APPLIANCES!!

In the past 2 months we've had a few breakdowns. First it was the dryer. (I have a stackable washer/dryer) Fortunately for me, Chris was still living in an apartment & I took my laundry over there & got all of it done in less than 2 hours!! Finally got the serviceman in to check it out & it was the blower. He replaced the part & over $100 later I had my dryer working once again. The next day I went to do the laundry & the washer wouldn't work!!! The water went in, but that's as far as it got! Called the serviceman back & he couldn't come until Monday & this was Thursday! OH BROTHER! He checked it out & found out that a wire had come off when he was here to fix the dryer, & it blew the switch. Here we go again! He didn't have the part for it so he had to come back the next day. It's now working well.

It couldn't have been more than a couple of days later when Tom discovered water in the basement. It was dripping from the ceiling & was on my sewing desk & floor. (the desk has been damaged, but not enough to stop me from using it) So where was this water coming from? The fridge! We have the kind that has an ice maker & water dispenser. Called the serviceman again... same guy comes... he sure know the way to my house now! It was the tube that leads from the water pipe into the ice maker that had frozen solid & the water was being forced out of the pipe at the joint. We had to turn off the fridge for 24 hrs to allow all the ice to melt. What a mess! Thank goodness the weather had turned cold & we had our super large fridge, commonly called a garage, to keep all the food cold. After 24 hrs everything had thawed & dried out so we could start it up again. At least there were no leaks, but the water kept flowing into the ice maker & overfilled it... all over the inside of the freezer! NOW WHAT?? Tom figured it out... it was the solonoid (sp?) Probably burned out when the tube was frozen & we didn't know it. It took a few days to get the part & then Tom installed it. GREAT!! things seem to be working fine now. UNTIL.... we went to get a drink of water... & that wouldn't stop... we had to turn everything off again... couldn't figure out what was wrong so turned it back on.. & it's working fine!! so what caused the water to run like it did we don't know... lol

We think it had been leaking for a long time before it finally found its way through the basement ceiling because now the floor around the fridge is mushy. This means that we now have to replace the sub floor under & around the fridge. If it doesn't rain it pours. Thank goodness we were planning on replacing the tiles in the kitchen anyway, but we weren't planning on replacing the sub floor too.

My dishwasher has a very minor leak... off & on. We can't figure out where it's leaking from .. there doesn't seem to be a problem & it isn't leaking all the time.... arrrrgh!!!

I think we've had enough fun & excitement to last us for a while... don't you? lol