Washing Machine Fault Finding Washing machine and washer dryer timers, control PCB’s or electronic control units are, very often, ASSUMED to be faulty when in fact this is not the case. All too often we see people assuming that the controller has a problem when, in fact, the fault is …
Category: Appliance Help And Advice
Advice to help you to repair your own appliances like washing machines, dishwashers, tumble dryers, fridges and more and also to maintain them to help them last longer and perform better.
The information here can help you buy smarter and better as well as care for, maintain and repair your own domestic appliances.
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Returning Spare Parts
Returning Spare Parts Should you buy a spare part and find that you do not need it this describes the process to return the part and the conditions under which they are accepted for return in plain English. Much of this article will also apply most any other appliance spare part suppl…
Gas Hob Spare Parts Identification Help
Identifying Gas Hob Parts There are of course many different types of gas hob that utilise many different ways of, more or less, doing the same thing but, what we show you below is a typical blow-out diagram of a typical four burner gas hob to sow you all the different spare parts on …
Cooker And Oven Control Knobs
Control Knobs Cooker and oven knobs are a bit odd in many ways as there are a multitude of different colours, sizes, fittings and general styles. Because of this there are very few that are generic and will fit any old appliance, in fact, there’s really none that can. What we tend to …
Cooker Hood Grease And Carbon Filters
Cooker Hood Filters There are, in the main, two filters fitted to a cooker hood when they are new, a grease filter and a carbon or charcoal filter. We’ll look at both separately in a minute and explain more about them, but first of all it is important to understand that not all hoods …
Washing Machine Carbon Brushes
Washing Machine Motor Brushes If you’ve diagnosed that your washing machine or washer dryer carbon brushes (some people mistakenly call them bushes for some reason) you will be looking to source a set replacement carbons as cheap as possible. We will assume that you have also read our…
Fridge And Freezer Plastic Spare Parts
Bottle Storage Shelf, Salad Tray, Flap, Basket And More Those parts inside fridges and freezers that break like the bottle shelf, storage bits and bobs or basket fronts and flaps These parts are, for us, a nightmare to try to stock, and the reason is very simple: there are thousands o…
Fridge And Freezer Thermostats
Fridge & Freezer Thermostats On older fridge and freezer units as well as many low-tech or older units you will find that they operate by way of a pretty simple device that is known as a thermostat. This is much like most thermostats in that it will generally, in any refrigerator or fr…
Fridge Freezer Water Filters
Fridge Water Filters You can jump straight to the fridge water filter section of the shop from this link! Most people will think that a water filter for their American fridge freezer is a standard thing and that they’re all the same really, the only difference is the price…
Cooker And Oven Door Hinges
Oven Door Hinges Oven door hinges range in their method of operation quite dramatically, some are easy enough to replace if you are reasonably handy and others can be a bit of a challenge, even for the professional service engineer. We’d therefore say that if you’re not sure or have a…