About 6 months ago, I was repairing a leak in my clothes washer. It was due to a loose bolt in the outer plastic shell. When putting it all back together, I didn’t realize it was important which way the drain tube routed around another piece. Apparently it mattered. The drainage tube ended up having a hole rubbed through it. My bad. Put some silicone over the hole, wrapped it up, routed it the correct way, resisted the urge to test it immediately, and let it cure overnight. Everything seems to be good so far through several loads. Worst case, if the silicone doesn’t hold, at least now I know it’s the drain tube and they’re fairly cheap.

  • chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    8·
    3 days ago

    When I started doing home maintenance stuff I thought, $10 seems like a lot when the other stuff probably works just as good as silicone caulk. Turns out no, silicone is really good at keeping water out and other options are often useless.

  • Anomalocaris@lemm.ee
    7·
    3 days ago

    I remember when my dishwasher stopped draining.

    the hardest part of the repair is having my ex telling her how I broke it (given that i was the only one in the house who did the dishes and cooked, it was obviously not her).

    i found a shard of glass stuck in a pump, spent more time explaining how it couldn’t really have been my fault than I spent fixing it.

    God how I don’t miss that cancer

  • mtchristo@lemm.ee
    6·
    3 days ago

    I wouldn’t even dare opening that shit for inspection. I know it won’t work after I close it back up.

    • Tower@lemmy.zipOP
      12·
      3 days ago

      By this point, I’ve taken this washer apart and replaced things so many times it’s nearly a Washer of Theseus.

      • Hacksaw
        2·
        2 days ago

        I had a dryer like that. Ancient thing. Simple as fuck too, unlike modern dryers with 1000 features. I replaced just about every part on that thing, sometimes multiple times. Finally the control board broke and it started turning on the heating elements without running the fan. Damn dryer tried to burn my house down. Can’t get the boards anymore.

        I almost shed a tear putting that dryer to the curb.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.org
    2·
    3 days ago

    resisted the urge to test it immediately, and let it cure overnight.

    Also my experience with silicone paste. It takes quite long to (dry out? Settle? Harden?) properly.