I'm almost afraid to say. Actually, at the moment, things are working. This year, though, we've replaced the oven/microwave, 2 burners on the range, the washer, the "motherboard" (?!) on the dryer, the water pump, and had the the dryer vent completely cleaned out (a bird's nest - three perfect, but hard-boiled eggs, thus expaining the burned out motherboard). The roof was replaced a couple of years ago, so at least we're okay there...
None of this is cheap, as it turns out. And, I can't really complain, because most of this stuff has been working for 26 years. Although, while shopping for the new oven, I asked the clerk how long the new one could be expected to last, pointing out the age of the broken oven. His answer? "About 5 years for the digital stuff." So, the oven will still heat up in 5 years, but the all the buttons and digital readouts will be goners. And, they don't replace those - you have to buy a new oven!
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None of this is cheap, as it turns out. And, I can't really complain, because most of this stuff has been working for 26 years. Although, while shopping for the new oven, I asked the clerk how long the new one could be expected to last, pointing out the age of the broken oven. His answer? "About 5 years for the digital stuff." So, the oven will still heat up in 5 years, but the all the buttons and digital readouts will be goners. And, they don't replace those - you have to buy a new oven!