The washing machine broke itself
28 April 2007
Last week I woke to find the washing machine door had broken overnight. The glass was smashed and fell to the floor as I opened it to put the first load from the washing mountain that appears each day. No one knows how it happened, so I assume it was self inflicted by a machine that could take no more of my childrens’ clothing!
The machine was many years old and had had a good innings as they say, but I wasn’t ready for its demise just yet! I had washing to do for goodness sake and my blood pressure was rising at the thought of a few days without a fully functioning washing machine, so after the school run I began my research on my next purchase.
For the first time in a long time I found myself actually having to buy from a shop rather than on line simply because it would’ve meant waiting for a few days to get the machine delivered. If I had the luxury of time I’d have bought on line, which in a lot of cases is cheaper than buying in store and would’ve avoided Jim and I struggling to remove and dispose of the old one. Goodness, those things are heavy!
We settled on a Hotpoint Aquarius WF541G similar to this one and to be honest the old one breaking as it did was a bit of a godsend as this has a 6kg drum rather than 5kg like the old machine. It makes an enormous difference and to be honest I’m wondering if I should’ve got a 7kg drum! I know our old one was about 10 years old, but this machine is quieter and seems more effective.
Now how do I get the tumble dryer to ‘die’, so that I can get one to match the washer?
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