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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

When I consider the amount of work the washer/dryer saves, me I don't mind the noise quite as much. Same with our overly loud 25 yr old dish washer.

Washer/dryer are usually out of the way, closet, separate room, garage, etc... so not usually a big deal. Our current stuff (OLD and came with the house) is LOUD when the spin cycle comes on.

About 20 years ago, we got a Kitchenaid dishwasher that was supposed to be something like 52db - 56db. You could turn it on while you were in the kitchen and have a hard time telling if it was running. It was pretty spectacular, especially as loud as some of them can be. I think these days, many/most are in the 40s and 50s decibals range which is quieter than a conversation.

We did have some board in ours go out after ~10 years, I bought another board, I think it was ~$50, and easily installed it myself and it was back in business.