So, the housing guys “fixed” our plumbing. With MORE goop.
I ran the dishwasher, it seemed to function properly, but the water would not drain out of the bottom. This meant that the soapy water never went away, it just kept getting thrown all over the dishes.
All the dishes were slimy with soap scum. I was not happy about it – both in general, and due to the fact that we had 4 “foody” house guests, which means a LOT of dishes. (I am NOT complaining!)
So Jack decides to see what he can do. Neither of us was too optimistic, since he’d looked at it before and saw no clear problem – other than the lack of drainage.
He took off the dishwasher drain hose. Let the water out. Poked around in the hole. Poured the drain water into the sink.
BAM
A plumbers blank (little disk of plastic to block off a hole) came shooting out of the drain coupler! Awesome!!!! Jack fixed the dishwasher, all is well. Housing will take the credit. SNAFU 🙂