Tips for doing your
own home maintenance and repair
Tips on Taking Care of Your Washing Machine.
I just love modern conveniences. Consider
the modern washing machine for fabrics. Gone are the days when we had to
take our basket of clothes to the creek to scrub the dirt on rocks rinsing
by hand. Or how about scrubbing them in the sink at home and then running
them through the old hand ringer. Ok I bet none of us have ever hand scrub
our clothes on a rock.
Modern conveniences are wonderful, but with
those marvels come moving parts that can and will plug, and break.
Here are some tips for caring for your
washing machine.
- Never over load can the washing machine, too much
weight throw it out of balance forever.
- Pay attention when you put the soap in, more is
not always better.
- The knobs are fragile and should not just be spun
with the force of an ape. You can damage the timer which is often the
most expensive part or break the plastic dial off.
- Do run the machine empty with hot water and a
quarter cup of baking soda to help clean the inside of the drum. Run the
machine on and extra rinse to get all the baking soda out.
- Here’s a tip that should be really useful. You may
have notice that your washing machine fills slower in cold than it used
to it just seems to have gotten slower over time. Where the water hose
connections attach on the unit on the line marked cold there is a filter
in the hose and over time the filter gets plugged.
- Locate the cold water hose and turn off the
valve.
- Remove the hose from the back of the washing
machine (have a bucket to catch the water left in the hose.
- Look in the hole on the washing machine.
- Using a pair of tweezers remove the cone
shaped filter.
- Take the filter to the sink and rinse until it
is clear.
- Put it back together the way it came a part.
- Turn the washer on in cold and notice how the
pressure picks up. You will need to clean that filter out every so
often.
There are some tasks when it comes to keeping your
washing machine repair you may need an appliance guy for be sure to get a
reputable guy recommended by the dealer.
As a bonus here are some tips for your
dryer.
- Do not over load the machine.
- Do clean out the lint trap the unit has to
breathe.
- Do check the hose for the vent to make sure it is
clear and venting correctly.
