We
fix things around this house. My husband is the most talented guy
when it comes to repairing stuff, and I'm not too shabby myself. We both
like the challenge of troubleshooting and figuring out what's wrong
and how things work.
This
weekend it was our ten year old dishwasher. It's been a little
stinky, so the other day I ran it with vinegar, cleaned out the
filters, and scrubbed the seals, but nothing worked. Sunday morning
it leaked on the floor. Uh-oh.
We found two places that may have caused the leak and a whole
lot of yukky gray and black gunk built up under a plastic
flange. How could you possibly keep that clean? We had to remove and get inside the door panel to access it! A new part is on order, and the air vent is cleaned and reinstalled.
I
guess I'm lucky...we saved whatever service companies might have
charged for a 2-3 hour repair visit. But if we weren't so darn handy I might
have a brand new stainless steel dishwasher right now. Hmmm.
“He
taught me that there is no shame in breaking something, only in not
being able to fix it.” ~Hope Jahren
“She
believed in getting as much use as possible from everything, and
thought that as long as machinery, or anything else, could be cajoled
into operation, it should be kept; to do otherwise, she thought, was
wasteful.” ~Alexander McCall Smith
