Dishwasher breakdown

[whiskeyomega]

It never rains but pours in this house.

My dishwasher has tipped its water onto the floor instead of pumping out down the drain. This is because something is broken.

I sent for the repair man ( its insured) . I was told on the phone that the problem was because I was not using a lime scale remover and so the dishwasher had corroded.

It might be true its corroded or something , like a seal on the bottom where the water drains has gone porous ( I know because it has fallen off in two pieces and the dishwasher is a bit rusty but its 11 years old).

I have been told I have to buy and use this lime scale stuff when the repair man comes.

I don't want to sound daft, but we have very water where I live. Nothing else furs up , why should the dishwasher?

I just put the problem down to old age of the machine. It went wrong about two years ago when the suppressor broke.

Should I just pay the £11 for this stuff and shut up?

Oh, and will it be OK down my septic tank?

[John]

Sounds a bit of a con - At 11 years old perhaps time for a new one - if there is known corrosion then it will only get worse.

[Graham.]

problem was because I was not using a lime scale

the water drains has gone porous ( I know because it

furs up , why should the dishwasher?

years ago when the suppressor broke.

Always makes me laugh why all the Supermarkets round here stock dishwasher salt when Manchester water is notoriously soft, and salt is not required. Mind you, I bought several bags of it the other day from Tesco at 38 pence/kg to sprinkle on my icy driveway.

So what's this £11 stuff then?

[Lobster]

Mm. But presumably people must be buying it, and if one supermarket didn't stock it then the (dozy) punters would just go down the road and buy it elsewhere. So can't really blame the retailers!

David

[Steve Walker]

I live in the Manchester area too and I laugh when every so often they run adverts for Calgon on Granada, which is of course itself based in Manchester!

SteveW

[whiskeyomega]

When the man came he said it was like Calgon but that given we were soft water here we didnt need it and really the thing that went wrong with the machine was a seal wore out. He replaced it.

[Dave Liquorice]

Not salt but a descaler. As the OPs water is soft, nothing furs up, then they don't need a descaler. Insurance company trying to wriggle out of coughing up either now in the future. Unless there is a condition to use this product is in the terms & conditions of the policy they don't have a leg to stand on if they wish to chnage the T&C's to include it then I wouldn't renew or negociate a reduction in the premium by at least =A350.

[Frank Erskine]

That's why there's so much in stock.

[Rod]

Yep - Oxo, Knorr and so on are full of it.

[Steve Firth]

Manchester water? Don't you mean Welsh water?

If you had to drink Manchester water you'd be dead inside a week.

[ARWadsworth]

The Mancunians drink Derbyshire water.

Adam

[Dave]

I always thought it came from the Lake District. It did when I lived in that area.

Dave

[Bruce]

You're right. Most of it comes from Thirlmere (Cumbria) via a 96-mile pipeline. Most or all of the rest is from the Longdendale Valley in the Peak District National Park, including Woodhead reservoir.

[Bruce]

Also Haweswater (Cumbria).

Most or all of the rest is from the Longdendale Valley in

[Harry Bloomfield]

..and Welsh water.

[<me9]

Since when has Thirlmere been in Derbyshire?

[Bruce]

Manchester's Longdendale Valley water supply from the Peak District National Park pre-dated the Thirlmere/Haweswater supply from the Lake District.

[Steve Firth]

Umm not really the Derbyshire water goes to Sheffield and to Stockport.

[whiskeyomega]

Oh well I take it back. It seems there may have been nothing wrong with the dish washer at all.

It was still leaking this morning. I think it might be the plumbing behind the washing machine , although how that could put so much water onto the floor I don't know. Its just dripping constantly somewhere across the mains intake.

Floor remains wet. OH remains in bed, having switched the water off so that it cant leak and so that I cant use the dishwasher. Cant bring in a plumber ( he wont let me - remember he is one!) and OH wont fix it.

Its a copper connection to a valve and then a plastic lead ( plastic lead is OK I checked it) so its on the fitting/ pipe. Cold fill only. Any suggestions to fix it ( and find precisely where its leaking)?

[John]

Some amazing engineering feats were done in order to provide water many years ago.