Comments on: A Dishwasher, A Library Book, And A Clogged Drain

By: FrugalBabe

FrugalBabe — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:14:29 +0000

Miss Tish,
It worked well. We ended up not including the insulation in the door, since it made the door bend outwards a bit. But the insulation that is wrapped around the tub of the dishwasher makes it pretty quiet. We can definitely have a conversation in the kitchen while it’s running, which we couldn’t do at our old house with the first dishwasher we had there.

By: Miss Tish

Miss Tish — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:09:57 +0000

I’m curious to know how the dishwasher insulation worked! A couple years ago we upgraded our dishwasher, the old one was VERY loud, we couldn’t watch tv and run the dishwasher at the same time! Our new one is a Kenmore Elite and it’s whisper quiet…it’s heavenly. It never occurred to me that we could insulate the old dishwasher – shows how much I know… Hope it worked out well!

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:42:27 +0000

Ewww. I have long hair and I shed A LOT, so I know the whole clogged drain thing. If you are a chemical-loving person, I would suggest Hair Clog Blaster drain cleaner. I get it at my local Menards but I’m sure other places carry it.

One day I’m standing in 6″ of non-moving water during my shower, the next…whoosh, I’m getting sucked down the nice clean drain along with the shower water- it’s that good. And anything that can keep my shower running fine with all the hair I lose (and, funny, I still have a head of very thick hair!) is a great product in my book.

By: Frugalchick

Frugalchick — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:52:24 +0000

One of our sinks in the master bathroom is not draining well and I just might have to do what you did. You made it sound easy so I’ll give it a try.

By: FrugalBabe

FrugalBabe — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:12:15 +0000

GC – I decided I better tackle the drain, since he had spent the previous evening fixing the gate to our side yard, and had been attacked by an angry nest of wasps in the process (somehow he only got stung once, even though they were swarming all over him). That and he was working on the dishwasher while I did the drain. The drain was gross, but rather straight-forward. All I had to do was take apart the trap and the pipe leading into the wall, clean it all out, and put it back together. As nasty as it was, it was a lot easier than the dishwasher project!

By: GC

GC — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:53:16 +0000

Someone else’s hair
oh God
You know what, mad props to you for not making that wonderful keeper of a husband of yours take the job on for you.

By: Jessie

Jessie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:47:47 +0000

Everything sounds like it’s coming together!!

Glad your pup is up and around and back to his normal self.