Noisy Dishwasher

[Sutty]

Our dishwasher is noisy as H.E. double hockey sticks. I was talking to a friend that I was thinking about buying a new one and he said the only difference is the new ones are wrapped in insulation. Can I just buy the insulation and insulate the old one? If so where can I get it and how much will it cost?

[ikatcher]

the more you spend on a dw the quieter they get. insulation may help a little but not much.

[leech~~]

When my dish washer gets to loud, I just tell her to be quite!

[echotrail]

I hid her Ipod. It stopped one kind of noise but the other kind was worse so I gave it back.

Actually we spent $800 on a Sears Kenmore. You have to look at the lights on it to even know it's running. Very happy with it.

[rcatcherman]

I just put some insulation batting all around it before putting it in the cavity of the counter and you don't even know its running. That's all it takes.

[crothmeier]

bosch is supposed to be one of the most quiet DW on the market.

[Down2Earth]

bosch is supposed to be one of the most quiet DW on the market.

+1 The company I work for owns over 100 homes and we install bosch dishwashers in all of them. They do not have a grinder in them and that is what is usually causing the noise. I also have one in my own home going on 5 years now and zero problems. Very quiet!

[deerminator]

So how does that work with no grinder. Do you have to make really sure there is no food on the plates, etc., or will it get clogged up? I would agree the grinder is what causes the out of the ordianry sounds. Usually if we have that issue, I disassemble the bottom pieces, clear out the grinder, and we're good to go. We paid $500 for our maytag four years ago. It was supposed to be quiet but sounds like a sherman tank with the insulation all around it. We only run it at night. That thing has been nothing but trouble from day one. The basin warped and leaked under our hardwood, casuing $1000 in damage. Luckily, Maytag reimbursed us for that but they've refused to pay for repair bills (while under warranty mind you) equal to the original cost of unit itself. As soon as it dies or the next major repair comes, we'll be looking at a new unit and reliability will be priority number one along with the quiet factor. I'd be willing to spend $800 up front if it means I don't have to get it repaired once every year or two.

[bearslayer]

None of them really have a grinder in them. They may have a little piece of metal they call a grinder, but it doesn't do much. Realistically, you need to have food off things when you put them in. The cheap ones work just as good as the expensive ones as far as cleaning. The biggest difference is less noise the more money one spends. The more you spend, the more things too break on it, and the more expensive they are to fix. I paid $200 for mine a couple years ago at Menard's and it works as good as any I work on. Only thing is you know when it's on.

[Back2Dakota]

You can have the $200-$300 dollar ones (got one in the basement if ya want it). Just bought a Bosch and it is great.

[traveler]

Ditto on the Bosche. I'm listening (or not listening) to mine running right now.

[Down2Earth]

You don't have to do any prewashing of the plates. From what I understand the Bosch dishwashers heat the water to such a high temp in disintegrates the food. I do see a spaghetti noodle in the bottom every once in a while. These things work and are quiet.

[The_Duckslayer]

Water will only heat to 212 degrees (100 C). After that it becomes steam. Ours started out very quiet but now is just as noisy as the old one was. Just started one day but I have not been able to figure it out and of course... the warranty expired a couple months before the noise showed up. Take care and N Joy the Hunt././Jimbo

[Down2Earth]

Water will only heat to 212 degrees (100 C). After that it becomes steam.

In this example this statement is true. But when adding or taking away pressure this statement is false.