When my wife and I bought our house almost 30 years ago, it didn’t have a fridge or a washer and dryer. It had a dishwasher and a range. We bought the fridge and washer and dryer when we moved in.
We’ve replaced the range twice and the dishwasher, washer, and dryer three times each.
The fridge is coming apart at the seams, but it still keeps food cold. Most of the door shelves are gone. Both crispers have broken and been put back together with epoxy. The deli drawer is cracked such that it falls out of its track and has to be carefully put back. We want to replace it, but every time we get ready to, another large appliance bites the dust and its replacement gets postponed again.
I’m afraid to even talk to my wife about replacing it at this point because it feels like if I mention it, the washer and dryer will go.
I am sorry to hear that. My local landfill has no fucks to give. You pay to drop off, and if you head over to the appliances section, you can grab what you need. Last time I was there I saw that a builder had dumped a tankless gass water heater with all the lines still attached. I grabbed all the copper and flex water lines and used them to plumb my new electric tankless water heater. Total cost? $2 for the recycling dump I had just made.
Mine has a stack of CRT’s that have been sitting there for years, it kills me. I keep seeing new ones added to the stack. There’s no scrap value in those; they’re semi-biohazard.
When my wife and I bought our house almost 30 years ago, it didn’t have a fridge or a washer and dryer. It had a dishwasher and a range. We bought the fridge and washer and dryer when we moved in.
We’ve replaced the range twice and the dishwasher, washer, and dryer three times each.
The fridge is coming apart at the seams, but it still keeps food cold. Most of the door shelves are gone. Both crispers have broken and been put back together with epoxy. The deli drawer is cracked such that it falls out of its track and has to be carefully put back. We want to replace it, but every time we get ready to, another large appliance bites the dust and its replacement gets postponed again.
I’m afraid to even talk to my wife about replacing it at this point because it feels like if I mention it, the washer and dryer will go.
Do you have landfills or junk yards in you area? You might be able to scrounge up parts for that fridge.
Not OP, my landfills won’t allow people to scrounge for parts. They sell appliances that refuse to scrappers.
And my junkyards only do cars.
Hell, you can’t even find pc recyclers in the mid-Atlantic US.
I am sorry to hear that. My local landfill has no fucks to give. You pay to drop off, and if you head over to the appliances section, you can grab what you need. Last time I was there I saw that a builder had dumped a tankless gass water heater with all the lines still attached. I grabbed all the copper and flex water lines and used them to plumb my new electric tankless water heater. Total cost? $2 for the recycling dump I had just made.
OMG that would be awesome.
Mine has a stack of CRT’s that have been sitting there for years, it kills me. I keep seeing new ones added to the stack. There’s no scrap value in those; they’re semi-biohazard.
All my drawers broke too, as well as the jazz board, twice. Pieces of shit.