disposals. I don’t like garbage disposals. I put most of our scraps in the compost. But I was worried that if we followed the dishwasher rules about not rinsing that we’d be forced to install one. Our plumber said that a garbage disposal would be difficult to fit into our current plumbing configuration. This model doesn’t require a garbage disposal; it has a trap basket for large particles. So far very little has been left from after the super food dissolving powers of Cascade are invoked.\n<\/p>\n
\nI’m amazed at some of the other features. There is a water sprayer for both the top and bottom rack which means that you don’t have to worry about large pans on the bottom blocking the water and preventing dishes in the top rack from getting clean. Growing up we always saved electricity by not running the dry cycle. This dishwasher dries via condensation anyway. There is no heating element at the bottom to melt plastics. And it has its own water heater to heat the water up to 160F degrees.\n<\/p>\n
\nWe love the fact that dirty dishes go in and clean dishes come out. No dirty dishes pile up on the counters. We love it! We love it! We love it! It’s like magic–but it’s science. Thrilling, amazing, wonderful science that we take too much for granted.\n<\/p>\n
\nToday the men installing the granite countertops were cutting the hole for the sink. Their circular saw cut right through the top of the dishwasher door.\n<\/p>\n
Ooops!<\/p>\n
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Ah, dishwasher. We hardly knew you.\n<\/p>\n
Yes. They are going to replace it. I dread installing it again, though. No I don’t trust anyone else to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I knew this relationship was too good to last.<\/p>\n