Dishwasher Broken, Fix or Replace?

Bearing in mind that it might cost the same to get a man in to fix it do I go ahead and buy a new one or splash out hundreds for someone to fix it?

Save your money and do the dishes by hand, it's therapeutic ... jeez, the pampering people get these days ...

Lifes too short

Personally i would buy a new one, even if it works out cheaper to repair, your dishwasher is obviously reaching the end of its 'working life' now whether that is 6 months or 2 years after repair, you will still have to buy a new one,

I think repairing things (dependant on age of course) is false economy

Never owned one, never used one, I do most of the dishwashing in our place (don't tend to cook or buy groceries so it's a fair swap) and I'm happy with that, keeps my hands lovely and supple too ... but not subtle ...

Can't afford the excess water usage either, being on tank water and all ...

I've got 3 kids who load and empty the dishwasher as I cook the dinner. In the UK they used to wash, dry and put away.
Water usage isn't so bad if you make sure it is full every time you use. Anyway my teenager rarely showers so we make our savings that way

I've just done a search for "how long does a dishwasher last?" - apparently 10 to 13 years. This one is only 4.:curse:

Get yourself down to Good guys, and Hardly Normal and play them off against each other, You'll get one for half price that way and if it only last 5 years then it'll still be better than the one you've got

According to the Finish advert it uses less water than washing up, providing you scrape plates clean and fill the machine up through the day. We have two. We brought our newish Bosch out with us and promptly bought a house with one already in place that matches the rest of the kitchen. Hubby now has a dishwasher in his shed No, it's not plumbed in.

Get a new one Renth. You know it makes sense.

What is it not doing?

Not pumping water out? Electronic board? Not turning on?

At first the light came on but you couldn't set it to its usual program.

Something like that happened last year and I poured boiling water in to it which I think cleared a blockage.

After I did it this time, it throws the RCD switch the instant I press the "on" button.

Depends what sort. I have a Fisher & Paykel dish drawer and it's $1800. Worth fixing than replacing!

my OH (wonderman that he is) can fix just about anything he has kept our 10yr old miele washing machine going through thick and thin and the last time it 'died' was 2 years ago - it hasn't been a problem since.... so I would have him fix it... If he really can't then it would have to be replaced...

how old is the machine? what is it that is broken and can it be replaced?

I acquired a washing machine once which was a few days out of the year long guarentee for free becasue it was 'broken' it leaked all over the place... so Ian fixed it... removed a sock which was stuck in a pipe some where and hey presto! We offered it back to the donor but she had already brought an all singing all dancing machine and wouldn't have it back and wouldn't take any money... It was in the days when we had even less than we do now so we were very very grateful...

With my "environment" hat on, I would say fix, cos it cost a lot of energy to make it, and if you dump it, that's more in the landfill!! Just my opinion, mind.

if its not fixable... it could always be made in to an interesting and attractive garden feature!