Our old dishwasher was failing so I took it out and ordered a new one from a particular appliance store chain. We knew there was some delay early on when the store let us know they were back ordered which wasn't apparent from their website. That was ok - it seemed like it would be 4-6 weeks. We waited and waited.. will little news from the store regarding when the new dishwasher. I called them and they said they still didn't know when exactly they would get it in but thought it might be in another month.
In the mean time, I pretended to be a sort of Edward Scissor Hands and took my recipracating saw and cut about the old dishwasher so I could stick the pieces in the normal trash. It was taking up too much space in the garage and I didn't want to try and get it the dump. There wasn't much metal in the old one so not much incentive for the local scrap people that hunt the local neighborhoods. Anyways got it cut apart and in a few weeks had it all gone.
Still waited for the new one and waited and waited. I finally did some research and found out that the Bosch dishwasher model we ordered is manufactured in Germany and shipped here. And to top it off, there were notices on the internet that they were about 9 months to a year behind due to COVID.
My wife finally convinced me to cancel that order. I was left with a feeling that the dishwasher would probably arrive the day after that.. That didn't exactly happen.
As we left the original store, I decided to look online at Lowes for one again. Originally their website said they were back ordered and could not be ordered online. This time they showed they had 4 of them - just like we wanted! I couldn't believe it.
I excitedly hauled us over to Lowes because I wanted an actual person to confirm it and I wanted to get an order in right then if they did exist. The appliance lady told us if they got the order in and it didn't immediately get kicked out - then we would be confirmed for one. The downside was that the units were not around Tampa but in a warehouse up near Washington DC. Ugh.. Ok, but they had them and we got a confirmed order in!! Talk about excited. At this point it had been nearly a year!! The temp dishwashers (aka, Wife, kids and self) were all tired and unreliable at keeping up the dishes - paper plates became a common Sams Club order.
So in a about a week and a day I got a call saying that we could set up delivery. We aimed for that Friday and waited anxiously. The delivery/installer guy got there and got it into the house and then noticed that we only had bare wires - not an outlet. The store asked if we had electrical which we do - but apparently they mean "do you have an electric outlet?'. So the installer said it couldn't do anything right then - we needed and outlet and then needed to reschedule the install. He left the new dishwasher in the front room where I got to enjoy staring at it each time I left the house.
I had a spare plastic electrical box, AFCI outlet and box cover. I ended up installing that during the week and spraying the area under the cabine,t where the dishwasher would go, with white FlexSeal to provide a small barrier in case the dishwasher ever leaked. It is a minor bit of insurance we hopefully will never need to worry about but just in case..
Finally, another week goes by and on a Friday I come out of the office for a minute and notice the dishwasher is installed! Yeah! They did it while my wife was off for during her final week of four 10h days before they went back to 8 hrs in the schools.
We got the black stainless steel version of the dishwasher and it is a bit more matte looking than our Frigidaire microwave and stove but it still looks very nice and is SOOOO quiet.
Below is FlexSeal I used to seal around the bottom of the area for the dishwasher.
I'm glad it is finally here and done but do have to remember this bible verse below.
Hoping everyone's day is blessed!
Scott
Luke 12:15 ESV
And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
