Replacing A Drum Paddle In recent times, as manufacturers move to cheaper and cheaper ways to produce a washing machine one of the things that seems to have suffered through cost cutting is washing machine drum paddles or drum lifters that now seem to break more than ever before. It i…
Category: Appliance Self Repair
Repair Your Own Appliance
Can you diagnose the problem and fix your own washing machine, dishwasher, tumble dryer, cooker or fridge freezer?
In this section we explain the top problems with domestic appliances, how they work and often how to go about diagnosing the fault and curing it, what spare part you might need and advice on how to avoid common appliance problems and maintain your appliances so they work better and last longer.
For any information that you cannot find please use our appliance help and support forums or should you not see an article that you think should be in this section then please feel free to email a request to us on admin@ukwhitegoods.co.uk and we will do our best to accommodate your requirements.
How To Replace A Washing Machine Door Lock
Replacing A Door Lock To replace a washing machine door lock is fairly straightforward and most people with some time and common sense will be able to do this without too much trouble in most cases. It is worth pointing out that not all washing machines are the same and that the proce…
How To Repair A Washing Machine
How To Fix Your Washing Machine In order to repair your own washing machine you must have some detective skills, common sense, patience and some electro-mechanical knowledge. If none of these apply to you then please call in a professional repairer as you are likely to injure yourself…
Tumble Dryer Fire Risks
Tumble Dryer Fire Risks Every now and again we see in the news or we get called to a tumble dryer that has gone on fire and, like most instances where there is acrid smoke, flames or even a whiff of danger to life it is taken very seriously indeed. Often the results are, for want of a…
Hotpoint, Indesit And Ariston Washing Machines Flashing Lights
We receive loads of enquiries in the washing machine forum about washing machines from Ariston, Indesit and Hotpoint where the reported problem is that the control dial on the washing machine just turns around and around, lights, lamps or an LED will flash but the washing machine will sit an…
AEG Built In Ovens Cutting Out
There are several Competence range AEG ovens as well as a number of Electrolux branded built in oven and cooker models that all use a little thermostat, marked as a “ZN Limitor” controls the cooling fan on the oven models listed below. When the limit thermostat goes faulty the cooling fan will no…
Mould Lumps In A Washing Machine
Mould In Washing Machines Lately we have been receiving more and more reports of lumps of mould, slime, gunk or grime being deposited on laundry inside washing machines. In this article we will try to explain some reasons that we suspect this is on the increase, how to solve the probl…
Dishwasher Detergent
Dishwasher Tablets This is much the same as for washing machines but please, if you use tablets, make sure you us a full program and not an economy one as you may not fully dissolve the tablet on some economy programs as they are too short. This is a waste of your money, not to mentio…
Dishwashers Backfilling
Dishwasher Filling With Waste Water This is probably one of the most common complaints that we hear, the machine fills with water when it fills when switched off or fills with dirty water, we will explain what’s going on. To frame the perspective of this article I will explain a bit a…
Gas Appliances
Gas Cooking Gas appliances can be an extreme hazard and it is strongly inadvisable to attempt repairs yourself, please call a Gas Safe registered repairer. If you are even vaguely hesitant about gas and cannot do a drop test DO NOT INTERFERE WITH IT! I cannot stress enough that s…