Usage of dishwasher

WhiteWalls

Thought it was only my house where the dish washer is an ornament. If I had my way it would be used but Iv noticed in a few houses now where dishes were being washed in the sink and an idle dishwasher there. Supposedly they are hard on electricity but then again we have to boil 2 kettles to wash them so I don't see the point.

Don't ask why we bough one in the first place but its never used. Whats the situation in your humble abode?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

My dishwasher? Her name's Sinead, we've been married for 8 years.

Sir Arthur Daley

Mine is idle too, I have a wife.

"Dish mops....pink and yellow"

WhiteWalls

WhiteWalls wrote: »

Thought it was only my house where the dish washer is an ornament. If I had my way it would be used but Iv noticed in a few houses now where dishes were being washed in the sink and an idle dishwasher there. Supposedly they are hard on electricity but then again we have to boil 2 kettles to wash them so I don't see the point.

Don't ask why we bough one in the first place but its never used. Whats the situation in your humble abode?

I will never do anything manually if a machine exists to do it for me*. I don't have a dishwasher where I am now, but I didn't wash anything by hand when I had one.

*I'm talking about household tasks here, so keep your minds clean .

thelad95

Dishwashers can be pointless. Think about it, a family eating dinner. Everyone gets up takes 2 minutes to clean their cutlery and dishes at the sink and put them away. Dishwashers are only for convenience and I can see why their usage will fall with incoming water charges and ever-rising utility bills, people may return to the humble act of washing at the sink.

131spanner

Our dishwasher washes dishes. He's sound, really.

thelad95

thelad95 wrote: »

Dishwashers can be pointless. Think about it, a family eating dinner. Everyone gets up takes 2 minutes to clean their cutlery and dishes at the sink and put them away. Dishwashers are only for convenience and I can see why their usage will fall with incoming water charges and ever-rising utility bills, people may return to the humble act of washing at the sink.

If you only use it when it's filled to capacity it wouldn't use much more water than hand washing dishes.

gctest50

A good one will use less water

Dishwashers vs washing by hand

Washing by hand may be quick and easy for a few dishes, but it won't always save water compared with a fully loaded dishwasher.

Imagine washing up nearly 130 items with just 7 litres of water – that’s what the most water-efficient dishwasher can do.

To beat that, you'd have to wash everything by hand in less than a single bowlful of water, avoid leaving the tap running and dispense with soaking or rinsing items.
http://www.which.co.uk/energy/creating-an-energy-saving-home/reviews-ns/water-saving-products/water-efficient-dishwashers/

Morag

The dishwasher uses less water then filling the sink/basin 3 times to do all the dishes, pots ect once there are 4 people in the family.
It gets used at least once a day, did more when the kids were younger.

Sir Arthur Daley

thelad95 wrote: »

Dishwashers are only for convenience and I can see why their usage will fall with incoming water charges and ever-rising utility bills, people may return to the humble act of washing at the sink.

Dishwashers are far more economical than you might think, hand washing can and does use lots of water.

thelad95

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Dishwashers are far more economical than you might think, hand washing can and does use lots of water.

But no electricity.

dee_mc

thelad95 wrote: »

But no electricity.

Depending on how the water is heated, the dishwasher is apparently often more economical (source: incredibly boring lectures when learning how to be a Home Ec teacher)

JonEBGud

Dishwashers are more hygienic because they wash at a much higher temperature.

Sir Arthur Daley

thelad95 wrote: »

But no electricity.

What do you mean dont you use energy to get hot water from your tap?

The Backwards Man

I'd marry my dishwasher if I had somewhere to stick the ring

Tin Foil Hat

thelad95 wrote: »

But no electricity.

It uses hot water - be it heated by electricity, oil or gas.

Sir Arthur Daley

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

It uses hot water - be it heated by electricity, oil or gas.

No they don't.

dee_mc

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

No they don't.

