How long have you had your

[gottahaveahoove]

kitchen appliances?
I replaced my stove/oven. Not because the old one was broken, but, it was not as good as this one. My friend, Toni, (former co-worker) needed a new refrigerator. I wanted, and got a new, stainless steel one, and gave her the old one. I got a microwave built in. I kept the original Amana Radarange. I'll reinstall that in the cats' apartment. I installed an Insinkerator garbage disposal 30 yrs ago, too. It was replaced , only after my aunt accidentally send silver dollars down the drain. THe blade still worked. But, it broke the container, spewing shredded grapefruit all over the inside on the cabinet. I also bought an Insinkerator (Was really a Kitchenaid) dishwasher almost 30 yrs ago. It had black panels. I switched them out with stainless steel (the carpenter did). Kenny's friend, Bob, has done that, (switching out panels for others). He's very handy. I let "Chuck" do it. Too bad I didn't know Bob at the time.
THe washer/dryer were bought in '92, and each had minimal repairs. The only one I HAD to replace was the dishwasher. I didn't want to. No one wanted to look at it.So, I KNOW vintage appliances are usually great. But, I hope all of these replacements last. They get good care. So, yes, every appliance in this kitchen has between replaced in the past 30 years, Not too bad, I guess.

 

[human]

I've had my Lady Kenmore flat top range since 2016 but my parents bought it new ca. 1993, moved it with them to their new house three or four years later, then retired it and gave it to me. the main circuit board had gone bad (Imagine that?) and I had it rebuilt under the home warranty I had at the time.

The same story goes for my Maytag refrigerator. They replaced theirs and I took the old one as it was a serious upgrade to what I had. It was about eight years old when I got it and like the stove, had a bad circuit board (are we detecting a pattern here?), which I had replaced under my home warranty.

My Whirlpool dishwasher is a 2002 model and came to me from Goodwill in 2016 for $35. It works great, even if the white plastics on the front are a bit discolored. I've got a black GE dishwasher in reserve down in the barn for whenever this one gives up the ghost.

 

[kloveland]

Bob installed my KitchenAid dishwasher. He also installed a similar KitchenAid dishwasher for another person who wasn't as mechanically inclined as he lead on. Bob also repaired my Speed Queen washer and dryer. Bob can work on vehicles and do a number of things .

I use my KitchenAid all the time. I've also referred to Automatic Washer for help when my disposal clogged.

 

[human]

A little clarification

I wrote the above hurriedly and was incorrect about the dishwasher. I acquired it at the same time I got the stove and refrigerator in the fall of 2015. I bought my house early in 2014 and it came fully equipped with major appliances, albeit somewhat decrepit, except for an older Kenmore refrigerator and an early 2000s vintage Whirlpool washing machine. The Kenmore dryer next to it was ancient, probably from the late '70s or early '80s. I replaced it with a mid-2000s vintage Roper dryer that I got from Goodwill in the fall of 2014 for about $60, about six or eight months after I bought the house. I had to make some repairs to it a week ago, replacing the heating element and associated fuses and sensors (see "Dryer Troubles" thread below). At this time, only major appliance I'm still using that was in the house when I moved in is the washing machine, although the old Kenmore fridge is now in the back yard storage building as auxiliary cold storage, mainly for beer and sodas and frozen foods.

 

[dysonman1]

My Frigidaire gallery five burner gas stove is only three years old. When we moved in the house, there was a brand new Maytag dishwasher and whirlpool refrigerator. There was a Kenmore electric stove. Donnie made a pizza one day, and closed the oven door with his foot. It shattered the glass. We went to buy a new stove and he told me I could have a gas stove, which is what I always wanted. He said our budget was $500. I picked out a $1300 Frigidaire semi commercial range. I told him that’s the one I want and nothing else. So that’s what I got.

We ripped that new Maytag dishwasher out and put in our first KitchenAid Superba. It was very used when I got it. Had to be replaced about a year later because the pump housing blew out.

I bought my matching speed Queen washer and dryer In November 2017. The last real speed Queen washer was made in October 2017. That’s when my machine was built. The first thing I did was a rig it to work with the lid up. Washing machines should never wash with the lid down. How will you know how much more soap to put in? Every load is different.

