Phew, Just In Time

Phew.. just in time. Good thing I found me a husband, because this has been the year of fixing appliances. In the last 6 months, we have given four of our appliances love.


First, we had the thermostat go out on our 1 year old hot water heater, Thanksgiving Weekend. Fortunately, that was on a manufacturers warranty, so that was free. We went without hot water for 5 days over the 4 day weekend, IT WAS GREAT! Troy's brother in law got us the heater at plumbers cost, so that was nice. Troy installed with my brother so we saved big!

The dryer's heating element went out and Troy was able to fix that and the part was $80 at Reliable Parts. Then, the washer needed a new water pump. Troy fixed that one himself too. That part was $76. The fridge thermostat went out this week and that part was only $56, but we didn't know how to find it or what to do. So that repair was $232, but we have a 1 one year warranty now on the fridge, so that is cool.
In addition, Troy has done some work on our dishwasher too but it better be too new to need a true repair.

So lessons learned: 1) good to have husband to handle these things 2) do yearly maintenance on appliances to avoid basic problems. Usually, it is cleaning out the filters and is very simple.

Thank you Troy for being so handy and for earning your keep!