In a perfect world yes, but with dishwashers specifically, I like to have both. If the dishwasher has ever been run as a dishwasher, then there are always going to be chucks of food waste sitting in low spots of the drain hose. Without a water barrier from the loop it basically turns the drain hose into a mini sewer as the food waste decays. It’s much smaller in scale, mind you, but you can still end up with some pretty serious funk.

If you use it as storage, I would want to make sure that it is installed correctly with a looped drain hose, preferably into a p trap. Especially if it doesn’t get run often. Otherwise, sewer gasses are going to come back up through the drain and whatever you have sitting in there is just going to bathe in funk.

Started learning the Jim Croce song “Operator” on my acoustic guitar. It’s been on the list to learn for a while, and I finally got the chance to sit down and start figuring it out.

I used to have this same conversation multiple times through the years until I realized that ultimately, it wasnt really about being right. The wife was just uncomfortable, and was going to be uncomfortable whether I was “right” or not.

Now I mostly don’t worry about the fans, cause her comfort is more important.

Having an empty office where you can get work done in peace is one of those simple pleasures that are uncommonly rare.