About 3 months ago, her machine started to throw itself around the kitchen. I guessed at falling off weights as it's a pig to remove it and left it alone. Having listened to her noises getting louder, I decided to take the easy way out and buy a new hot and cold fill machine. Sounds easy but it has taken weeks to find a couple. Today for entertainment value I decided to try the local retailers as a source. The first, a small local man, told me they don't exist any more and he knows because the EU has banned them. I quickly enlightened him that he is incompetent in my best Victor Meldrew manner. The next call was Currys, who proudly announced that they only sell cold fill machines as they are more efficient and that mould growth in cold washing machines is a problem that customers can live with. The third call was the local Argos, who very nicely checked with their customer services that they did not for some reason sell hot and cold fill machines. Before I go on line and buy the Statesman machine, does anyone know if any of the major manufacturers offer such a machine? I even idly considered rebuilding the 10 year old machine, before common sense crept in! ie, new bearings,seals, springs and timer.
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8 years ago