Category: Appliance Service

Quotes for disconnecting an old dishwasher and installing a new one ranged from £10 in the Midlands to £90 in south-east England. Hourly rates ranged from £9 in Wales to £130 in the South-East.

Users of a highly innovative, labour-saving pipe cutting tool from Kopex, Pipeslice, are now able to obtain sets of spare blades in handy, easily stored cases. Winner of the Corgi ‘Special Award for Innovation’ at 2005’s ‘Gas Oscars’, Pipeslice cuts through copper pipe with a twist of the wrist, …

Featuring over 90 exhibitors from 16 countries, the show is billed as the region’s ‘most wired home technology event’ and is set for the World Trade Centre in Dubai between 15 – 17 May. Organised by global exhibition organisers Messe Frankfurt, the growth in this year’s show can apparently be att…

In line with our growth in the white goods repair business, repaircare.net require a White-goods Technical &Training Support Manager. The successful applicant must have a proven record in “˜multi-brand white-goods’ repairs along with the drive and enthusiasm to make our company the best…

The kitchen has always been the center of the home — the place where families gather to eat, talk about their days and work on projects. But some worry that technology may threaten that convergence, dispersing family members within the home by sending Mom and Dad to a home office to do work or e…

Just a reminder that the AMDEA trade show kicks off a week on Sunday at the NEC in Birmingham. Of course we’ll be reporting back from the event in due course as a there are a few UKW members attending the show on the Sunday. Full information from AMDEA is as follows:-

The service division of Connect Distribution Services Ltd will now operate under the new brand of repaircare…

The number of major home appliances using inverter-based, variable-speed control solutions is forecast to multiply four-fold between 2003 and 2008, according to a recent report from IMS Research. The report reveals that the electronic content of major home appliances is set to rise sharply over t…

UK Whitegoods has again been approached to look for agents in specific areas of the UK across all wet and cooking products including natural and LPG gas fired appliances. The particular problem areas are detailed on the following map although agents may well be required in other areas not detaile…

Millions of householders across England and Wales face hefty fines if they continue to call in favours from handy “DIY Dads”. A new law, effective from 1st January 2005, will require all significant electrical work carried out in the home to be undertaken by a qualified electrician or checked b…