Dishwasher Baskets The baskets or trays in your dishwasher will ordinarily be merely wire metal affairs that are coated with a plastic type coating to protect them from the heat, water and steam inside your dishwasher and they’re pretty tough things for the most part. Over time …
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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Dishwasher Door Seals
Dishwasher Door Gaskets Dishwasher door seals are a little bit misunderstood so, we’ll try to demystify them a little for you. For most dishwashers there’s two seals or gaskets fitted around the door commonly called the door gaskets. However, they’re fitted to the ca…
Avoid Spare Part Errors
Avoid Common Spare Part Mistakes Every day we deal with spare parts, all day long, that’s what we do. We know how complex it is and how frustrating it can be to find parts or more accurately, to find the correct parts and there are times when even we struggle to identify parts. …
Washing Machine Doors
Washing Machine Doors You wouldn’t think that washing machine doors were much of a problem but they can be as they are often plastic and door handles, catch and trims will often break. The door glass will sometimes go but that’s a whole other debate that has raged for a wh…
Faulty Spare Parts
Spare Part Faults If you buy a spare part, doesn’t really matter where you buy it from being it us or anyone else and you think that the part you got is faulty then in all probability your assumption will probably be incorrect. Spare parts like most products these days (including th…
Bagged Or Bagless Cleaner
Vacuum cleaners is a topic that we don’t really delve that much into here on UKW because to be candid people seem to have decided that they want bagless cleaners and have an unhealthy fascination with watching the dirt off their floors spinning around and around. We don’t. The commerc…
Gas Hob Pan Supports
Pan Support Stands Pans supports or pot stands will normally only be seen fitted to gas hob whether as a built in gas hob or as an integral part of a freestanding gas or duel fuel cooker. Normally they will come for a single gas hob burner or for two, it would be most uncommon to see …
New Part Not The Same As The Old
Spare Parts Change Spare parts can change. A lot. It is far from uncommon to find manufacturers changing spare parts during their life or indeed to extend the availability of a particular part. Or simply to replace one that is no longer produced. It is very important to understand tha…
Changes To Oven Switches
Oven Function Switches The oven function switch that can also be referred to as a commutator switch or changeover switch is the small switch assembly that allows you to choose the various functions of your oven, as in all the different modes that can be used on your particular oven. These switche…
Tumble Dryer Condenser Units
Dryer Condenser Units Condenser dryers also have a condensing unit that needs to be cleaned regularly in addition to the fluff filter. This is a stern warning that we need to emphasise highly: Tumble Dryer Filters Are A Safety Device Not cleaning the filter can create a se…