Our dishwasher of 10 years has been a little cantankerous as of late.

It started leaking during one of the cycles a while ago, and I thought I had it fixed.

Apparently not. It started leaking again.

So, being the somewhat stubborn man I am, I started taking the dishwasher apart. With the little things. Like the interior vent screen.

And what I discovered was rather nasty.

That’s 10 years of who knows what. Buildup from our well water? Aerated food particles? Who knows.

I scraped out all the stuff.

Nasty.

The stuff had corroded one of the seals inside the door, which was allowing the water to leak into the door and out the machine.

I temporary replaced the seal with some seals I had laying around. Go figure. The hoarder in me.

I also ordered a replacement seal online for a more permanent solution.

I guess maybe I need to do a little more maintenance on the washer one of these days.

And figure out what we might have been drinking from the tap before we installed the house filters a few years ago.

At least the stuff didn’t smell.

A wee bit more progress was made on the ol’ home remodel that’s been forever ongoing. Back when the laundry room portion of the remodel started, plans were made that had to be later changed after a “fun” discovery was made which meant an entire new project.

Part of the bathroom addition consisted of adding an alcove that the hot water heater would be located in, as well as a storage area for cleaning supplies like the vacuum and brooms.

Here’s what the laundry area looked like as of this morning. Kind of. This picture was taken a couple years ago. But it does show how the washer and dryer are stacked, and the water heater located next to them.

We discovered a slight problem after we came up with this configuration. The Husbear couldn’t see or reach into the back of the dryer. At least not without a step stool. I can’t tell you how many times I’d see him up on his tiptoes trying to reach into the back of the dryer. It always gave me a good chuckle.

Anyway, we finally got around to moving the water heater off of the pedestal and into it’s own little nook, and unstacked the washer and dryer. I know, it doesn’t sound like much. And in the big picture of this whole thing, it isn’t. But it is something.

Next up I’ll be building a cabinet and hanging rack above the washer and dryer that will hide the piping. Eventually.

As you can see, we still have to finish texturing and painting the laundry room. Then install trim.

But hey, now the Husbear can see into the dryer! 😉

The air conditioning unit decided to not work yesterday afternoon. You know, on the hottest day on record so far for Pea Ridge, Arkansas. A high of 86 degrees.

Nor did it work the rest of the night.

This is the same HVAC unit we had installed less than eight years ago.

So the HVAC people were called, and they came out to the house today.

And… the heat pump decided to rub a hole in it’s line yesterday at some point. Releasing all it’s freon into the atmosphere. All. Empty.

And… the entire thing will have to either be repaired for around a grand-five. Because apparently the type of freon in our system is in high demand (i.e., less supply means higher price) due to a change in government regulations phasing out R-22 freon.

Or we will have to replace the unit, for who knows what price. Well, we’ll know what the price is when they come out to talk to us in a few more days with estimates.

*sigh*

I wonder how much I’ll have to pimp out the Husbear for, and how many times, in order to recoup that cost?