My Indesit Dishwasher Caught Fire!

I can’t say I’ve ever heard of a dishwasher setting on fire before so it was very surprising when my Indesit dishwasher did exactly that.

A couple of weeks ago I’d just started playing a board game with Aiden, Kaycee and Ella when I got a feeling that something wasn’t right with the dishwasher.
I’d filled it and switched it on just before we got the game out and about 20 minutes later I thought I heard a funny noise coming from the kitchen.

I’d got a bad back at the time and was hobbling around using a walking stick so to save me having to get up and check, Ella went to see what the noise was.
She shouted that smoke was coming out of the dishwasher so I told Aiden to run and switch the electric off.

Ant came in just as I made it to the kitchen and thankfully took over the saving of our new house from fire!
He grabbed a fire extinguisher that had been left by the previous owner, from under the stairs (thank you so much Mr J; ours was still in a box in the garage somewhere!) and put the fire out before any damage was done to the rest of the kitchen.

We had to stand outside for ages while the smoke cleared. The smell was awful and took days to properly go.

The white powder from the fire extinguisher went everywhere. It just floated on the air and covered everything in the kitchen and living room with a fine layer of dust.

Ant and the kids had to do the majority of the clean up because I couldn’t stand for long periods.

I phoned Indesit who arranged for an engineer to come and inspect the dishwasher 3 days later.

He arrived and did his inspection and told me someone would phone me later that day to arrange to have the dishwasher collected and a new one delivered.

I was delighted that they were going to replace it. I didn’t expect a replacement because the dishwasher was 5 years old, I thought they’d give us money off a new one as a goodwill gesture or something so a brand new dishwasher was brilliant and I was very grateful.
We’ve had to buy a new washer and freezer in the last couple of months and the budget has been stretched too far to include a new dishwasher as well!

I was disappointed when no one called me that day as the engineer had said. I waited until Monday and still, no one phoned so I phoned them.

To cut a long story a little bit shorter, I had to phone a couple more times that week until I actually got to speak to someone who could arrange the collection and delivery.
I told the guy the model I’d like if possible and he was happy to send the one I wanted 😀

That was last Friday and my brand new dishwasher was delivered yesterday.

It’s lovely! It’s so much quieter than the old one and I love the digital display, telling me how long it’s got left to run 🙂
It makes nice little beeping noises when the cycle has finished and when you switch it off!
I’m really happy with my new, bigger and better dishwasher so I’d like to say a huge thank you to Indesit.

Unfortunately, all is not as well as it should be though because the driver who delivered the dishwasher and took the old one, managed to rip our new kitchen flooring in two places.
We only put it down in April 🙁

Excuse the dirty floor, lots of the powder from the fire extinguisher came out of the dishwasher when it was moved. What with all the mess of removing one dishwasher and bringing in another, people walking all over it and water escaping from the old dishwasher has left the floor in a state. I’ve still to get the mop out and clean it yet because my back and hip has been playing up again today.

We now have to replace the entire floor 🙁 It seems like it’s one thing after another just lately. I’m hoping this is the last of the bad luck regarding the kitchen and white goods because I’ve about had my fill now!

I’ve emailed Indesit to let them know about the floor. I feel awful because I’m so grateful for the dishwasher and don’t want to get anyone in trouble but I feel like it’s unfair to us to have to replace a floor we’ve only just paid for about 6 months ago when we weren’t the ones who ripped it.