Ah, cooking's another matter entirely!
To dishwasher or not to dishwasher?
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Ah, cooking's another matter entirely!
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My friends had a dishwasher in there new flat that was not used in the 20 odd years they lived there. Even to this date i dont think it has been used LOL. I use my dishwasher every day 
I once rented a flat which had a half size fridge freezer for one person... and a full size dishwasher. It was the best thing ever! I could make as much mess as I wanted cooking with various pans, clean plates for every meal, people round for drinks and it would all go in the dishwasher that evening!
Now I'm washing up I'm finding I have to use a bowl for cups and glasses, cutlery and small plates. Dry and clear, then another bowl for larger plates, bowls and cookware. Tempted to get a dishwasher but no idea how I'd get it up the stairs.
Now I'm washing up I'm finding I have to use a bowl for cups and glasses, cutlery and small plates. Dry and clear, then another bowl for larger plates, bowls and cookware. Tempted to get a dishwasher but no idea how I'd get it up the stairs.
Just get someone to help you.
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Just order it new and make the delivery guys bring it up
(Or girls, hope I didn't offend anyone
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The main benefit to a dishwasher is avoiding the back ache from standing at a sink scrubbing pans and oven dishes. Sinks were clearly designed for short people!
Why so many dishes? Do you live in a restaurant, or something?
You're clearly not married - The arguments still happen but they're over whether or not you loaded the dishwasher correctly, or missed a fork out, or used the wrong setting, or whether you pop the door ajar immediately afterward to air dry it, etc etc....Dishwashers are great for marriages.
Can't believe you've not used it
.When we lived in a flat, it was the worst job to do several times a week was washing up. We cba washing up every night after cooking, so plates did used to get piled on the side or in the bowl.
When we moved into our house the dishwasher has been a blessing. In fact i think i've washed up maybe 2 things since moving in.
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wow really ? married 29 yrs only ever had 3-4 arguments ..we disagree and move on ..
ohh and i wash up nearly every day and cook 4 out of 7 days ..
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There's the thing - If you have your own separate tasks and can do them without interference/input from the other party, you're sorted... but if you each have a bash at it, you're bound to do it differently and hate/remark upon how the other does it.
It'll probably have an eco setting. Ours has 4 settings including an eco setting, which I think is 45c and about 10 mins, then upto 60c for about an hour. We have a slimline one and it's perfect for 2 people. Load it and turn it on each evening at bedtime, empty in the morning. Not like I do it, but that's all it takes. Having a routine with it stops most of the inconvenience of putting your kitchen stuff in a dirty box for a relatively indeterminate amount of time.
I have found over the years, we've ended up with more crockery and the last time we bought cutlery, we bought two sets. We have a lot of glassware. We have two tin openers etc. That's so we can have a full dishwasher and not be short of stuff. There's not much worse in the world of dishwashing than retrieving an item that's been stood in a dirty dishwasher for a day because it's the only one you have and it's been used, it's the equivalent of fishing around in cold dirty dishwater.
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Yeah, division of labour is key in our house. I shop and cook and mow the lawn. i don't do much else. The only thing we really do together is make the bed which is traumatic enough.
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ON the flip side, my partner and I love to cook together, and we're a dream team when it comes to washing/dryingIn our house what actually happened was one washes, the other criticises the completeness of the washing and returns half the items to be washed again. Arguments ensue, followed by angry silence and sleeping on the sofa.
Dishwashers are great for marriages.
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No. family of four, three meals a day. cups / glass etc. it's not at all hard to fill it twice.
I've been married for 5 years and I'd say I don't think we argue verymuch. But in 5 years we've probably had more arguments related to the contents of this thread (putting something in dishwasher that shouldn't go in, accusations of poor washing up etc, why is this dishwasher still full etc.) than you have altogether in 29 years. That's an astoundingly low number of arguments.
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I run mine on ECO setting all the time.
I do floor cleaning, clothes washing, washing up, ha going clothes up, hoovering, cleaning kitchen. Never ending .
Should dishwasher beep all the time when it's done ?
Aye, crack it open to let it dry off. The quicker you do this after it finishes the better if you want your dishes to dry quicker.
Mine's a Bosch and you can turn it off or change the volume. I turned it off so it wouldn't wake us if we set it running and went to bed. It's especially useful if you want to run it at night to make use of a cheaper electricity tariff. Check the manual for instructions.
Married 15 years, together 24 years. We argue over small stuff like washing dishes, me leaving crumbs on the work surfaces and her being unable to direct me in the car. The key to a happy marriage for me is eliminating the little things with dishwashers and sat navs
