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Washing machines!!!!

O washing machines are a sticking point in our cottage. .. It stopped taking water a few years ago .. So made a hose and funnel contraption that would fit in the washing powder draw .. So you have to stand with the water going in .. It can do the rest .. When it gets to the rinse it works fine .. Keep saying to her in doors we will by a new machine .. She says it's only 15 years old .. There's lots of life left in it yet ... Just pleased she doesn't give up on old broken things or I would have been out years ago

Hope your wife feels better soon and keep up the good work
 
Best oven I got wasn't one... But two single ovens one above the other... But the top oven has a roll under door to gain full access to both ovens, no trouble. They both have grills etc and full functionality.. Best bit is that the top oven if you get a supposed "double oven" is only 1/2 size and I just used to use as a grill or plate warmer...

I love my two single ovens, one on top of the other...well recommended..


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When being put in..... But two full size ovens... The best ever.. Best purchase ever made!!


Loving life
 
Andy, I am horrified at your post. Just wait till @pip comes back off holiday! We shall take your dinner money again and with the proceeds send flowers and choccies to @brett better half!
Mr scandi says that mrs Brett's timing is poor as Brett is missing out on lots of the sport! Mr scandi is now in the dog house - lol!
Hope your wife gets better soon!
 
Squires a poet
But doesn't know it!
 
My husband too is having to do a lot as I'm currently "broken" as my grandchildren say. I have sciatica down my left leg and torn ligaments in my shoulders.
How you set up a washer depends on its particular programming, but there is a "universal" programme if your machine can do it. Wash everything at 30 deg. C and don't spin faster than 1200 RPM. That will clean anything without damage. If you also use a non-bio powder or liquid for wool and silk and a bio for cottons and synthertics, you'll be fine. Then sort your wash by colour. ie. red/pink together. black/navy together. Whites alone. mid blues with greens. Just think what would happen if the colours ran together.
Hana
 
It looks to me like the ancient Egyptians had similar washing instructions to us.
I feel your pain.

 
Drying the clothes is fairly straight forward.
Look for the two rollers with a large handle on the side.
This is called the mangle.
You scrunch the clothes through it by slowly t ... it's good exercise too ....
 
Washing in this house is OHs responsibility. The washing machine is in the cellar, along with the cats (semi feral) and the mice which they are supposed to catch. I don't go there.
 
I found the solution to washing machine use. Find a cool wash and sort clothes by colour and wash each category on a cool wash and haven't had any problems. Wife laughs at me, but I point out that I can program the the TV and Sky box, which she has issues with. Live and let live I suppose.
 
Brett I hope your wife is fully better soon. You are being a very brave soldier taking on the washing machine while she recovers.


Recently had to get a new machine. Old one was washing fine but not spinning. If I took everything out and put it back in it would then spin ok. Eventually even this didn't work. The machine was only three and a half years old and cost €600. Rang the store I bought it from to get a repair guy out. He told me that my brand of machine had a fault with the bearings and that most of them over 2 years old were causing problems. The company was claiming full responsibility and thankfully the store replaced my machine at no cost. Went with a different brand just to be safe!

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