Yeah, household appliances do seem to conspire to all break at the same time, don't they? We had to replace our dryer and dishwasher last year within a couple of months. I keep expecting our fridge to go (it spent the last four summers leaking all over the kitchen floor, but this summer it stopped. No idea why.), but it's holding on. The furnace also scares me--our house is 90+ years old and the furnace is from at least the 1940's (coal furnace originally, converted to burn heating oil at some point). How long can a furnace last?

But it seems like your appliances are lasting a bit longer than average. Here's the life expectancy of household appliances: http://www.oldhouseweb.com/how-to-ad...pectancy.shtml

Sarah