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Re: indesit electrical fault
I see then that Indesit are no more helpful now than they were when I was selling their stock, and it’s been over 11 years since I left that job 😥
Re: Slimline top-loaders
Hi Ken
So what’s on the opposite side to the drum from where the belt pully is?
Re: Slimline top-loaders
Hi Ken
The advantage (for me) is the ability to drop things in from above. That’s a huge help. I always thought that as the drum had a bearing each side (unlike the front loaders) it made them more stable (and certainly slimmer).
The Hoover model I had was fantastic. So I take it then that all will perform in the same way, more or less?
Thanks
Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
Martin wrote:……..but in truth we in the trade revel in the publics ignorance as it generates the vast majority avoidable breakdowns, so mustn’t complain. 😉
This is of course the other side of it 😀 If it were not for poor housekeeping, I’d be out of a job too :boops:
Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
Ken, I could love you. *joke* Seriously though, there is nothing you have just said which I think can be argued with at all.
Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
Simps…there are plenty of nurses in Asda round here (there’s a megastore not far from the main hospital :eeek: )
I totally dispute the modern day urban myth that homes are too clean. That’s wishful thinking, and make no mistake.
As for the bags…the fully soluble ones are cost prohibitive for me, but the other type worked out to 5p a bag, which is a cost I can well absorb, if it made life easier.
Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
spimps….i had never ever heard of soluble bags! I have found one which has a soluble strip that dissolves in the wash and releases the contents. The bag then stays in the wash until the end. If this works, this could be an absolute miracle in the job I do. My worry is, will the bag get lost in the wash?
Here’s the link:
Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
Hey Simps! I like your logic. You mention hospitals…my partner has been a nurse for many years, rising up to ward management. I am fastidious about his uniforms, to the point of practically burning them after each use. :rotfl: Seriously though, there is evidence which suggests that it is acceptable for nurses and healthcare staff to travel to & from work in uniform…who am I to argue with that? But you know what *whispers now*, I don’t like the idea one iota.
My partner is very clean…gawd knows who he got that from as his mothers housekeeping leaves much to be desired. I also clean the home of a mature lady who is a practice nurse and who I swear cleans everywhere before I go in to do a fortnightly ‘deep’ clean…like me, she washes at 60C a lot…and like me, she’s gone through a few washing machines in the eight+ years I have been working for her. She gets about 5 years at a go, it seems.
But I know of other nurses who were a tad grubby to say the least…I dread to think how their uniforms are laundered.
I have to say though, I am not ready for auto dispensing yet! 😆 I can manage well doing only (?) 1 – 3 loads a day.
Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
LOL :rotfl:
On the subject of laundry, there is a school of thought which says that underware should never be washed with other items, if using a quick and/or low temperature wash.
Do I separate laundry? Only whites from colours. That’s all. But I can see the argument for keeping the undies separate if not washing ‘properly’.
I also think it’s important for bed-linen and towels to be washed hot when people have health issues with their skin and eyes.
Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
keepitsimple wrote:
busybr wrote:
I cannot comment on that last point…disgusting as it is, my dogs are no strangers to my boudoir. :boops: In my defense, my dogs are of a breed where they don’t lose a single hair. I couldn’t have dog hairs in my bedroom :eeek:Well…provided they never have any residues from widdle, poo, slobber or have uninvited little visitors, you’ll be OK then 😆
Thank you very much. Well YOU can explain to my pair of 4-leggers why they didn’t get to share my bed this coming Sunday morning 😀
Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
I cannot comment on that last point…disgusting as it is, my dogs are no strangers to my boudoir. :boops: In my defense, my dogs are of a breed where they don’t lose a single hair. I couldn’t have dog hairs in my bedroom :eeek:
Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
Hi again
Yes, 60C is good for most washing, including killing off MRSA. I don’t dispute the claims by P&G but I think maybe I didn’t make it clearer what I meant – sorry. I mean that the instructions would need to be followed to the letter to get the level of ‘hygene’ which is being claimed. My response to that is using 60C would see to all that anyway. But someone like P&G whose core business relies on sales of goods could not afford to say that hotter water does the same, and as you suggest, not all fabrics could stand a 60C wash (though I must say a lot seem to be far more robust that we think – trial and error has proven that to me
)As for other peoples washing being dirty, I agree with all the possibilities you mention. However, having seen what people do in their homes, I think the bulk of the problem is that washing is damp and bacteria ridden before it’s even washed (as you suggested) and then it’s put into a dirty washing machine (dirty as a result of the next bit) then washed at low temperatures for a very short time. Add to this the fact that the machines are filled to capacity as well. :rolls:
The clothes must be teaming with bacteria by then, and are left to fester in the washing machine, until such time they are draped over rails and clothes horses, thus allowing the bacteria to flourish further. I have three ironing boards in my home; only one of them is for my laundry. The rest are for other peoples laundry. I couldn’t bear the idea of my laundry on a stinky ironing board.
Personally, I cannot see the point in having a nice hot shower and then drying off on a bacteria laden towel. Some ‘freshly washed’ towels stink like a school gym changing room. You’d not get me near them.
A basic understanding of the principles of how things work in the home has all but died with the generations of people who knew about it, and knew how to run a home. I’ve lost count of the people who have said “my laundry isn’t really what you’d call dirty” and “I mean we only sleep in the sheets, that’s all”. Ok… :rolls:
Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
Hi there keepitsimple! Thanks for the suggestion of Ariel. I will look into that further. On the surface it sounds OK, but that I would have to follow it to the letter. Whereas a 60C would kill off what I need to, end of story. I could of course be cynical and say that P&G just want to sell more powder 😆 I am very frugal with the dosage of powders.
I have to say that I am dubious of many claims made by manufacturers as so often I feel they have been, well, dare I say it, wrong. I think I am just old-school at heart. But if I was to believe that washing detergents can work well in cold water or at 15C (even on a quick-wash :rolls: ) then why oh why is it that when I am ironing for people their laundry stinks to high heaven of damp, of B.O., of their perfumes, and of residue detergents.
My own washing never ever smells like that, but then I use long wash cycles and higher temperatures. Needless to say that when I’ve done laundry for clients, the comments have been along the lines of “My bed linen never smells so fresh as when you’ve done it”. 😆
Re: bleckmann or thermowatt
Well, I go along with what you say Martin, but only if there is a good supply of hot water “on tap” (no pun intended). Personally, being shower-never-a-bath kind of guy, I’ve never been one for using immersion cylinders, and indeed most of my homes have had combi-boilers. So even in the days of H&C fill machines, I always used mine on a Y-peice from the cold water. Even with combi boilers, the washers have inexplicably been such a long way from the boiler to make using hot water a viable option. But if hot water is there to be had, I think you’re right.
