Sam wrote:

"As for the dishwasher, I do have a new one (about one year old), and
it
does have the option to turn off heated drying. I'll start using that
instead. Also the clothes dryer is in a utility room, so I'll close
the vent in there and keep that door shut when being used. That might
help alittle too. "


Sam, closing off all air inlets to the laundry room could be a bad
idea. In order to dry clothes efficiently, air is blown through the
wet clothes, then exhausted outside. Where is the air for your dryer
coming from? If you use outside air, the cool drying temperatures may
not work very well.

Stretch