There are a lot of misconceptions that people have about repairing washing machines and, a lot of mistakes are made so we want to walk you through the basics and general way of approaching and thinking about repairs. This is because it’s quite amazing how many people jump straight to a conclusi…
Category: Washing Machine Repair Guides
Tutorials and guides on how washing machines work, what commonly goes wrong with washing machines and how to repair washing machine problems or breakdown yourself. Most of the top washing machine and washer dryer issues you will find in this section.
The tutorials and guides are designed to help you to diagnose problems with your washing machine and give insight into the diagnostic procedure.
Note that the washing machine tutorials are generic and the exact details may vary from your own washing machine or washer dryer but the general principles will almost always be the same.
Most of the common issues are covered in these repair guides but more specific fault code information may be available in the fault code section.
For addtional help or specific advice if required please use the forums and not the comments section on the guides.
Washing Machine Heating
Washing Machine Not Heating If you think your washing machien isn’t heating the water then read this first We see this problem crop up fairly regularly on the forums and sometimes there is a fault but, often times there’s not. Ordinarily the reported symptoms will be the …
Washing Machine Fire Risks
Washing Machine Fires What is the real risk of a fire in your washing machine? Washing machine fires are more commonplace than many people might think them to be, from what we see in the news wires we’d roughly estimate that there are about one a week, perhaps slightly mo…
Washing Machines Blowing Fuses & Tripping
Washing Machines Tripping If your washing machine trips your electrics it can be any number of things that cause it If your washing machine trips the electrics, trips an RCD (Residual Current Device), fuse or other safety device then there is a number of simple checks that you can do …
Intermittent Leaking On Washing Machines
Occasional Leaking Your washing machine occasionally leaks, here’s what is probably causing that We will quite often come across reports from users of washing machines that will leak on an intermittent basis, especially so on what is known as high capacity front loading washing…
Poor Wash Results From Your Washing Machine
Poor Wash Results Over the past number of years people getting poor wash results or damaged clothing from their washing machine has seemed to have been on the rise and, we think we know why this is. Since the mid 1990’s we have seen an arms race in the washing machine industry over en…
Holes In Clothes: The Main Causes
Holes In Clothes Continuing on from our article on the mechanical reasons a washing machine can cause small holes or tears in clothes we will now explain the by far more common explanations on why this happens. We will demonstrate that very often it is not your washing machine t…
Holes In Clothes: Mechanical Causes
Holes In Clothes We often see reports of washing machines tearing or magically making small holes or tears in people’s clothes but, is it really your washing machine that is to blame for this? The answer is, probably not. Although huge numbers of people will automatically blame their washing mach…
How A Washing Machine Really Works
How Washing Machines Work How a washing machine really works in real world use is key to diagnosing any problems that you might have with your washing machine and in this article we will show you what your washing machine should be doing and when. This will allow you to understa…
Soap Drawer Leaking
Leaking Soap Drawers A common complaint that is made about many washing machines is that they leak from the soap drawer and, in many cases, this is due to a number of issues that you can solve yourself without the need for an engineer. You can avoid expensive call charges for simple b…