So next time your dishwasher groans and leaves a lake in the bottom, don’t call the repairman just yet. Respect the hose. It’s the hardest working, least appreciated piece of plumbing in your kitchen. And it’s begging for a purge.
Think of it as the dishwasher’s Achilles’ heel—a 6-foot-long, ribbed tunnel where good intentions go to die. For months, it has quietly performed its job, pushing a cocktail of egg yolk, coffee grounds, and ghostly slivers of glass out the door.
Here’s a short, engaging piece on the surprisingly dramatic life of a clogged dishwasher drain hose. The Horror at the Bottom of the Dishwasher: A Drain Hose Confession