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Edgar,

My late brother swore by Kenmore. He had 4 kids. The "cocoa matching Lady Kenmore matching laundry set got a real workout, indeed! When you lifted the lids covering the controls, the fluorescent lights went on. This was a 1969 purchase!

 

[fan-of-fans]

The stove came with the house, a 1985 Self Clean Hotpoint in off white and black with chrome and black glass door. It's needed a new oven element and some burner controllers, but otherwise still works good.

The refrigerator that came with the house was also a Hotpoint, probably new at the time (90s) but too small for us. It looked like the Americana fridges at Home Depot. We got a Kenmore with ice maker to replace it in 1995. That lasted until 2016 when the icemaker stopped working and since it was older we replaced it with a new Kenmore about the same size. The old one got donated.

Dishwasher is a Kenmore Ultra Wash white from 1998 or so. It's been very reliable. There was no dishwasher here at first, but a cabinet that could be removed to add one.

Also with the house came a GE Filter Flo washer of the 80s. Unfortunately the tub sprang a leak so that got replaced with a Kenmore Direct Drive around 1999. Unfortunately it had an issue I don't recall of what and that got replaced with a GE I think last year.

The house did not come with a dryer so we were using a very old Kenmore, possibly from the 70s. I don't recall what happened to that but it got replaced with a new Kenmore dryer in 2004, that matched the washer. The door switch has been replaced I think but it's still going fine.

Microwave we had a Montgomery Ward from the 80s that stopped working, not sure why. That got replaced with a Kenmore around 2003 according to the build date. It still works fine but the inside is developing rust so it may need replaced unfortunately.

 

[vac-o-matic]

I have a 1985 Kitchenaid dishwasher that I bought used a few years ago. Someone from our sister site told me that was the last year for a Hobart made unit. That thing is a hurricane in a box and hope it never dies. A couple of years ago my 1990 Kenmore fridge died, my heart was broken, so well made! I replaced it with a 22 cu. ft. Whirlpool with a rollout bottom freezer, best for me as I rarely use the freezer and I love everything being eye level in the fridge part. My stove is an Amana gas range that I bought about 15 yrs. ago. It's called the Big oven because it was the biggest oven in a free standing range at the time. It was an impulse buy, the last one and it was 200.00 off. I liked it because of the heavy burner grates and a breeze to clean. I gave my 1990 Caloric to my neighbor. That stove is on TV on the series Mom in their kitchen!

 

[kenkart]

I have

A 1959 Westinghouse Ambassador range which I LOVE , a 73 Frigidaire Deluxe range which was my neighbors as a kid, I remember when they got it, My washer and dryer are mid 80s Hotpoints my dishwasher is a 86 Kitchen Aid and unfortunately my refrigerator is a gigantic GE side by side from the 90s that I DESPISE A refrigerator is SUPPOSED to have a chrome latch on the door and round corners and is supposed to be SILENT .When I find one the new garbage will GO.

 

[justjunque]

When we bought our house, about ten years ago, it came with all the major appliances.
The only one we've had to replace so far is the stove.
It was a brushed chrome, electric Roper, circa 1980s. We really liked it, but the circuit board went.
We bought a glass top GE slide-in. That was two or three years ago. So far so good. It has a standard or convection oven. We haven't even experimented with the convection yet.
Everything else is still going strong...knock on wood.
A 1990s Maytag Performa side by side refrigerator.
A Whirlpool "Quiet Partner" dishwasher. Works fine, but we usually just hand wash our dishes.
An early 2000s Raytheon built Amana washer. Love it! It's like a poor man's Speed Queen.
It's paired with a 1990s Whirlpool gas dryer. Again...love it!
It's not a "major" appliance, but there's an ISE "Pro 333" disposal. It works great, but we hardly use that either.
Oh, and a Sharp Carousel II, 800 watt microwave, built in July of 1991. That was a freebie from my in-laws, before they were my in-laws. I had to have a maybe $20 repair done to it, and it's still going strong.
I think that about does it.
As we eventually need to replace things, I'd love to be able to replace them with beautiful vintage units.
My era is basically late '60s/early to mid '70s. And, since our house was built in 1965, that would be a good fit.
But, like with the stove, it probably won't happen. It's rare that you find the perfect vintage appliance right when you need it.
Plus, since I don't work on them myself, it's harder to keep older things going. The average repair tech doesn't seem to want or know how to work on them.

Barry