To never have cleaned my dishwasher

Anybody else fed up with the tablets falling out during mid wash? Those compartments are useless.

I’m another one who’s never washed a skirting board but I treat my white goods well. I clean the filter, top up rinse aid and salt on the dishwasher once a week. I stick a dishwasher cleaner or a cup of vinegar in it on a hot cycle once a month.

I clean the washing machine with bio powder and a hot cycle once a month on the advice of my white goods man and stick a tea towel in the seal as soon as I take a wash out so the sealant doesn’t stay wet and go mouldy.

I descale the kettle with vinegar every couple of weeks.

Thinking about it, is all of this just due to having to because we live in a very limescaly area?

I do not love cleaning but this stuff all needs to be done or machinery would die.

Edited to say I've never seen any warning lights, guessing dh must change or clean that.

We use dishwasher cleaner, and it smells amazing, and you always know when it has been done. Filter though, where?!!

Tumbler dryer filters need to be cleaned. There's a fire risk if you don't. The machine usually has a warning light. Shouldn't be ignored.

As if!

Need to clean filters regularly. Also need to do a hot cycle with no dishes with a proper cleaner. We didn’t and needed to get a man out when it wouldn’t start. He said it’s very common in older machines which aren’t cleaned regularly cos you get a build up further down where u can’t reach. Can’t remember full details but it worked a dream since he put some kind of steam clean tube thing down and sorted it. We use a cleaner every couple months now and no problem since.

We have a daughter who knows about these things from her work. This is her advice.
Dishwasher clean filter every week. Check your moddle and Google how to do it. If you do it every week it isn't really bad smelling and only takes a few minutes. It will increase cleanliness of glasses above just pouring in rinse aid.
Once a month poor a cup of white vinegar into the bottom and run on short hot cycle empty. This gets rid of any lingering grease in the water outlets and you will notice the difference with glasses and glassware.
Once a month clean the door seal making sure you separate the seal and clean between it.
In hard water areas you should use a softener. Calcium carbonate build up will cause issues very quickly.

I can say one thing. She never did this when she lived at home.😂

I had no idea! Just told DH about the filter thingy and he said yeah I do clean that all the time! Phew and thank goodness for DH!

I unscrew the filter thingie in the base every Thursday or Friday and pull the two bits apart to clean then .
On the first of the month I run the WM and the DW with a cleaning tablet on a hot wash .
The rinse aid warning light shows that it needs a top up . I do the salt every month or so , we're in a hard water area.
Clean the side metal bits where the racks slide out with a spray and brush

I am a TOTAL slattern but I'm surprised some of you vipers don't do this ! Maybe you have soft water ?

This! As PPs have said, we are not Mrs Hinch, but these items do need regular cleaning.

My filter gets gunge on it and needs a good clean every fortnight... am I doing something wrong?!

Tumble dryer... lint filter when I use it, and hoover out the vent pipe every month or so.

Washing machine... door seals every time it has been used, drawer every week, filter every week. Run cleaning program once a week to reduce soap build up

Dishwasher... door seal wiped off every time it is used, filter every week , spray spinners and slidey out arms every month . Run cleaning program once a month as directed in the manual

Can I add microwave...? Fridge...? Oven...? Airfryer...?

I take it out, and run it through the dishwasher when I’m cleaning it. Works fine.

Adding salt also helps keep it clean. My Bosch is 22 years old ..... I have even bought a new filter on Espares as the old one disintegrated.... Is your mind blown OP?

I also got a new cutlery basket and new drawers as they were getting rusty...Machine still going strong though. Probably because it gets cleaned regularly... ..

I can’t believe people don’t know where the filter is or that you’re supposed to clean it. Surely this is the basics of being a dishwasher owner. Filter is easy to clean but if you’ve literally never done it, it will be stomach churning. Also need hot water and a scrubby brush to go along the bottom at the front as gross stuff gets stuck there too. Once you’ve done all that just run it with a cleaner it

I do it when I remember - get a finish dishwasher cleaner thingy and run the machine on empty. Maybe twice a year? Supposedly prolongs the life of the machine (breaks down grease and limescale in the machine. Our dishwashers are 11 years old, according to a facebook memory we got a few weeks ago, but look and work as new, so am assuming it’s worth the effort. Just ordered some finish thingies now, prompted by this post 🙏

Clean filters remove arms, clean door seals . Clean the rest with lemon juice, run on empty. Takes 5 minutes

fill up the salt on mine as well. question do people clean out their washer and tumble dryer i do mine about every other month write on calendar when i last did it,i run a dishwasher cleaner through every few months and clean out the filter

although this thread would actually prove that most of us clean our dishwashers

Oh, my, word...

Not just the filter or the spray arms, or the door seals...

Take a look at where the top rack slides forwards to be loaded... the 2 arms that it slides on... ewwwww...

Can those of you that have been enlightened today and are going to wash your filters please check back with your experience please 😂

This is pretty much the old part of adulting that I do because if you leave it too long, it’s enough to make you vom. Porridge is the worst offender I find.

But if it makes you feel any better, we did buy a new washing machine partly because it was exceedingly dirty.

This worries me! Will be moving into a home with someone else's inbuilt dishwasher... that's not been used in over a year (person died). I really hope can get a replacement because I am not sure I can stomach cleaning it...and it will never feel clean regardless.

Not possible, its part of the machine.