Why does my glassware come out cloudy?

Almost always mineral film from hard water rather than a fault. Use rinse aid, run a descaling cycle, and reduce the detergent dose — excess detergent in hard water leaves more residue, not less.

My dishes come out wet. Is the dishwasher broken?

If plastics are damp but glass and china are dry, that is normal. If everything is wet, the final rinse is not reaching temperature — usually a scaled element or a drifted thermostat.

There is water standing in the bottom. What is that?

A drain problem: the filter, the drain hose or air gap, or a hose without a high loop letting the sink drain back into the machine.

My dishwasher will not start at all.

The door latch switch is a far more common cause than the control board. We test the latch and the supply before discussing electronics.

Should I rinse dishes before loading?

Scrape, do not rinse. Modern detergents need some soil to work against, and many machines reduce the cycle when the sensor sees clean water going in.

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Dishwasher Repair Across Houston and Texas

Dishwashers account for 2,012 of our completed repairs. We service built-in, slimline and freestanding machines, including the drying and drainage systems people most often call about.

A built-in has to be pulled and reseated before the repair starts, which adds time to the visit — we account for that when scheduling.

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Cloudy Glassware Is Usually Not a Fault

A white or grey film on glasses is mineral deposit from hard water, not a broken machine. Municipal supply across much of the Houston metro carries a heavy mineral load, and it leaves that film on everything it dries on.

Rinse aid, a descaling cycle and less detergent clear most of it — excess detergent in hard water leaves more residue, not less. If the cloudiness does not come off with vinegar it is etching rather than film: permanent, but it stops spreading once the dose comes down.

A meaningful share of dishwasher calls end in a blocked filter, a spray arm held still by a tall item, or an empty rinse aid reservoir. We would rather tell you that on the phone than charge you to find it.

Real faults

Wet Dishes and Standing Water

Wet dishes point at heat. The final rinse should come out hot enough that water evaporates off the load; when the element scales over or the thermostat drifts, every load finishes wet. Plastics staying damp while glass dries is normal — everything staying damp is not. Condensation-drying models have no element at all and depend entirely on a hot rinse and rinse aid.

Standing water is a drain problem with three usual causes: a blocked filter at the base of the tub, a clogged drain hose or air gap, or a drain hose without a high loop so the sink drains back into the machine.

Poor cleaning with no obvious fault is usually spray pressure. Jets narrow gradually as mineral collects in them, so the machine keeps running a flawless-looking cycle while cleaning steadily worse.

Not the control board

Why It Will Not Start

Door latch switches fail far more often than control boards, and they produce the same dead machine. We test the latch, the switch and the supply before any electronics are discussed — replacing a board to fix a latch is the most expensive habit in this trade.

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