Recent content by sgt10

No going back You cannot reconstruct Maytag as it was dismantled (with the name kept to deploy as needed). The factory and management no longer exist in Newton Iowa and the town was crushed post Whirlpool acquisition. What remains of the factory building was put to use in making wind turbines...

I am considering the Bosch 800 freestanding French door counter depth 36” wide model with recessed handles and wondering if anyone has experience, good or bad, with this fridge. I have seen mixed reviews on line, but don’t know how much weight to place on them. It appears that Bosch manufactures...

Thanks, that makes sense. That is the model I was looking at. I have cut the door for bottom venting and installed a grill. The doors are so thick that I thought the upper vent suggestion a good one too. I am sure I will compromise efficiency and perhaps appliance life somewhat, but it’s better...

Thank you for the suggestions. I plan on cutting an upper and lower vents into the door. There are vents out the side of this outdoor “closet” too. If I had another position for it, I would place it elsewhere, but I don’t. I currently have a small fridge in the space which does fine, but I don’t...

Does anyone have experience with the small undercounter outdoor freezers? I’m looking at one by ULine and they specifically state do not put behind a door. My available space WOULD be behind a door, but I noticed that the freezer is front bottom venting, and I am wondering whether a substantial...

Gas lamps You can still see a few gas lamps on the outside of townhomes and brownstones in New York. They make for a very nice light (albeit not a lot of light).

The old-fangled cold mangle I love those videos, especially the second one with the cold mangle that looks like it pre-dated the automatic washing machine.

French hand laundry The first thing that popped up in the search was a place called Allo Laverie, up near 80th street on the east side. Laundress- Does this sound similar to the kind of service you thought might be available? They also mention something called “cold mangle.” I know what a...

Mrs Roles Interesting about Mrs Roles — they turned up in a search of laundry/dry cleaners in the Franklin Report (which, by the way, seems to be a largely-defunct publication itself these days). In any case, the description of Mrs Roles sounded like it might fit the bill, but they appear have...

Benefits of hand laundry/pressing? Thank you Laundress. Prior to your comments, I had never considered whether the sheets were being machined pressed/machine pressed with hand finished/entirely hand pressed and the implications of the process for the final results. Should I conclude from your...

I am a big believer in minimizing dry cleaning trips and doing laundry at home, however, I am getting tired of ironing hard-to-iron sheets. I am wondering if anyone has found a good sheet/linen service In Manhattan. I have tried Hallak Cleaners, which does a very good job, however they are...

Yes, one would suspect that it must be the latter problem as the first Miele W1’s in the US certainly did not have this particular issue. So some change they made to the W1 subsequently gummed up the works. One question would be whether Miele views this specific problem as a serious one needing...

Miele admitting problem? Laundress- The interesting this about this particular issue is in the post on another forum that you linked to above, Miele wrote a letter to the user admitting the problem. At the least according to that post, Miele wrote: “Hello Mark, I am happy to assist, I...

Why can’t fill up w4840 tub I can’t prove it, but I have long suspected that they undersized the motor relative to the size and weight of the tub and spider. Yes, I realize that they made heavy duty commercial machinery of equivalent size, but I think that once they decided to make some...

The thing I find more puzzling than where it is manufactured Is Miele’s deliberate decision not to uphold its pledge to continue making parts available for these machines. If memory serves, I seem to recall them offering some minimal discount on a new machine when they told me they no longer...