aye that ildee

Thanks Del, brill site
And David .... hmffff

We have a dishwasher

But what do you use in it? Just ordered some of Del's stuff

Would you f*****g believe it! My dishwasher croaked! the wheels falling off yesterday must have been a portent of things to come. tonight no water so thought it must be greased up so stripped it down and cleaned it. No luck, it just heated up and cos no water it just started steaming. I;ve declared it dead

Hope you haven't signed up to the buy nothing new for 12 months then

You put a hex on it then G2. You old git

I have my own cauldron thanks.

PS got any spare toads, might not have enough for Dels

Newts tongues, will that do?

Nah wont do a decent job will only block it, I wanna kill it like I done to Wards

I did everything I could to save it G2 but I've now laid it to rest. It's all clean and ready for the scrap yard

Took me flaming ages to wash all the damn pots this morning. Just finished at 11.09 What a complete was of time when I coulda been sowing me broadies

So Dom I should avoid the Bosch. Owt else I should avoid???? Apart frm G2 that is

I'm with Baggy - we got a dishwasher with A rating for everything & just use it when it's full - usually every other day (R does all the rest of the washing-up though - he likes doing it alone 'cos he gets to listen to his iPod without anyone interrupting him) . And I get the same dishwasher gel as Del - Clear Spring - not perfect from cleaning point of view but better for environment than Ecover or anything else. I've also got Clear Spring laundry liquid, which is great. Can't get their rinse aid though - got alcohol in it - so got Ecover at the mo' but I think someone said on another thread you could use white vinegar for that so I'm going to give that a try next.

No, Bosch's no good Wards Well, used to be - the last one was.... except I put Ecover in this one
Of course it's only used when it's full but that's once a day in this house and I don't even put all the pots and pans in it

I've only just caught up with this one, but I've got a dishwasher too (leave it alone G2 ) - although there's only 2 of us we both work full time and life's too short to spend it washing up. Our first one conked out a couple of years ago and we were without one for about a month - it seemed like a real chore to have to wash up every night and I'm sure we used more water too.

During the week we only use it a couple of times as we wait till it's full - weekends it usually gets used both days. Must admit I'd not given much thought to the powder - use Finish tablets and Rinse stuff as they're usually on special offer at Costco when we do our bulk buy every 2 months - will look at the greener versions though.

make sure you put salt in it and some de-gunk every now and then or you'll be buying a new un shortly too

For de-gunk I use a cupful of white vinegar as recommended by Kim & Aggie.

do you just chuck it in the drum and then put it through a cycle??

Just want to know for reference cos my machine is dead but for when I get a new one

Yeah, just chuck it in then I run the eco cycle cos it's empty like

BTW I have a Bosch and, not wanting to tempt fate, it's not doing too bad. Don't buy an Indesit tho. We had one of those before and it just about out lasted it's warrantee

eco cycle Will a new machine have that programme? Is it just the prewash?

I think some do. Ours has an economy cycle (I think it's a 35 degree quicker wash)

you need to put 2 house bricks and a bucket of sand in it first time Wardy to break it in

Wards, it looks like most new dishwashers do have an economy wash option

Ey up thee! My boiler conked out anorl. You jinx my appliances you did. And, and my vac has gone ****s up anorl

A spotty faced kid came from the gas board, disagreeing with me that my boiler was making a noise like a siren. As if I had been mistaken They always make yer out to be a liar. I think they teach them at college I shouted at im Little *&$£t