Dishwasher

Lilith1980

Hi all

My DH and I are moving into a new (furnished) flat soon which comes with a dishwasher. I used one a few times a couple of years ago when I lived in a shared house but I was happier doing my own washing up by hand.

I am keen to keep our water bills down and as there is just the two of us, I imagine using a dishwasher would work out more expensive than doing the washing up by hand, am I right?

DH said we could just use the dishwasher after we've had friends round and have loads of things to wash which makes more sense, but even then I think I'd rather do it manually myself!

Thanks

Fire_Fox

Some modern dishwashers use so little water that they are more efficient than hand-washing. Obviously putting on half a load is wasteful, but so is filling the sink with water several times a day to wash a couple of cups and spoons. To be honest if you are metered your water bills should not be high unless you like extended showers/ deep baths. We only pay £20 a quarter between two!

savemoney

Yes thats right modern ones use less water than hand washing

Edinburghlass_2

My new dish washer has one programme that just uses the top tray and if you stack it cleverly you can wash a fair amount and only runs for 24 minutes so its pretty economical.

barnaby-bear

Lilith1980 wrote: »

Hi all

My DH and I are moving into a new (furnished) flat soon which comes with a dishwasher. I used one a few times a couple of years ago when I lived in a shared house but I was happier doing my own washing up by hand.

I am keen to keep our water bills down and as there is just the two of us, I imagine using a dishwasher would work out more expensive than doing the washing up by hand, am I right?

DH said we could just use the dishwasher after we've had friends round and have loads of things to wash which makes more sense, but even then I think I'd rather do it manually myself!

Thanks

Also consider how you heat water - if you have on-demand boiler hand washing makes more sense but we have to heat up a whole tank at a pre-specified time to have hot water or have dishes hanging around. For us it's easier and environmentally much better to have loads of plates etc and put it on every few days - it's like having a cupboard for dirty plates.... and it is nice never coming home to face dirty breakfast dishes. Ours uses very little water - most now check how dirty the water is getting and only use as much is needed recirculating it. Ours go on at night on timer - economy7 electricity so cheap.

Ste_C

Unless you're going to live with just 2 cups, 2 plates, 2 bowls, 2 knives, 2 forks etc then there should be no reason why you can't just fill the dishwasher up 2/3 times a week rather than using it everyday.

And what on earth does "DH" mean?

A_fiend_for_life

Ste_C wrote: »

Unless you're going to live with just 2 cups, 2 plates, 2 bowls, 2 knives, 2 forks etc then there should be no reason why you can't just fill the dishwasher up 2/3 times a week rather than using it everyday.

And what on earth does "DH" mean?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=278689&postcount=10

Ste_C

A_fiend_for_life wrote: »

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=278689&postcount=10

Thanks, but there's no mention of it on that page...

Lilith1980

Ste_C wrote: »

Unless you're going to live with just 2 cups, 2 plates, 2 bowls, 2 knives, 2 forks etc then there should be no reason why you can't just fill the dishwasher up 2/3 times a week rather than using it everyday.

And what on earth does "DH" mean?

I think it means "Dear Heart" as in your spouse?? That's what I thought anyway and that's how I use it :rotfl:

Yeah I guess that's a good idea, to just fill it up and wash stuff when full - would certainly save me cleaning everyday. I'm a bit of a washing up freak in that I like the plates clean as soon as we've finished eating lol

Dustykitten

DH - usually means Darling Husband

Our kitchen sink is so far from the hot water tank that it takes 8 pints of water to run hot (I know because I use two old 4 pint milk bottles to use the water for the garden) as our DW cold fills I think it is probably more economical. There are 5 of us though so to fill it completely at least once a day isn't an issue.

Ste_C

Dustykitten wrote: »

DH - usually means Darling Husband

Our kitchen sink is so far from the hot water tank that it takes 8 pints of water to run hot (I know because I use two old 4 pint milk bottles to use the water for the garden) as our DW cold fills I think it is probably more economical. There are 5 of us though so to fill it completely at least once a day isn't an issue.

Darling Wife or Dish Washer? :rotfl: