Dryer Buying Advice Our guide to things to think about when shopping for a new tumble dryer For the most part tumble dryers are desperately simple devices, you have some thermostats, a heater, a drum, a motor, a timer and some other bits and bobs to make it all hang together. B…
Category: Buying Guides And Help
Appliance Buying Advice
This area of our site gives you extensive knowledge about choosing and buying new domestic appliances including washing machines, tumble dryers, dishwashers, fridge freezers, cookers, ovens and more.
If you need help picking the best washing machine or any other appliance these guides are designed to help you do just that and learn about what to look for and what to avoid. And some, you really should avoid!
You will find a section for each of the major appliance groups and buying guides and help for each within each section. However before you buy please look up the brand/s you are looking at in our manufacturer section to find out what you are really buying and from who as many are own label brands.
If you still need more help please use the forums to ask the expert people in the trade for their opinion.
Should you not see an article that you think should be in this section then please feel free to email a request to us on admin@ukwhitegoods.co.uk and we will do our best to accommodate your requirements.
Fridges And Freezers In Garages Or Low Temperatures
Refrigeration In Low Ambient The short answer is you can’t install refrigeration to unheated areas, for more in-depth and why read on The first thing that you have to realise before deciding to buy a new refrigerator, freezer or fridge freezer is that they are not all equal, there are…
Washing Machine Load Sizes
Washing Machine Load Capacity Loads of people think buying the biggest capacity they can is a good thing but, maybe it isn’t There’s really only three ways that most washing machine manufacturers have attempted to woo people into buying their brand or products, price (obviously…
Appliance Environmental Issues
Appliance Energy Labelling Over the years we’ve spoken to many an environmentalist who were, for the most part, normal consumers with a strong interest and desire to minimise their footprint of environmental damage caused. Of course this includes the obvious things, like being s…
Washing Machine And Washer Dryer Child Safety
Cost Cutting = Less Safety An article by a concerned trade member Several years ago I tried to start an awareness campaign to bring to light a serious and dangerous flaw in washing machine manufacture in Europe. Cost cutting in manufacture brought about a very unsafe situation with the majority o…
Domestic Appliance Extended Warranties
Extended Warranties Are they any good and should you pay for one? It is not unusual, as a service agent, to be asked if an extended warranty is any good or if you should buy one or not for a particular product and here we want to point out the good and bad from our perspective having …
Installing a Washing Machine Or Washer Dryer
Install A Washing Machine More help and advice on how to install washing machines correctly We often get asked about the installation of washing machines and we often get many calls inside the first two weeks or so of ownership that are purely installation issues and not faults. Hopef…
Domestic Appliance Energy Labels: What Do They Mean?
Energy Labels Explained We try to remove some of the mystery about energy labels and expose some stuff The European ECO labels seem simple enough and, used correctly, we suppose that they are in some ways but they are, or can also be, very confusing for people as well as they a…
Principals Of An Oven
Understanding Ovens Better understanding of how ovens work may well help you choose the right oven for you One of the things we get a lot of as a repairer is complaints about poor cooking results from certain ovens, in particular gas ovens seem to be a problem for some customers espec…
Using Appliances In Outbuildings
Appliances In Unheated Areas This is a bad idea, often a very bad idea and even dangerous! We explain why and how to avoid a visit from the fire brigade Electrical safety is often overlooked when someone installs a machine in a garage or garden shed. This type of environment is totall…