My washer is 11 years old and last winter I had a repair on it.
I said to the repairmen that I would replace it the next time anything needed fixing and he said “Do not replace it,the new ones are virtually impossible to repair easily?”
I even would have bought it from the local company for which he worked but he said repairing would be better.
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I am not going to say how old my dishwasher is but our 40th anniversary is 09/11/2016.
Actually, I hand wash 100% of our silver and dish ware.