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beanielou · 27 April 2018 at 4:36PM

The last washing machine I got was a second hand miele & boy have I had my money's worth from it.

[Deleted User] · 27 April 2018 at 4:38PM

beanielou wrote: »

The last washing machine I got was a second hand miele & boy have I had my money's worth from it.

Mine's a Miele too. Love it to bits:j

I looked everywhere for a second hand one to no avail but there was a brilliant cashback offer on new ones at that time from the company and various other savings via the cashback sites so I went for a new one. Delivered next day too, free of charge, and OH and I set it up ourselves. It's just cold-fill so we had to blank off the hole in the hot water pipe made to fill the old machine. I read up about it online and bought a capping thingy from the plumbers merchants. Easy as pie and we saved on a plumber which OH thought we might need. The internet is a wonderful resource isn't it? We can find out how to do just about anything just by a simple search:j

Karmacat · 27 April 2018 at 10:16PM

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

What a bummer! You could try the White goods forum - I used them for mine. Sometimes it is OK to do yourself, although electrical shorting is never good. They do have lots of helpful experts who could advise if a competent (neighbour or friend) person could sort it or will say if it is one for the experts. http://www.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/forumsphpbb3/

Thanks for that linkie, SL, that looks like a valuable resource.

Goldiegirl wrote: »

How annoying about the washing machine. Things don't seem to last like they did. Our lawn mower is playing up and we've only had it a couple of years. If it keeps on, I'll have to google to see if I can find someone to have a look at it

I noticed you had been to the Liners exhibition. we are going in two weeks time, so I was interested to read what you thought about it. It sounds very interesting and right up my street

I'm glad you're going to that, Goldie, it's very beautiful. I had no idea how high-end they *all* were, and it was interesting to find out about government policies of various countries affecting how the ships were designed and what they offered.

carbootcrazy wrote: »

Mine's a Miele too. Love it to bits:j

I looked everywhere for a second hand one to no avail but there was a brilliant cashback offer on new ones at that time from the company and various other savings via the cashback sites so I went for a new one. Delivered next day too, free of charge, and OH and I set it up ourselves. It's just cold-fill so we had to blank off the hole in the hot water pipe made to fill the old machine. I read up about it online and bought a capping thingy from the plumbers merchants. Easy as pie and we saved on a plumber which OH thought we might need. The internet is a wonderful resource isn't it? We can find out how to do just about anything just by a simple search:j

Finding that sort of focus is beyond me at the moment - I wish it wasn't, but there's no good in pretending I'll do that. I love finding out about that sort of stuff, but doing it .... between the energy, the concentration, and the arthritic fingers (already suffering cos of the navvying in the garden) I'm going to pass

Karmacat · 27 April 2018 at 10:21PM

beanielou wrote: »

The last washing machine I got was a second hand miele & boy have I had my money's worth from it.

Last time this happened, I'd practically run out of clothes, so I was desperate to get *something* :rotfl: but now I've got a bit more time, I'll be checking out second hand stuff, thanks for that.

I've been doing my electricals today. Started with printing the emails, then I went on to backing up the computer, putting some of the updated files on the old computer (and others on a flash drive, which I haven't actually done yet

) deleting old photos on the camera then charging the camera ready for next week, charging the phone, uploading scanned photos to google drive, I was both shattered and bored out of my skull :rotfl:

Three more sleeps :j

Cheery_Daff · 28 April 2018 at 8:05AM

Ooh, exciting! :j

Pah to stupid washing machine breaking

Most vexing. Although I have to say sometimes I'm jealous of my sister's shiny new one - mine is about 20 years old and takes nearly 2 hours to do a normal 30 degree wash cycle :eek: Hers takes about half an hour, and has a cycle for 'special shoes' :rotfl: :rotfl: My friend has one that plays a little tune when it finishes! :rotfl: So much wizardry about these days

(note to my washing machine - this is NOT a plea for you to break so I can get a new one! :eek: )

Urgh to photo sorting too. I need to do some of that myself... not scanning, just sorting folders on the computer. As you say, tiring and tedious but feels SO good when it's done!

