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[Shackeng]

Oh, and why do we get rust spots in the cutlery occasionally...? 

We got that on knives if washed blades down, now put them in blades up, with no noticeable rust.

[henryd]

We only use tablets in ours,no salt or rinse aid and no cloudy glasses,but very soft water down in these parts

[MR MISTER]

Gay boys, all of you.

[aaronjb]

Oh, and why do we get rust spots in the cutlery occasionally...? 

I get that too - whats that all about?!

We use salt, rinse aid and tablets and get good results 90% of the time. 

 oh and we've found the Lidl dishwasher tablets the best - tried a fair few!!

I read that as 'Lidl dishwasher tablets taste best' ..

[TheBoy]

Repair, every time

Even hotpoint soap dispenser is £50, hence all the repairs to our soap door (washers, to force door one side, so spring doesn't keep unclipping).  If its solenoid thats failed, that may be replacable.

ALWAYS use salt. all-in-one tablets are a bit of a con, may work OK in really soft areas. I'm not too hard where I am, but still need salt.

[MR MISTER]

Repair, every time

Even hotpoint soap dispenser is £50, hence all the repairs to our soap door (washers, to force door one side, so spring doesn't keep unclipping).  If its solenoid thats failed, that may be replacable.

ALWAYS use salt. all-in-one tablets are a bit of a con, may work OK in really soft areas. I'm not too hard where I am, but still need salt.

It's your age, son.

[TheBoy]

Repair, every time

Even hotpoint soap dispenser is £50, hence all the repairs to our soap door (washers, to force door one side, so spring doesn't keep unclipping).  If its solenoid thats failed, that may be replacable.

ALWAYS use salt. all-in-one tablets are a bit of a con, may work OK in really soft areas. I'm not too hard where I am, but still need salt.

It's your age, son.

Well, its all downhill for here on in .  Hopefully not too long to go, seeing as I'm about to be butt-oppsed on my pension. Sigh.

[Marks DTM Calib]

Repair, every time

Even hotpoint soap dispenser is £50, hence all the repairs to our soap door (washers, to force door one side, so spring doesn't keep unclipping).  If its solenoid thats failed, that may be replacable.

ALWAYS use salt. all-in-one tablets are a bit of a con, may work OK in really soft areas. I'm not too hard where I am, but still need salt.

Hotpoint do sell just the door though for about 15 notes....if its just the door.

[Kevin Wood]

Yep, "all in one tablets" are a total con.  They can't contain salt to regenerate the water softener, since there's no mechanism by which any substance in the tablet can get to the water softener resin. Any claims that they avoid the need for salt are pure BS.

Always used the bog standard powder with excellent results, until we recently bought a more efficient machine. Now use liquid because the machine either doesn't get hot enough or use enough water to fully dissolve the cheap powder.

[Marks DTM Calib]

I always use tablets....but then I have soft water

[pscocoa]

Chris -why not instal on softened water instead of p***ing about. Use the tablets you just place in at start of process. I will have a Bosch coming out of service I think in next weeks as part of our kitchen refurb - it is not that old either.

[chrisgixer]

Plumber is in next week so could speak to him about re plumbing the DW to the water tank instead of mains.

[chrisgixer]

And any recommendations on a new one?

(Should we decide to replace)

[Kevin Wood]

Chris -why not instal on softened water instead of p***ing about. Use the tablets you just place in at start of process. I will have a Bosch coming out of service I think in next weeks as part of our kitchen refurb - it is not that old either.

The problem is the machine probably does a rinse before using the detergent, so without the door to administer it at the right part of the programme, it might go to waste.

[Marks DTM Calib]

I am not convinced that the point at which the salt is dispensed is nearly as important as you think given that all it does is regenerate the softener system resin and the resin will havea  set amount of absorption ability.