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Posted by BEI Design on April 2, 2008, 10:55 pm
Liz wrote:
> Beverly, I do sympathize. Same thing happened to us last
> summer, and we have hardwood floors in the kitchen so we
> had to pull out the dishwasher to make sure there was no
> standing water under it. My DH noticed that the door
> seals had some lime deposits on them. He cleaned them
> all thoroughly and (knock on wood) we haven't had a
> problem since. But never again will we leave the DW
> running when we're not home.
> Liz
>
> in message
> > Put my lunch dishes in the DW, getting ready to go
> > downstairs and start sewing. See a big puddle in the
> > middle of the kitchen floor. SCOLD the (usually
> > beloved) dog! BAD DOG! Shoo him outside. Discover
> > the puddle is waaaaay bigger than a little 11 pound dog
> > should produce. Open the dishwasher. EEEK! It failed
> > to completely drain after the last load, and water is
> > leaking out the bottom of the door. Bigger puddle
> > forming fast. Grab towels to dam the flow, and search
> > for a reason. Starting the DW seems to drain the
> > standing water, but what caused it to retain water????
> > Fiddled around with the basket that's supposed to
> > direct "soft food" to the built-in disposer. YUCK!!!
> > Big old mess, I'm not sure I've ever removed it in the
> > 4+ years it's been in use. Cleaned it out, finally
> > figured out how it all goes back together, running a
> > test load. Beverly, <sigh> I'm supposed to be
> > downstairs sewing.
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