Do you have a dishwasher?

missbiggles1

Pollycat wrote: »

TBH, this sounds such a pointless faff that I'd rather do without one.

They are pretty pointless if people faff about like that or, as some others do, pretty well wash them by hand first. Usually the people who are most into dishwashers are like me who put everything into it, hide all the mess and let it do it's thing as it's intended to do.

I also don't understand people who say it takes too long. Personally, I've never come across a dishwasher which doesn't have a variety of programmes so if it takes too long it must be because they're choosing that particular one.

If I need stuff in a hurry or it's only a light load I tend to use a quicker programme but normally I use the longer one and put it on when I go to bed. Even if I didn't benefit from cheaper nighttime electicity I'd do it that way because you can include anything you've used for late evening snacks and drinks and you start a new day with all clean stuff. It also means that you don't need to bother about whether it's taking one hour or three to do its thing.

Bonniescotslass

Just a slimline one that is on twice a day as we are a family of 4. It's the one thing that I would replace immediately if it were to break down.

Newly_retired

We didn't have one all the years the kids were growing up. Everyone took a turn on the rota. We got one when we had the kitchen done after they had all left home. I would immediately replace it if it broke. Our routine is to fill it through the day and put it on after the evening meal. My first job of the day is to unload it. It is a chore but so much part of my routine that I don't notice.
We have a few items that I don't put in it, as they need to be washed by hand. I am also careful with Pyrex dishes as in the past, the dishwasher has damaged their edges. Anything really dirty gets put in soak first as, despite the adverts, a lasAgne dish does not, in my experience, get properly clean in the DW.
DH and I have differing ways of filling it. It really annoys me when he repacks things his way, after I have carefully positioned them.
Another really annoying thing, is that , after a meal, he will finish stacking the dishwasher, then forget to turn it on, so a few hours later it is still full of dirty dishes.
He hates hand washing with a vengeance, so that is always left to me. We have some wooden handled knives he likes to use that are best hand washed, but he never does them.
DH is away for 4 days once a month, so during that time I use up portions of leftovers for one from the freezer, so there is hardly any washing up, so the DW gets a rest for those days.
My son is OCD about the way his dishwasher is stacked. Woe betide me if I put any cutlery in the "wrong"way when I visit.
I don't have a tumble dryer and don't want one.

maisie_cat

I avoided one for years, I lived alone and then OH and myself only. I always thought of them as wasteful but OH kept on until I caved. Now I think it's actually quite efficient, once a day 36 minute load has to be less wasteful than hand washing.
I cook from scratch most days and make bread so I do create some washing up

mumps

I had one in my old kitchen, my husband wanted one. I don't have one now as I didn't particularly like it. Washing up is probably the chore I enjoy most. Now my washing machine and tumble drier are things I don't want to live without.

Marvel1

Don't have one and doubt I ever will, stack up plates until none left and wash them all at once or when I am cooking brown rice (once/twice a week) - takes 30-35 mins and need something to do while watching it.

Person_one wrote: »

This is one reason why I've kept my kitchen as a separate room in my new house, despite everybody else thinking its practically compulsory to knock the wall down and have it all open plan!

Doors and walls will be back in fashion any time now, I'm certain of it.

Not a fan of open plan and doubt I ever will be, down 2 main reasons:
1. I don't want to listen to the sound of cooking, washing up, putting dishes away when watching TV.
2. I don't want to listen to the sound of the washing machine when watching TV.

TBagpuss

We didn't have a dishwasher when I was growing up, we (children) used to take it in turns to do the washing up. When my youngest sibling left for universiaty my parents promptly bought a dishwasher

I have one - I didn't when I bought my first home, and it wasn't a priority. However, shoertly after I moved into my second home my aunt and uncle gave me their ld dishwasher, as they were moving to a new home which came with all new applicances, and I have had one ever since.

I live alone. I find it is much more efficient than washing up by hand - I run it once or twice a week.

I still do some washing up by hand as I have some things (wineglasses, wooden utensils) which din't go in the dishwasher, and I do have a few things which I chose not to put in as they are delicate and I prefer to wash them by hand.

I like having the dishwasher and would repalce it if it died, but it isn't essential, I'd find it much harder to get along without a washing machine.

sparrer

I had one when the children were at home, then when I had a residential home, both essential reasons. Now there's just me, the dog and mog at home it's not necessary, I actually enjoy washing up in a big bowl of hot sudsy water