Plug melted to dishwasher

[buzzlightyear]

have rang Whitehall ,London.

 

[Si_Faz]

so you cant use bowl and water then with mild green fairy liquid then .

Ha, I can. But I only have 8 inches of worktop next to the sink and a small draining board. They laid the kitchen out to have a dishwasher.

 

[Strima]

As they have provided the dishwasher this comes under ISTIEE regulations (PAT). You can ask to see the testing records for this appliance, good luck with that.

TBH you could try any legal route but you will get nowhere, they have very well paid barristers on their payroll.

You've seen in the past how far people have got with much more serious issues, you've more chance of curling one out of the moon than getting any where with this.

 

[buzzlightyear]

moaning probably wont get me far. I was hoping for legal facts to give me a solid argument

if my dishwasher brakes down ,heaven forbids. I would have to get the pink marigolds out and start using them .

 

[PEG]

Personally,before posting in such a public place,having had an incident,caused by the fitting of my own "un-entitled" pot washer...
I would have got a spark to sort it,and just added that cost,to the depreciation on another dishwasher.

Adapt,overcome,survive

 

[Si_Faz]

Personally,before posting in such a public place,having had an incident,caused by the fitting of my own "un-entitled" pot washer...
I would have got a spark to sort it,and just added that cost,to the depreciation on another dishwasher.

Adapt,overcome,survive

It wasn’t mine, it came with the house as bought by MOD. Fitted badly by the house builder

 

[willy fixit]

How much melting occurred? Have you got a picture? I'm just imagining a D/W with the black tarry stuff on the back which, under pressure and not necessarily a lot of heat would mould itself to the plug and look worse than it is. Have you dismantled the plug to look for signs of overheating inside?
Also (not ideal) the socket outlet plate could be swapped for a flex outlet if the isolation switch is fused.

 

[johnduffell]

Sounds like a right pain! My suggestion would be replace the socket with a Fcu with a bottom flex outlet and hopefully that will give you a few inches back.
Or you could go under the plinth to another socket if there is one.
Another option is to do some modifications to the dishwasher itself, but that might be worse than modifying the wall.

 

[willy fixit]

Need some pics. The sound/Thermal insulation may be easily cut away a little to clear the plug as jd said.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

ah mod property... It comes down to rank... Mere mortals get what you are given... A warrant officer better still. A commisioned officer however will be entitled to a lot more... When doing basic phase 1 at halton some officers lived in a stately home that would make the royals green with envy

 

[shaun1]

Is there anyway of instructing the MOD contracter to do the work but sending you the bill?

 

[Strima]

Is there anyway of instructing the MOD contracter to do the work but sending you the bill?

And the bill will be a round five times that of a normal spark.

 

[telectrix]

Unfortunately because I am not "entitled" to a dishwasher they wont replace it.

solution.... get married.... lo and behold a dishwaher that cooks as well.

 

[Strima]

solution.... get married.... lo and behold a dishwaher that cooks as well.

I thought that. Turned out I got faulty goods...

 

[Si_Faz]

Thanks for all the replies folks. I have managed to moan enough that the area estate manager is visiting me later in the week. Hopefully I’ll have some joy with them! Sadly common sense is a rare commodity within MOD civvi infrastructure!