After installing a cold-fill-only washing machine, most households no longer use the old hot water tap. Millions of these taps are effectively abandoned, with no water flowing through them for years. Did you know this could potentially create a health […]
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Can you install a new gas cooker yourself, or do you need to pay for a Gas Safe engineer? And is it safe to disconnect a cooker (with a bayonet fitting) to clean behind it and reconnect it yourself? The
This page contains photos of broken and shattered washing machine door glass, sent to me by affected users. It also contains a total of how many broken glass reports I’ve personally received, and from which brand of washing machine. For
Ideally yes you should turn off certain appliances at the socket when not in use. If the wall socket doesn’t have an on off switch it would need to be unplugged instead. Electricity still runs inside an appliance even if
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This is part 2 of a series of articles about the dangers of modern white goods appliances and how you can improve appliance safety in your home. Read part 1 first (How dangerous are our appliances?) for a full understanding
White goods appliances come with an inherent risk. We do not need to increase this risk. Bad design, poor quality, user misuse and complacency all increase this risk unnecessarily. If you haven’t experienced any incidents or know someone who has,