They're talking about human dishwashers

Sir Arthur Daley

dee_mc wrote: »

They're talking about human dishwashers

Took up wrong.

thelad95

What I'm talking about is that not everything has to go into the dishwasher. Ok, if there is a big meal it is more practical to feck everything into the dishwasher but if it's only one plate or one or two mugs, why not just take 60 seconds to clean them yourself and put it away. This will save the amount of times you use the dishwasher, which in turn saves electricity.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

thelad95 wrote: »

What I'm talking about is that not everything has to go into the dishwasher. Ok, if there is a big meal it is more practical to feck everything into the dishwasher but if it's only one plate or one or two mugs, why not just take 60 seconds to clean them yourself and put it away. This will save the amount of times you use the dishwasher, which in turn saves electricity.

That's what most people already do. Or else don't turn on the dishwasher until it's full or nearly full. Depends on how much delph you've got..

gctest50

thelad95 wrote: »

What I'm talking about is that not everything has to go into the dishwasher. Ok, if there is a big meal it is more practical to feck everything into the dishwasher but if it's only one plate or one or two mugs, why not just take 60 seconds to clean them yourself and put it away. This will save the amount of times you use the dishwasher, which in turn saves electricity.

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dee_mc

thelad95 wrote: »

What I'm talking about is that not everything has to go into the dishwasher. Ok, if there is a big meal it is more practical to feck everything into the dishwasher but if it's only one plate or one or two mugs, why not just take 60 seconds to clean them yourself and put it away. This will save the amount of times you use the dishwasher, which in turn saves electricity.

I wouldn't be that concerned by the electricity usage to be honest - mine is fairly new and A graded for efficiency, takes under half an hour and has low temperature eco functions, and is well laid out so only need to run it every 3 days or so. When I hand wash the dishes I get through a lot of rinsing water and tea towels (which then need to be washed!) and I break stuff a fair bit because I'm hella clumsy, so I reckon, in this house anyway, the dishwasher is more efficient all round

NoHornJan

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'd marry my dishwasher if I had somewhere to stick the ring

In your nose.
And lick the plates clean.
Then no need for a skivvy.

SuperS54

Don't need one in my place, I just put the dishes in or near the sink, when I get up the next morning they're all clean.

pickarooney

I told my son to put his bowl in the dishwasher yesterday and he ploughed it in my lap and pissed himself laughing.

seamus

Dishwasher's the way to go. Ours goes on 2/3 times a week. Get plates far cleaner than you can by hand and effectively sterilises them at the same time.

Chattastrophe!

We don't have one in the house we're renting at the moment. First place I've lived that doesn't have one. I always used it anywhere I lived before ... hate washing dishes by hand. Then again, loading and unloading the dishwasher is a pain in the ass, too.

oldyouth

thelad95 wrote: »

Dishwashers can be pointless. Think about it, a family eating dinner. Everyone gets up takes 2 minutes to clean their cutlery and dishes at the sink and put them away. Dishwashers are only for convenience and I can see why their usage will fall with incoming water charges and ever-rising utility bills, people may return to the humble act of washing at the sink.

Unless you only eat takeaways, a family eating dinner will generate a lot of washing up by way of pots, dishes, cutlery during the preparation alone, then there are serving dishes etc.

Having said that, I'd never put the machine on until it is very full

Barely There

More people are killed each year by dishwashers than by sharks.

Leave your knives pointing downwards in the cutlery tray!

Tail Docker

Barely There wrote: »

More people are killed each year by dishwashers than by sharks.

Leave your knives pointing downwards in the cutlery tray!

We leave all ours pointing up, it keeps us alert and puts the fun back into dishes.

Teyla Emmagan

I love mine, wouldn't be without it.

MugMugs

I cook salmon in my dishwasher.

biko

They'd get more usage is they had a little light inside and a glass door.

vicwatson

Mines a male - Robert Bosch

gramar

My missus swears by the dishwasher. Loves it. Best thing about the kitchen.
She always gives out to me if I wash anything by hand.

Believe it or not we've had it for 4 years and I've never loaded it and unloaded it a handful of times. Just can't get into the routine of it.

Give me fairy liquid everytime....because hands that do dishes can be soft as your face......with mild green.....fairy liquuiidd

stoneill

MugMugs wrote: »

I cook salmon in my dishwasher.

