Washing Machines And Limescale Forget the expensive cleaning stuff, here’s how to keep your machine limescale free for nothing If you are to believe the TV advertising for the likes of Calgon you would be drawn to the conclusion that limescale is a terrible thing that will dest…
Category: Cleaning And Maintenance
Appliance Care & Cleaning
Many issues and problems that people have with appliances, especially washing machines and dishwashers, can often be solved just by simply taking care your kitchen appliances and carrying out regular maintenance and cleaning.
Here we explain the best ways to do that and how to avoid problems like bad smells, odours, dirt, mould, residues and a host of useful information and tips to keep your appliances in tip top condition and save yourself loads of time and money.
Many problems that you can be easily resolve yourself without an engineer’s help.
Cleaning Ceramic Hobs
Caring For Your Ceramic Glass Hob Cleaning ceramic hob tops without causing damage so they last longer and look better Most people think that a ceramic (or vitro-ceramic) hob is just a big hunk of glass and, to an extent that’s probably true, but it’s a very expensive big hunk of gl…
Smelly Dishwasher
Bad Smells From A Dishwasher If your dishwasher stinks, here’s the causes and how to solve the problem If there are malicious odours from the dishwasher at the end of the cycle then here are the main causes of it. This will most likely be particularly noticeable if the door is …
Cleaning Ovens And Cookers
Caring For And Cleaning Your Oven How to clean your oven or cooker and not damage it We often get asked on the best way to keep your oven clean and, quite often, we get asked about the best products to use to do this. As many of us have been involved in refurbishing appliances we know…
Washing Machine Maintenance Wash
Washing Machine Maintenance Wash Save money, make your machine last longer and stop smells… just follow the instructions here You will often see the maintenance wash referred to on UK Whitegoods in various articles as well as within the forums. This article details exactly wh…
Washing Machine Door Seal Mildew
Black Marks & Mildew On Door Seals The causes of mildew and marks on door gaskets and how to solve it This, as shown in an extreme example in the photograph to the right, is caused by a bacteriological build-up in your machine due to poor cleaning. It really is that simple and, …
Dishwasher Detergent Tablets
Dishwasher Tablets Are Not Brilliant Why we recommend you do not use hard tablets in your dishwasher In recent times we’ve received scores of comments and complaints about dishwasher tablets and the fact that sometimes they don’t dissolve properly hopefully we can unravel some of th…
Whiter Whites And Brighter Colours – All About Detergents
How To Use Detergents Correctly Why you’re probably using it wrongly getting poor results and wasting money We know, we hear it all the time on TV in some thirty second adverts that one detergent is better than another and it’s a battle slugged out for hearts and minds by the m…
Smelly Washing Machines
Smelly Washing Machine What causes smelly washing machines, the solutions and how to stop it from stinking TL;DR Almost always a result of low temperature washes with non-bleach containing detergents, leading to a buildup of biofilm You need to wash at the correct temperatures Proper…
Smelly Fridges
Bad Smells From a Fridge The causes of smells in fridges and how to solve the problem Cleaning a fridge or a fridge freezer is not as simple a chore as it sounds, especially if it has involved a spillage of some kind. We get a lot of calls over the course of the year that there is a r…