The more dishes you wedge into your dish racks, the dirtier those dishes are, the more soap they need to get clean, right? Wrong. Your dishwasher is designed to use a set amount of detergent specifically formulated for the appliance. When you use more, you create problems. There are two things that can happen when you use more detergent than …
How to Level Out Your Washing Machine
Having a level appliance doesn’t seem so important when there are much larger issues that can manifest. However, if you let any appliance fall out of level, it can be responsible for manifesting these greater issues. If you have a washer that is tilting, you need to worry about it even if you don’t have a dryer to stack on …
Why Does Your Dryer Keep Tangling Your Clothes?
While not necessarily an obvious symptom that something is wrong, if you open your dryer and consistently find your long-sleeved shirts or sheets all tangled up in a wrinkly ball — something is wrong. Tangled clothes can happen on occasion, but more than every other load is not normal. So what is malfunctioning that causes tangled clothes? The Dryer Isn’t …
Why is Your Dishwasher Not Heating Up?
When your dishwasher cleans dishes, it uses hot water. When your dishwasher dries dishes, it uses radiating heating. Even if your dishwasher is connected to the hot water line in your home, it also uses a heating element to heat the water to the exact temperature it needs to be. That heating element also helps produce heat to dry the …
What is Causing a Washer to Overfill?
Over years of use, you get pretty familiar with how full your top load washer gets with water. This makes it pretty obvious when it is overfilling. Furthermore, if there is water spilling out over the top, that is a pretty obvious sign too. Of course, a washer overfilling is a very dramatic situation, but it is usually one your …
Why Your Refrigerator Keeps Freezing Everything
Frozen food in you your freezer? Great! Frozen food in the fresh food compartment of your refrigerator? Not so great. If your refrigerator compartment is freezing food, it is not always an indicator that something is broken. In fact, a few adjustments may solve the problem. Yet, there are a few real problems that can cause this symptom as well. …
How to Remove and Replace the Light in Your Oven
Your oven light is a small bulb hidden in the far upper corner of the oven compartment. It’s easy to take for granted, using only when you need to check on a cake or pizza until suddenly it’s gone. With the oven light, You can get a much clearer view of the inside of your oven when it comes time …
How to Fix a Stove Burner Not Heating Evenly
There is nothing more frustrating than a burner that does not heat evenly. Whether you’re cooking eggs or stir-fry, no one wants to deal with a burner that scorches one half of the pan and undercooks the other half. An unevenly heated burner can wreak all sorts of havoc and there’s no end to the meals that can be ruined. …
How to Inspect a Condenser Fan Motor on Your Refrigerator
Is your refrigerator running? Well, you better start wondering why you are hearing it so clearly in the next room. In general, a refrigerator running its cooling cycle should only be noticeable if you are standing near it or at the very least, in the same room. If your refrigerator is running loudly, or your hear any manner of grinding, …
A Guide to Keeping a Glass Stovetop Functional and Undamaged
A glass stovetop can be a sleek and modern addition to the aesthetic of your kitchen. However, while that tempered glass is pretty sturdy and conducts heat well, it is not impervious to damage. In fact, compared to other options, it can be pretty vulnerable. If you want to keep your glass stove looking nice and still being functional, you …