Integrated Refrigeration It’s easy to go wrong when installing integrated refrigeration and if you do then you may well have problems It is staggering how many integrated fridge, integrated freezers and integrated fridge freezers that we come across that are not installed correctly. I…
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.
Spare Parts Availability And The Law
Spares Availability How long spare parts legally have to be available… or not! For the sake of completeness and to make this article easy to find we have replicated the content from the spare parts advice section to consumer help as there is a crossover between the two areas. Often …
Commercial Use Of Domestic Appliances
Commercial Use If you are using a domestic appliance at a business, you better read this! We often come across people who require a repair to an appliance where the appliance is on commercial property and the fault not covered under warranty. This can lead to a debate with the …
Objects Causing Damage To Washing Machine Drums
Impact Damage Oops, things in washing machines that should never be in there and the damage caused It is very common that foreign objects, as they are known in the industry as, can and do cause damage to washing machine inner drums and outer tanks and this is almost invariably not cov…
Choosing An Appliance Installation Location
Installation Advice Our general advice on where and where you cannot install domestic appliances It is very common for people not in the industry to fail to understand that, contrary to popular belief, that large home appliances such as especially washing machines, fridge freezers, tu…
Buying A Second Hand Washing Machine
Used Washing Machines A used washing machine might seem like a good way to save money but is it? Quite often we will see people looking to buy a second hand washing machine or another appliance from the likes of Ebay, Gumtree and so on that has been listed as a private sale and…
Direct Drive Versus Indirect Drive Washing Machines
Is Direct Drive Better Are you being swayed by the pitch for a direct drive washing machine, we explain what it is We often get asked about direct drive by people most often in relation to why or whether another washing machine is or is not a direct drive model which usually en…
Are Washing Machine Load Size Ratings The Truth
Washing Machine Load Sizes Why the load capacity you think you’re buying might not be the capacity you’re getting We often get people looking for the largest capacity load that they can get in a washing machine with the impression that washing larger loads saves more money as m…
Not Covered By Warranty
What Is And Not Covered By Warranty Basic guidance on what you will normally find is and isn’t covered by your warranty How often have we heard that or something similar from a customer? Too often and the sad thing is that the vast majority of customers simply do not understand that t…
How Much Should A Washing Machine Cost?
Are Machines Too Cheap We explain why we think that washing machines are stunningly cheap these days People will often look at a washing machine and simply think that they are all the same, they all do the same thing and that they all cost roughly the same. Usually, when asked,…