washerhelp.com

I first came across this site a few years ago when I had a washing machine problem. Back then, you could ask questions on a forum and get answers to your specific problem. Unfortunately the webmaster no longer answers questions but all the previous answers are still there in the forum pages. The FAQs give information about how to track down faults and, even if you end up calling in a repair man, you will at least be the better informed which might keep the cost down. You can also but some of the more common parts on the site and the prices are pretty good compared to other sites I looked ...  Read the complete review

This is one of my favourite internet sites. It is so logical and contains masses of extremely useful information about washers and driers. I had used it on many occasions but the last time I had a particularly difficult problem. We had returned from holiday and the machine stopped on the spin cycle of the second load. My wife was NOT happy. I examined the motor and noticed that the brush on one side of the Creda motor had jammed. The brush on the other side had disintegrated and was scattered around the inside of the motor. The following morning I replaced the brushes but the motor would not run. At this stage I decided I needed Expert help and E-mailed Andy Trigg at ...  Read the complete review

One of my chores as a kid was helping my mum lug the weekly wash round to the launderette. A huge black plastic sack of dirty washing, enough to fill several of those whopping great machines that, as a child, seemed big enough to swallow me up. That wasn't the worse part though. Mum didn't have much money so using the dryers wasn't an option and the whole lot had to be lugged home again, wet. I'm telling you, that bag was heavy!! I can understand what older people mean when they say that we don't know we're born. These days, almost all of us have washing machines in our homes and can just pop on a wash whenever we feel the need. ...  Read the complete review

“Not again! I just *can’t* get these skid marks out!” sighed Wanda Lust, housewife extraordinaire and the kind of Working Girl who ‘did’ Pot Noodle. She paused and waited hopefully for a disembodied hand to emerge from the wall with a free bottle of Liquid GrimeGone. Nothing. “Oh bu…tter. Darn those misleading T.V commercials!” She reached under the sink for a packet of DirtCheapDirtAway powder, opened her washing machine door and was immediately assailed by the odour of curry. If her eating habits weren’t the death of her, they’d be the death of her machine. Realising that the exotic fragrance of Vindaloo would ...  Read the complete review

Of all the appliances in my home, the one I least want to interact with is the washing machine. Much as I still appreciate the good looks of my new toy, I still demand that it be obedient, self-effacing and not throw a wobbly because I take it for granted. All I ask is that I may open it's door, throw in some laundry and feed it with the required amount of detergent. In return I expect the linen to be regurgitated in clean and wearable condition without fuss or temperament before I turn my back on it again. This way we will get on fine. When things do not go well and you are faced with an appliance which has stopped half way through a programme ...  Read the complete review