Something appears to have gone wrong with the washing machine at home (drum sagging, lots of juddering at high speeds) and I think it is pretty terminal. The last time I saw something like this, the drum support arm have given way and the drum was flapping around on spin.
Anyway, it's new washing machine time.
What's good these days? An makes to steer clear of?
The support arms looked easy enough to change to me when I had ours on it's back last weekend. Are they expensive to buy?
edit - and what's good to get? Cheapest, run it until it get's expensive/you can't fix it yourself then get another cheap one. (IMHO)
* does depend on machine
check that springs etc not broken
check main bearing ok (try rocking drum using edge of drum)
given it's broke I'd certinly ahve a look inside
I managed to keep an old hotpoint going for about 25 years, until it finally needed an £80 part at which time I surrendered to progress.
Alas, the wife has decreed that we must buy a new one, despite my protestations about wanting to take it apart. Apparently my history of DIY is still clouding her judgement.
I tell you, you drill through the central heating twice and you never get trusted again.
you drill through the central heating twice and you never get trusted again.
I chopped a bit off my finger, still, the subsequent ban on diy was worth the pain!
And try a Bosch - our is much quieter than the Hotpoint it replaced and is going strong (touches wooden thing)
Alas, the wife has decreed that we must buy a new one, despite my protestations about wanting to take it apart. Apparently my history of DIY is still clouding her judgement.
Perhaps she watched Fargo?
Miele, has survived all the abuse I have thrown at it so far.
check the filter.
It could be something simple like the drum suspension bits disconnected. The worst is the drum bearings, which are a pain to replace. Worth taking the back off for a dekko though, definitely.
[url= http://http://www.espares.co.uk/ ]Espares[/url] are great for parts and have some good video guides on fixing things too.
But if you must buy new, I'm in the buy a cheapie one and run it into the ground, then buy another.
Got to say been very pleased with my Bosch, bought it over 8 years ago, still going strong.
My 8 year old Bosch died recently and I've replaced it with an LG direct-drive which seems excellent (and very quiet) so far.
I'd recommend ao as a retailer. Best price and very, very fast delivery. Ordered at 5pm then delivered at 7am next day. For free.
Check the conrete balances are still bolted down.
We've had Zanussi for the last two. Original one lasted for 8 or 9 years of being used pretty much every day. Only time I had to fix it was when a piece of 2x2 Lego somehow managed to block the drain pipe. Oh I also needed to replace the impeller/motor assembly after a succession of reusable breast pads had blocked it. It finally got binned when the programmes didn't work properly so we were down to only 1 usable programme and a separate one to drain it.
Replaced it with another Zanussi. Think the original cost around £250 so worked out at £31/year which isn't bad going in my books.
We are a bit limited in what to get as my wife, bless her, can't plan ahead and order things on-line, hence the frantic looking on the web for store-based offers in John Lewis and Curry's.
The good news is that I get to take the van into Cambridge again to collect whatever we buy. The bad news is that it means tidying up last night's failed headlining insulation attempts before taking it in. Grrrrr. I'll also have to use the van to take the old machine to the HWRC later.
Still, at least she's offered to help out with the insulation later in the day, which will be nice. Maybe she can also help work out why the interior lights no longer work.