I think I know what you are talking about...
But I can't be 100% sure.
The episode I remember is where Red has his hours cut back at work so he's home more often and Kitty takes more hours at her nursing job to make up for the income loss. He feels inferior because he can't solely provide on his own so he tries to compensate by repairing things around the house.. but doing it badly.
For example the table wobbles so he tries to trim one leg down to fix it but just makes it more uneven and so cuts the others down trying to match it, only to make it lean to one side... and so repeats the process again and again until eventually the table is only a foot off the ground.
He also repairs (and breaks) the fridge and later the dryer... but I can't remember him taking the washer apart.. it's been awhile since I've seen this one in reruns though so I can't be sure. I looked up the synopsis of that one and it's called Battle of the Sexist and aired in season 1.
By the way, I've always liked Kitty's machines.. a nice pair of Maytags if I remember right.