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I spent most of the morning waiting for a repair man for the washing machine...
It is rather annoying that when you book a repairman to come you get a 'window' from "8am till 12 noon" or from "12 noon till 5 pm". So much wasted time!!!
Anyway, the problem with the machine started 11 days ago when it wouldn't spin and it didn't seem to rinse either. This is serious - the machine is in use at least once a day!
The machine is 4 years old and in this part of the country that is normal time for a machine to need replacing as we have so much hard water (limescale) which destroys washing machines/dishwasher/kettles etc. Bearing this in mind, I decided to be a little savvy and took out an extended warranty on the machine two years ago so all this repair work is covered until next year. The policy also states that if they can't repair it, we get a new machine...
Win, win, I'd say.
Although I reported it immediately, it took the first repair man 6 days to come and he said 'it is the pump that was faulty' and changed it. However, the first wash proved that it wasn't the pump...
It still didn't spin nor rinse.
So, today - 5 days later the second repair man came out and said 'it is the heating element' which he changed. Fingers crossed - it seems to be working.
However, I got the distinct impression the repair men were more eager to try to repair it than to replace it since that would be at a higher cost to the insurance company they are working for...Although, it would have been nice to get a new machine, I don't see the point of throwing away a perfectly good machine if it can be repaired so hopefully by changing the pump (probably wasn't necessary) and the heating element the machine has got 'a new lease of life' for perhaps another 4 years...
But it makes me think how many machines might get thrown away because people think the parts can't be replaced and the manufacturers want to sell you a new machine...
I now have to tackle a 'mountain' of dirty clothes - 11 days worth....!
It says something about the amount of clothes one has since we have managed without
a washing machine for so long...
En vaskemaskin skal jo ha sin levetid - men alt hvordan den brukes av flittighet osv? Ikke så lett å vite om man får en ærlig side av en servicemann heller. Vel, lykke til etterhvert med klesvasken....haugen.. For det blir fort mye skittentøy !
ReplyDeleteJa, det er frustrerende når ting ikke funker og særlig vaskemaskin, oppvaskmaskin er enklere å erstatte med håndvask for en stund..Lykke til i alle fall. Jeg kommenterte Pinnsvinets eleganse på innlegget under her tidligere i dag. Ønsker dere en god og fin kveld.
ReplyDeleteTakk for hyggelig hilsen:)) Så fiiin blogg du har!
ReplyDeleteHa en strålende dag! Lykke til med vasken;)
KLEM KLEM
Anette:)
Vi klarte oss uten vaskemaskin i et halvt år, men med fellesvaskeri i nabogården og gode venner som lot oss låne vaskemaskin når vi var på besøk, gjorde at det gikk greit. Men olabukser gikk ikke i vasken etter 2 dagers bruk da! Lærer seg å leve med det :) Men det var utrolig deilig når vi endelig fikk vaskemaskin i hus!
ReplyDeleteKrysser fingrene for at din holder!
Catje
Takk for kommentarer hos meg :) Så fin blogg du har her! Lykke til med klesvasken... (vaske er greit. det er verre med å skulle ta vare på alt etterpå.... gosh!)
ReplyDeleteHuff en vaskemaskin må bare fungere, merker det fort når den er ute av drift;)..og 4 år er ikke mye, her lever de til over 10 år, så jeg håper det ordner seg for deg.
ReplyDeleteHa ei god helg og lykke til med reparasjonen;)
Klem fra meg;)
Jeg har fortsatt Brita vannkokeren min fra England men jeg bruker den aldri her i Norge. Lykke til med vaskemaskinen!
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