Have a good Saturday!

Karmacat · 28 April 2018 at 9:53AM

Thanks Cheery! The washing machine thing is mad, isn't it - when I bought my first one, back in the mid80s, people were already saying that they weren't built to last, but nowadays things from that era are looked on as a very good standard. I've tried not to think about it

but obviously that doesn't work very well for washing machines :rotfl:

No plans this weekend apart from being ready to go away for a few days on Monday, 10am sharp

and avoiding the rain. We're definitely going to an Iron Age site close to where we're going, and my weather app says there's going to be snow :eek:

[Deleted User] · 28 April 2018 at 11:32AM

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Ooh, exciting! :j

Pah to stupid washing machine breaking Most vexing. Although I have to say sometimes I'm jealous of my sister's shiny new one - mine is about 20 years old and takes nearly 2 hours to do a normal 30 degree wash cycle :eek: Hers takes about half an hour, and has a cycle for 'special shoes' :rotfl: :rotfl: My friend has one that plays a little tune when it finishes! :rotfl: So much wizardry about these days

My washing machine doesn't play any tunes but my tumble dryer, a different brand, does. It's really loud and goes on long enough to alert me so I can get from any other room in the house to the kitchen and take the clothes out before they crease up. I hate ironing and aim to do as little of it as I can get away with:o. I planned to buy a washing machine of the same brand but because of the difficult layout of the kitchen I had to get one with a door that opened to the right (hinges on the right). None of the usual suspects did that, they all open the other way:(. I'd read brilliant reviews of Miele and theirs did open the way I needed:j so that's why I went for one of theirs. More than I really wanted to pay but I got one of the cheaper models. Some of their others are eye-wateringly expensive. The company was even doing £75 cashback too, plus I got more cashback via Quidco so I didn't feel too bad about squandering money earmarked for my debts.

Washing is a pleasure now not a chore:j. It's only after using this one that I realise how long-winded and tedious it was using the previous one for all those years. It had served me well though so I shouldn't grumble. Technology marches swiftly on, that's all.

beanielou · 28 April 2018 at 12:11PM

Oooh 3 sleeps :j :j :j

Karmacat · 28 April 2018 at 11:20PM

I confess I don't have a drier - things will go outside for most of the year, there's only me, and there's now enough space to put the clothes maiden up, hurray.

And, um, I can remember when washing machines weren't a given, and if you had them, they were either a twin tub, or a sort of electrified mangle ... my mum had the latter. It looked like it didn't belong - a weird mix of Art Deco and futurism, square and boxy with individual areas all curved and beautiful. Odd, but wonderful.

I have an announcement to make: a set of kind friends have fixed my washing machine! There's a slight faff of needing to call out my plumber, who came out within 15 minutes when my condensation pipe froze, bless 'im, for a replacement hose, but at least thats a very plumber-y thing, rather than an awful electronic bodge ...

Got to go to bed, my eyes are closing on me. Hope everyone's had a lovely Saturday

[Deleted User] · 29 April 2018 at 7:00AM

Karmacat wrote: »

I have an announcement to make: a set of kind friends have fixed my washing machine! There's a slight faff of needing to call out my plumber, who came out within 15 minutes when my condensation pipe froze, bless 'im, for a replacement hose, but at least thats a very plumber-y thing, rather than an awful electronic bodge ...

Got to go to bed, my eyes are closing on me. Hope everyone's had a lovely Saturday

How wonderful to have such kind and handy friends:T:j:beer:. I'm really happy for you that your laundry problems are now solved and without having to fork out an exorbitant amount of money. Great too to have a plumber who answered your previous call in superfast time. He sounds like a real treasure:j

I'm sure you enjoyed your well-earned sleep after crossing off a potential major problem from your must-do list:)

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