Get help and advice about white goods appliances by a UK engineer with 40 years experience. Quoted and consulted by journalists and media around the world (Previously Washerhelp)
Gain useful knowledge on white goods appliances. Find out about dangerous appliances that you, or your family, may have in your homes. Hundreds of regularly updated articles, carefully built up since the year 2000
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Appliance Repairs
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Appliance Safety
Look after your home & family. Faulty appliances cause many fires, but they rarely get reported.
Learn about vital safety notices, and risks & dangers related to all your white goods appliances – Appliance safety
Consumer Advice
Advice & help on UK consumer rights issues related to white goods appliances.
Your rights when buying, with faulty appliances, and with bad repairs or service – Consumer section
Using Appliances
Essential advice & helpful tips on using all your white goods appliances.
Learn how to use them more efficiently, and how to save time & money. I guarantee you will learn something useful – Using appliances
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There’s been a lot of publicity in the media about the EU Directive giving consumers a right to repair white goods appliances. As someone with over 45 … - How to Remove & Replace Drum Paddle
Inside a washing machine drum there are three paddles. They are usually (though not always) made of plastic, and they sometimes break or come loose. Their job … - Freezer Drawer Broken
The plastic drawers inside a freezer or fridge freezer often break. It doesn’t help that they are made of fairly thin plastic, which is extra brittle due … - Colour Catchers Can Block Washing Machine Pumps
If you use colour catcher sheets (or colour and dirt collector sheets) in your washing machine drum you need to be aware that they can cause your … - Can’t Get Drum Bearings Out
This article is part of my Washing machine repair question archives. Carefully selected topics from Washerhelp’s Forums are abridged into an easier to read article. Drum Bearing … - Time remaining display not accurate
The time remaining display on a washing machine, dishwasher or tumble dryer is very useful. However, it’s not always accurate. Sometimes it appears to jump back and … - Cleaned pump filter now it leaks
It’s remarkable how many times someone has contacted me to say that they have cleaned the pump filter on their washing machine and now it is leaking. …
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Indesit washer Dryer caught fire Model No: XWDE 861480X Purchased 2019 – No warranty What are my rights, if any?