@fauguy - I live in NE Fort Lauderdale, zip code 33308. After testing the water from my kitchen tap with a Sofchek water hardness test strip I picked up at the shop where I purchased my Miele DW supplies (a vacuum shop at Commercial & 18th Ave.), I set my DW settings to 15 gpg. If I end up having a Miele tech out here at any point, I will ask them to recheck the water hardness. Our DW allows me to set the water hardness at the precise setting, as opposed to setting based on ranges. Unfortunately, I don't have much confidence in information obtained from my local water utility department; that's why I tested the water hardness myself. BTW, I spent time on the phone today with one of the founders of NY Minute, the company I booked based on your excellent recommendation. In my case, the installers left much to be desired. The lead installer spoke only broken English and communicating with him was a challenge. I put down layers of beach towels on the floor surrounding my dishwasher and the kitchen sink, yet the lead installer repeatedly ignored my requests to set his wrench, drill, etc. on the towels, and I repeatedly heard him dropping his tools onto the floor. As a result, I found multiple areas of damage (divets) in the marble flooring when they finished. Additionally, I just discovered that it appears I am missing two pieces of my dishwasher installation. Earlier today when I phoned Miele tech support to ask about how to tell when a cycle was complete, I learned that in addition to the audible setting (which had been disabled when our DW was installed) there should be a "prism" mounted to the underside of the granite counter, just above the Miele control panel on the DW, that serves to reflect the red indicator light that illuminates and flashes when a cycle has completed. According to the Miele tech, this prism is shipped in the box with the DW and comes with a corresponding stainless steel frame. Both pieces are to be attached by the installer. NY Minute's install team did not install, discuss, or leave me any such parts. Although my keyword search of the PDF manual does not indicate any matches for "prism," I discussed this with NYM today and also have a call in to the Miele Territory Manager who handles Miele issues for the dealer from whom we purchased our DW (FL Builder Appliances).

In our new home, we went with three types of closets: for most closets, we had a closet company install their white melamine closet system, in the pantry we did our own installation of adjustable melamine shelves, and in the master we used the Elfa closet system. I'm least happy with the closet company system installed by a local closet company that uses Closet Maid products. Although the shelves are adjustable, overall it is less flexible because they require melamine boards on the sides - which meant the closet corners became dead space when used in a closet with multiple sides. The products are quite sturdy - I have no problem with quality. The Efla is a true joy - more expensive than the closet company, but very flexible with lots of options including drawers, shoe racks, belt hooks, etc. Elfa is only sold through The Container Store. We used their installer, but it would have been easy enough for a handy husband to install. For the pantry, we bought tracks, standards, brackets and melamine shelving from a big box home improvement store. It was really inexpensive even with the carpenter we hired to do the installation. Look at the box home improvement stores - Home Depot, Lowes, Menards - they have some do-it-yourself options that include drawers.

Run tang through it. Cleans everything out so there is nothing to create the smell and gives it a pleasant citrus smell for a bit. Seeing how clean it gets my dishwasher makes me never want to drink it, though! I usually sprinkle about 3/4 of the container into the bottom of the dishwasher and then also fill the detergent compartment.

I replaced a standard 24" DW with a Miele Inspira. Many may have seen this in other posts, but here was the gap created to the left/right that didn't seem right. I put in hidden wooden trim fillers a few inches into the cabinet - it sat right behind the rubber fillers on the Miele. I had to do this so I could put those side screws in to attach the DW to the cabinet. I can see how this DW was design for ever so slightly thinner cabinet spacing, but some patient centering to the left/right for an even gap seems to work okay here. I still would like to see a photo of someone who used the trim kit to see if it looks any better - I see a few dings in my cabinet edges. I cannot find anything on the web to show how these filler trim look. I'd appreciate if anyone installed them to show - otherwise, it' going to look like this photo.