In a sudden mood of domesticity, I have now re-ordered my dishwasher from the handy little electrical goods shop around the corner - it will cost about £30 more than Currys had quoted, but should be with me in a fortnight. Currys took two months to tell me nothing, so I cancelled the order with them.
Now I just need to get a washing machine and the kitchen will be complete. Do any of you domestic gods and goddesses out there have any advice regarding washing machines? Are washer/dryers more trouble than they're worth? What should I be looking out for? What should I avoid? Are any of you subscribers to Which? [grin] All I know is that I'd like something in silver, to match the other appliances ...
Now I just need to get a washing machine and the kitchen will be complete. Do any of you domestic gods and goddesses out there have any advice regarding washing machines? Are washer/dryers more trouble than they're worth? What should I be looking out for? What should I avoid? Are any of you subscribers to Which? [grin] All I know is that I'd like something in silver, to match the other appliances ...
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Anyway,I've had expensive ones,that were always going wrong,so now,like my hoovers,at which I get through at the speed of lightening,I just get the cheapest..mines a Candy..basic and very good,but I doubt they make them in silver.
Most people only use a couple of programmes,so no need for all the fancy stuff.
Good luck!
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a) let it try to dry a full wash which takes longer and which might conceivably break the dryer eventually
b) wash half loads and let them dry, thus taking much longer
c) wash a full load and take half of it out to let the other half dry which is frankly a faff.
Given that mine is a rented machine, I'm going for a) on the grounds that if it breaks, they'll come fix it.
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We were hoping to get one of the Zanussi compact dishwashers (the ones that sit on the bench), but our kitchen's too small even for one of those :-/
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i've just bought a AEG washer, £350 from john lewis. my last one was AEG too & they seem to be pretty resilient machines. variable spin (600/1000/1200rpm) & even the 600 setting gets things most of the water out.
it's terribly '70s but i have one of those collapsible washing line things, a box that attaches to the wall & you pull out a bar with 5 or so lines attached to it that attaches to the opposite wall. it sits high up above the radiator/kitchen table in my kitchen & fits most of a load of washing. it means that i can hang up the washing & forget about it until i have time to put it away. you don't have room in the kitchen for something like that but what about the study? much, much better than airers that always get in the way of everything.
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http://www.whitebox.co.uk were really usefull both for tracking down / comparing machine options [yes - you can filter by colour - I did!] and for the actual purchase - they were quicker and cheaper than my neigbourhood shop by a long way.
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