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September 19, 2006
Do you have a Dishmaster?
Most of the homes in my Van Nuys neighborhood that haven't undergone extensive kitchen remodeling are cursed with a wall-mounted faucet with 8-inch centers. That means out of the thousands of kitchen faucets available, approximately four will fit in my kitchen.
Ours came with the Dishmaster, which I had never heard of until we moved in.
I've heard of it plenty since then. Repairing the thing requires specialized parts available at fewer and fewer places. Home Depot sells the faucets but not the parts. The great Snyder-Diamond in Van Nuys still has them. The also-great Franklin's Hardware in Woodland Hills is running out of parts -- whatever they've got in a dusty box behind the counter, you can buy.
Lately I've been getting my parts from OSH. Nothing like $9 to replace the washers (that's them at right). And rebuilding the center section -- ours is leaking there, AGAIN -- runs about $19 for the parts. I know, I should probably get a new Dishmaster and at least start from there, but those damn things run $150. Yeah, they have a hose that squirts water (mixed with special dish soap, if you're so inclined), but really -- can't they retail the thing for $100 -- it doesn't even have ceramic valves, meaning it needs to be rebuilt about once a year. With those special washer assemblies.
A new company acquired the Dishmaster brand recently -- Silverstream LLC. Can't they make a totally new Dishmaster with ceramic valves and a housing that isn't ... plastic? One could always dream. Meanwhile, there's a $79 faucet from OSH -- no fancy hose, but with 8-inch centers -- that's calling my name.
Will I listen?
First I'll try to fix the Dishmaster one more time. After all, we've got a history together, know what I'm sayin'?
Posted by Steven Rosenberg at September 19, 2006 5:21 PM
Comments
We love our dishmaster and apparently so do our dinner guests since they seem to be addicted to doing dishes with it before they leave. It's a win/win all around. Keep the dishmaster alive and well in the valley!
Nancy and Stan
Sherman Oaks
Posted by: Nancy and Stan at January 12, 2007 6:27 PM
My dishmaster is leaking soap from the bottom of the chrome box....can this be fixed and how?
Posted by: Lana at August 12, 2007 10:56 AM
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