Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Today, at long last the new dishwasher was to be installed. I spent most of Monday, moving things around so the installer would have easy access to everything.
About 25 minutes before the installer was to arrive, he called to request the power to the dishwasher be turned off. I had to make about four trips to the basement before finding the correct switch. For some reason the switches are labelled rather ambiguously.
When the installation company called to set up the appointment I explained I had measured the width of the dishwasher as suggested by Costco and was assured because it was standard the height was not a factor.
The first thing the installer did after unloading the new dishwasher was to measure the height and said the dishwasher would not fit because he needed 33.5 inches insofar as clearance and I only had 33 and 3/8 inches.
It did not matter that I explained the hardwood flooring was not underneath the dishwasher and that he was measuring an inch of flooring that should not have been included.
I also explained that both the old and new dishwashers were the same size so I did not understand why he could not install the new one.
Included in my discussion, the hardwood flooring was in place when the old dishwasher was installed. Nothing worked. Though the guy had a very large head he spoke broken English and did not seem to understand what I was saying. Have you ever noticed the size of my head in comparison to the rest of my body? (See the last post).
I had to set up another appointment for a second opinion.
I am upset by all of this. This should have been an easy replacement and I had prepared carefully for everything.
I took some photos today, so I had on something other than my usual outfit. I will provide the other photos in the next post.
Why is this tagged FBI? Just something off about the whole thing. Most know there are sometimes the wrong issues involved in things like this and I do not like hassles for the wrong reasons. FBI, I said no.