I use a cooker.

MugMugs

MugMugs wrote: »

I cook salmon in my dishwasher.

I saw one of those super-stinge shows where people who appear to have psych disorders live insane lives to "save money"
This woman got the most awful cuts of whatever meat leftovers and made a lasagne in the dishwasher while the dishes were being cleaned
apparently it tasted gross and soapy to everyone else but she was proud as punch

looking_around

A couple here,
and we use the dishwasher every 2-3days. To make sure it's full. Would prefer a smaller dishwasher but tis fine, wouldn't be without it now.

Cantona's Collars

Ours gets used when it's full.One of my neighbours was boasting that they only use theirs at Xmas.They put the kettle on (immersion is the devil in their house) to make a coffee after dinner and use the remaining hot water to wash up.I tried that once but barely had enough hot water to wash a couple of cups.
But they are the type of people who could become stars in the Stinginess thread.

logically

Our dishwasher is a storage place for jam jars and assorted bottles which we use for home made jam, chutneys etc.

There is never ending washing up in our house and there's only the three of us. My hands are in an awful state.

Dravokivich

bluewolf wrote: »

I saw one of those super-stinge shows where people who appear to have psych disorders live insane lives to "save money"
This woman got the most awful cuts of whatever meat leftovers and made a lasagne in the dishwasher while the dishes were being cleaned
apparently it tasted gross and soapy to everyone else but she was proud as punch

I saw that. They shared a light bulb in the house too. So if someone needed light in another room, they'd have to take the light bulb with'em to use it in the next room.

She also timed showers and used baby monitors to track how long people were in'em!

Day Lewin

Dishers are very useful where there is a big family and a whole day's worth of dishes; yes, its faster and saves the water and heating and labour; but that said, there's always quite a few items that can't or shouldn't be washed by machine: so I fill the sink once each day anyway...

My French carbon steel cooking knives...wooden cutting boards...things with handles glued on...delicate glass...

and sometimes very large pots, etc. can be quick to rinse, scrub, drain - while they would have taken up nearly all the room in the machine!

caustic 1

Wouldn't be without it, don't mind emptying it or filling it either. Bound to be easier than boiling the kettle for warm water every time the dishes have to be washed when you can build them up and one wash does the lot.

folan

my dishwasher is going through a huge amount of salt and rinse aid, and my dishes are coming out with dirt and some residue on them.

i prefer hand washing too.

chosen1

When I house shared with a girl a few years back, she was the type to make breakfast or lunch for herself and put on the dishwasher for a few items.

We ended up taking the fuse out of it to let on it was broken.

What's even more annoying is people using knifes and items that will be needed later for dinner or something and you have to find them unwashed in the dishwasher and hand clean them yourself.

I'd only ever use it if I'm cooking for a large amount of people and will be guaranteed it's full after one meal

mad muffin

folan wrote: »

my dishwasher is going through a huge amount of salt and rinse aid, and my dishes are coming out with dirt and some residue on them.

i prefer hand washing too.

Maybe it's time to clean the filter?

We've had ours for 14 years and it's used every couple of days when it's full.
The only thing washed by hand are pots and pans and anything that gets used several times a day.

gramar

logically wrote: »

Our dishwasher is a storage place for jam jars and assorted bottles which we use for home made jam, chutneys etc.

There is never ending washing up in our house and there's only the three of us. My hands are in an awful state.

I refer you to my earlier post....

....because hands that do dishes can be soft as your face......with mild green.....fairy liquuiidd.....

suicide_circus

Two us in a flat with a small kitchen and a tiny cheap dishwasher so all wash up is done by hand. We dont have enough cutlery etc to let it build up over3 days. The dishwasher only does a good job of cleaning when it's on the hottest setting so deffo not economical. Only use it very rarely like after a party or when too hungover to deal with cleaning

logically

gramar wrote: »

I refer you to my earlier post....

....because hands that do dishes can be soft as your face......with mild green.....fairy liquuiidd.....

I should just get gloves. No matter what washing up liquid one uses, ones hands will get rough.