you do have to wonder whether some of these trusted brands are as good as even a few years ago. The Henry hoover lasted for 13 years or more, the first “Hetty” lasted only a few years before inexplicably failing. I saw the replacement Hetty had a shorter lead for one, but who knows what else has been shaved off to save on cost. I’m guessing it’s the same with washing machines. It’s so inconvenient for manufacturers to have too long a product life. They also make it impossible for anyone to repair or service the dratted things.
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Yes, I do wonder if certain product are designed to self-destruct after x number of years, but I try not to let them get to me.
Also the old names that once meant something, mean nothing now. They are just names that get bought and sold.
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I wash a doona cover every week and that has never happened even with my old machine. The only fiddly thing I do is wash just about everything inside out to stop the sun bleaching it but clothes are inside out when I throw them in the washing basket and doona covers and pillowcases end up that way by virtue of taking them off the pillow etc
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I probably overload the machine to save money. We have a water meter…
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Its the same here all water is metered I forget exactly how much it costs but it is over $2 a kilolitre. The biggest cost is sewerage and stormwater, the cost of the water I actually use is peanuts.
The pensioner concession knocks it down dramatically, as I say my bill is only about $70 (£35) a quarter so there is little incentive to save water.
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I should say that this machine weighs the clothes first to determine how much water it is going to need, I notice that it tends to err of the low side because sometimes during the wash it tops the water up a bit - I presume is measures the load on the motor to decide whether it needs more water.
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Our Samsung has the same problem.
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Might be worth checking if the transit bolts have been removed?
Yes, they have been removed. I have intended to replace the floor boards under the machine with 20mm plywood maybe marine ply.
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You’d be better off taking up a few floorboards under the washer and strengthen the joists, I hope I don’t have to do this as we have an expensive floor covering…
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Azz good idea to put marine ply under a washing machine so when the kitchen floods it will have something to float away on.
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The machine is up against an outside wall where the joists are built into the inner cement block wall so unlikely to be much give. More likely to be the floor boards.
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My laundry can’t flood…
Having said that I always turn off the taps to the washing machine when I am away.
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aren’t you worried about spiders getting inside?
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there’s a little gap around the seal where a baby spider can crawl through
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