Technician-approved appliances at prices you can afford.
Technician-approved appliances at prices you can afford.
I will never forget the first time I installed a high-end gas range in my 1940s fixer-upper bungalow. I had spent all morning wrestling with the yellow flex line and checking for leaks with soapy water—proud of myself for getting those perfect blue flames to ignite. But later that evening, while wiping down the stainless […]
I was standing in my kitchen, staring at a puddle of murky, gray water sitting at the bottom of my brand-new dishwasher, and I honestly wanted to scream. I’d just spent three hours on the kitchen floor, skinning my knuckles and cursing the instruction manual, thinking I’d nailed the expert appliance installation. But every time […]
I remember standing in my kitchen two years ago, balancing a 65-pound stainless steel beast on a stack of old textbooks and a prayer. I thought the three screws I’d haphazardly driven into the cabinet bottom were enough. I was wrong. A week later, I heard a sickening creak every time I closed the microwave […]
I remember the day I finally upgraded to a high-efficiency front-loader. I was so excited to ditch my old, rattling top-loader that I barely glanced at the manual before shoving the new unit into place. I threw in a load of towels, hit start, and ten minutes later, it sounded like a freight train was […]
I’ll never forget the day I walked into my kitchen and smelled something that didn’t belong in a civilized home. It was a thick, swampy odor, like a stagnant pond had taken up residence behind my cabinets. I had just finished what I thought was a flawless installation of a high-end dishwasher. I’d leveled the […]
I was standing over a pot of boiling water when it happened. My brand-new smart stove decided it wanted to preheat itself to 500 degrees while I was trying to simmer sauce. The touchscreen flickered like a cheap neon sign at a dive bar. I felt that instant pit of regret in my stomach—the kind […]
I’ll never forget the sound of my morning oatmeal nearly becoming a permanent floor decoration. There I was, half-awake, when I noticed my heavy over-the-range microwave was leaning forward at a precarious five-degree angle. It looked like it was bowing to me. I had installed it myself just six months prior, feeling pretty smug about […]
I still remember the metallic zing that raced up my arm three years ago while I was trying to ‘quickly’ swap out my old sink unit. It was a Tuesday night, I was tired, and I figured that the green grounding screw was more of a suggestion than a requirement. I was dead wrong. That […]
I’ll never forget the smell. It wasn’t the scent of fresh linen or even the ‘new appliance’ aroma I was expecting after dropping a paycheck on a high-efficiency dryer. It was the acrid, heart-thumping stench of melting insulation. I had just finished what I thought was a ‘successful’ DIY install, only to realize I’d made […]
I will never forget the smell of expensive, acrid smoke wafting through my kitchen just three weeks after I finished a full remodel. I had spent a small fortune on a sleek, professional-grade range and, in my quest for that perfectly flush ‘magazine look,’ I ignored the fine print in the installation manual about side […]
