Advice on dishwasher cutlery basket repair

boardtc · 01-09-2020 04:51PM #1

The cutlery basket in our dishwasher has now an annoying hole that cutlery slips through regularly and jams thins things up.

Does anyone have any ideas on how a good way to repair this?

Pronto63 · 01-09-2020 04:55PM

boardtc wrote: »

The cutlery basket in our dishwasher has now an annoying hole that cutlery slips through regularly and jams thins things up.
Does anyone have any ideas on how a good way to repair this?

Buy a new one.
I got a generic one in Power City a couple of years ago. Can’t remember price but wasn’t expensive.

Spanish Eyes · 01-09-2020 04:55PM

You can get replacements online. I doubt it's worth the bother of fixing it.

Have a look here.

https://www.espares.ie/search/ma808pt1530/dishwashers/cutlery-baskets/hotpoint

01-09-2020 05:01PM

I'd use a couple of small cable ties . Saves buying new one , easy to fix and trim away excess.

jmBuildExt · 01-09-2020 05:14PM

Although its probably minimal in this case, cable ties are probably not suitable for heating up and soaking with water to run over the dishes/utensils you are going to eat with.

Im by no means an eco warrior, but plastic is horrible stuff. I never put it in the diswasher ....admittedly with the exception of the utensil holder

which should be made from plastc suitable for dishwashing and suitable to be used in food applications.

boardtc · 01-09-2020 05:19PM

cHaTbOx wrote: »

I'd use a couple of small cable ties . Saves buying new one , easy to fix and trim away excess.

Superb idea!!! I'm into repair as much as possible. We'll see how the cable ties hold up, just more plastic so I can't see an issue. Thanks a million.

Tokyo · 02-09-2020 07:27PM

Cut a square of plastic mesh netting (the solid type) to the same dimensions as the square slot, and drop it down into the bottom of the slot.

ActingDanClark · 03-09-2020 12:53PM

They're about a fiver

03-09-2020 02:27PM

jmBuildExt wrote: »

Although its probably minimal in this case, cable ties are probably not suitable for heating up and soaking with water to run over the dishes/utensils you are going to eat with.

boardtc · 03-09-2020 02:39PM

ActingDanClark wrote: »

They're about a fiver

It's not a money thing, it's a repair thing.

TherapyBoy · 03-09-2020 05:03PM

If you had something similar made from the same type of plastic you could repair it by melting the new & old plastic together with an old soldering iron.

bladespin · 03-09-2020 05:15PM

jmBuildExt wrote: »

Although its probably minimal in this case, cable ties are probably not suitable for heating up and soaking with water to run over the dishes/utensils you are going to eat with.

Im by no means an eco warrior, but plastic is horrible stuff. I never put it in the diswasher ....admittedly with the exception of the utensil holder which should be made from plastc suitable for dishwashing and suitable to be used in food applications.

If you're worried you can get food/medical grade cable ties.

jmBuildExt · 04-09-2020 08:36AM

bladespin wrote: »

If you're worried you can get food/medical grade cable ties.

My dishwasher holder isnt broken

bladespin · 04-09-2020 09:33AM

jmBuildExt wrote: »

My dishwasher holder isnt broken

Was referring to your concern over cable ties.

Vita nova · 04-09-2020 10:37AM

Cut one or more pieces of the plastic grid from the sides of the basket (e.g. top middle of photo) and place over the broken bottom section. No need to stick or melt them, the cutlery will keep them in place.

05-09-2020 01:31PM

Don't use cable ties!!

They'll melt and break away with the heat and water.

Use copper wire and twist it around the hold tieing it through the unbroken plastic

Borzoi · 05-09-2020 05:32PM

salonfire wrote: »

Don't use cable ties!!

They'll melt and break away with the heat and water.

I repaired our dishwasher just after Christmas using 2 cables ties, the standard plastic ones. No probs since with almost daily usage.

If they break it's pennies to replace , or go fancy with steel cable ties.

Advice on dishwasher cutlery basket repair

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