{Crating The Other Miele Dishwasher}

The delivery was on the 18th of January and we had to unpack and save the box and start Crating The Other Miele Dishwasher...
Not an easy task!

But here it is, ready for being placed inside the box together by husband Pieter and me.

Pieter even had reinforced the side panels.

Using some plywood and drilling holes for fastening it with screws.

All things tied up...

Detail of the reinforced side parts...

Yay we managed together to get it inside this box!
Don't ask how...

By the end of the day on the 19th of January, the driver did stop by to pick up the 1st non-functioning Miele Dishwasher.
End of the Saga...

{Our 2nd New Miele Dishwasher Arrived}

Yep, January 18 of 2016 was the happy day that finally our replacement New Miele Dishwasher Arrived!

Same procedure as on December 28...
Pieter in our Toyota RAV4 functioned as the pilot car, guiding this 18-wheeler into our subdivision.

This truck did have at least a lift.

Here it comes!

We had already taken the non-working one out of its opening...

There is the non-functioning Miele Dishwasher, waiting to be crated into the box from the 2nd one.

Here is the 2nd New Miele Dishwasher; inside our kitchen!
Now the exciting time for getting it out, placing and connecting it and seeing if THIS will work!

Pieter working on the water connections.

Since Pieter did not fit into this drawer opening for guiding the drain hose, I had to get inside.

It is almost inside...
The tile baseboard needs still to be put back etc.

It got leveled and IT WORKS!
Cheering after so many months with problems.
And finally I can start doing some much needed thorough cleaning!

{Old Miele Dishwasher on Bike Rack}

Okay, on December 29, the day after our New Miele Dishwasher got delivered, husband Pieter did go ahead and strap our Old Miele Dishwasher on our Toyota RAV4's Bike Rack...
We both did haul it out of the front door, it sat in the hall way and over this brick path to the car.

We were lucky that it worked out this way since otherwise we would have no means of transportation for dropping it off at the Recycle Center.
Yes, we have to drop off ALL our garbage ourselves.
We live just outside of the City Limits so there is no City Garbage Collection...
You can hire a private company that does that weekly but we live on a very strict budget and we don't like to have ALL garbage put together.
We recycle as much as we can by separating things!

Looking rather trashy...
But this is how we transport all our things, week after week.

Yeah, this was the culprit of our old October 19, 1998 Miele Dishwasher giving up...
I bet that in the USA and maybe also in Canada, a lot of people do have to drop things off at a recycle center.