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I love it. It does all the hard dishes (like plastic containers), and the pots and pans, sticky utensils, etc. as well as the regular dishes. SO SANITY.
I don't mind having to load/unload it. Usually if I leave it long enough, B1 unloads it. I may have to train her a bit better on how to use it - particularly the effective use of it. Unfortunately, the eco wash doesn't tend to do a very good job, so it's the regular dishwash or the pots-n-pans load for us: hot water, stronger detergent, a really good clean.
It means I no longer dread cooking, that I know I can put things in the dishwasher and they'll come out clean without me labouring over a sink for an hour or more and feeling resentful.
I mean, there are still things that need washing up, but, wow. DISHWASHER. SO GOOD.
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I am now looking at house renovations/extensions. Mostly stripping off the cladding on the outside, getting people to come around and pull off and take away the asbestos, and putting down insulation, before re-cladding.
I can do it myself (with maybe the assistance of friends) or I can pay someone to do it. There are some things that I would rather do myself, and there are some bits that I'll have to pay someone to do. And there's the windows, too - they're old, wooden, and draughty as heck. It would be nice to put in some new ones.
Unless we find ourselves on the pointy end of a food shortage (droughts and bushfires mean crop failure and supply chains dropping out), then I'll hold off on the front yard garden. I have plans there - big plans - but I can't really implement them until the house is done, because access to the house is through the front yard. No point in doing anything if it's just going to get torn up again...
I don't mind having to load/unload it. Usually if I leave it long enough, B1 unloads it. I may have to train her a bit better on how to use it - particularly the effective use of it. Unfortunately, the eco wash doesn't tend to do a very good job, so it's the regular dishwash or the pots-n-pans load for us: hot water, stronger detergent, a really good clean.
It means I no longer dread cooking, that I know I can put things in the dishwasher and they'll come out clean without me labouring over a sink for an hour or more and feeling resentful.
I mean, there are still things that need washing up, but, wow. DISHWASHER. SO GOOD.
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I am now looking at house renovations/extensions. Mostly stripping off the cladding on the outside, getting people to come around and pull off and take away the asbestos, and putting down insulation, before re-cladding.
I can do it myself (with maybe the assistance of friends) or I can pay someone to do it. There are some things that I would rather do myself, and there are some bits that I'll have to pay someone to do. And there's the windows, too - they're old, wooden, and draughty as heck. It would be nice to put in some new ones.
Unless we find ourselves on the pointy end of a food shortage (droughts and bushfires mean crop failure and supply chains dropping out), then I'll hold off on the front yard garden. I have plans there - big plans - but I can't really implement them until the house is done, because access to the house is through the front yard. No point in doing anything if it's just going to get torn up again...
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Oh I'm so glad it's making a difference. I adore our dishwasher.
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If you do have asbestos in the house you should have it removed professionally. This way the work is warranted and can be presented as such if/when you want to resell. (Friendly neighbourhood ex-involuntary-real-estate-lawyer advice.)
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Had a quick chat with some neighbours down the road who removed their cladding and asbestos, and replaced it with wood cladding. They had a builder to help do it all, and to do some renos. Anyway, she promised she'd message me the asbestos removal company's details and the builder's details, so that's a lead anyway. Might as well get it done ASAP.