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Thanks very much, I’ll see if I can get it sorted myself 🙂

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Re: Hole in washer-dryer door seal – is it supposed to be th

Ok, thanks, that’s a relief! Thought I might be in for an expensive engineer visit.

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Re: Dishwasher rust hole repair?

Martin wrote:

ma22 wrote:
, and doesn’t give me much confidence in any repairmen I may call out in future.

We that advised you on the quick steel fix ARE “repairmen”, so sadly you were unlucky in finding two without the knowledge we were able to impart. 😉

Sorry, yes that’s what I mean. I’m in north London – seems to be a bit of a lottery who you get, unless you know someone good, which I don’t. I do get the point about them not wanting to be held accountable, but for an easy fix like this they could have just told me I could try the putty but on my own risk.

Anyway, lesson learned, I will first drop in here for advice in future 🙂

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Re: Dishwasher rust hole repair?

Update on this – I have put a small amount of quiksteel pressed flat over and around the hole (yes it was near the filter, but I only used a little bit), and it worked!! Well, the machine has done two cycles seemingly fine, so I’ll see how it goes over the next few weeks, fingers crossed…

Thanks so much for the advice, you have (hopefully) saved me the cost of a new machine! I actually previously had two engineers out to look at it, one local and one from Bosch, and they both told me they couldn’t fix it and I’d have to replace it. Very unimpressed with them, if indeed the quiksteel option turns out to be a long term fix, and doesn’t give me much confidence in any repairmen I may call out in future. But this forum is very useful, thank you again. 😀

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Re: Dishwasher rust hole repair?

Thanks Steve for the tip… that sounds like a good fix, problem is I’m not sure on my capabilities for dismantling the machine and getting to the other side of the hole, I am no DIY expert! In fact I think even getting the machine out would be a challenge as it’s a tight fit (it is an integrated one).

I will try the epoxy putty from one side though. Or perhaps the hole could be soldered over? It’s such a tiny hole, I can’t believe it should be necessary to junk a whole machine just for that, and if it is then something is seriously wrong with the way things are made these days…

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Re: Dishwasher rust hole repair?

Thanks very much for the info and the tip.

Upon closer inspection I did find a very small hole (about the size of a pinhead) near the bottom of the machine, on the side of the slope near the salt reservoir. However there was no rust near it, so it doesn’t look like it was caused by rust. No idea how it occurred (I stupidly didn’t ask the engineer to show me where the hole was at the time, I just took his word for it). But I’m assuming it is not supposed to be there!

I will buy some of that putty and block it up, it’s worth a try. Thanks again 🙂

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