Search results

My family had a GE dryer with a Filter-Flo washer before getting a Kenmore, which a moving neighbor had and didn't want to take with them for some reason. From what I remember about that dryer, it dried too well and I don't remember any problems with it (but then again I was around 10 when we...

Gee, I knew better than to not pack a washer well past its limits at the age of six, and that was the age I started to get real curious and wanted to start doing my laundry by myself, despite my mom not letting me. Those poor Speed Queens can take a beating and come back for more. I know...

My washer doesn't seem to get dirty or start to smell. It's just something I do because I've heard that it is recommended to run a clean cycle once a month, regardless. I probably don't need to do this, but I do it anyways just in case. I do leave the door open after I am finished for the day, I...

Affresh works, no doubt, but I found a much cheaper washer cleaner. It's just standard dishwasher detergent powder and about a cup of bleach. Before I get started on the clean cycle, I use Awesome degreaser and swab the door seal. This aids in removing any grime. I then start the cycle. Even...

I have negative thoughts about ice and water dispensers... You stole the words out of my mouth, lol. I hold these in such disdain that I actively avoided any refrigerator that offered one. Before my WP French door, I had a Frigidaire SxS that came with the house. It was OK except for the glass...

Right now I have a typical dark cherry wood/faux granite countertop kitchen with stainless. I feel like reverting back to a kitchen having the look of a premium kitchen of the '90s (but not upscale or "luxury". Think of trading in a Lexus for a Buick.). Oak cabinets, tile countertops, beige...

Looks like one by the design... The Aldwash, Aldry, Washette and Tumblette must be a real rare breed, if not extinct. This particular one in the photo is probably running because it's a Huebsch (it has a strong resemblance to one) and many parts are aplenty for those, even 50-60 years later. If...

Whatever you do, don't use Eureka/Sanitaire RD belts... I've heard that even though the design scheme between the Hoover and Eureka are similar, a Eureka RD belt on a Hoover direct air upright will be a super tight fit, tight enough that it can warp the shaft and kill motor bearings. The belt...

That's pretty unique... I have a hard time running into the regular burner setups with standing pilot lights when I am on a residential call. Everybody ripped those out 20 years ago when NG prices went up, or as it went up in age it becomes a gamble as a cracked or rusted heat exchanger becomes...

I ****LOVE*** thunderstorms... Too bad here in the PNW we only have one a year, if that. It's so funny seeing people go into panic mode around here when there's "lightning and thunder" and it isn't even that bad, not compared to some of the storms in other parts of the country. I'm from the...

I currently have a stainless Whirlpool French door fridge with glass shelves. Before buying this, I searched far and wide for a French door fridge with wire shelves, sort of knowing that such an animal may not exist. I don't even like icemakers or in-door water, at least my particular fridge...

as long as you clean the coils... It may disappoint you, that is, it could keep running. And running. And running. The older fridges, domestic and commercial, lasted decades with few problems if any. There are some apartment complexes around my area that were built in the late '70s-early '80s...

I like Persil but I have a sudsing problem... ...with only two or three tablespoons worth (I use the Persil liquid). It smells great but it is visibly sudsy. Anything that contains fill, such as mattress pad or pillows, cannot be washed with Persil because the machine will "froth", go into suds...

Ah, good point. I never guessed the clank was the drain solenoid. I just thought it had something to do with a clutch mechanism, if it even had one. During the wash cycle, why does the motor buzz/grind/groan every time it reverses, and then suddenly runs quiet? It's particularly pronounced when...

Was following another thread in the "Deluxe" forum about the decline of laundromats and was thinking about a video of an old commercial washer that I've run into on YouTube a while ago. It's a Troy Laundrite "Big Boy" front loader. Its operation is kind of peculiar, at least by the noise it...

I don't have a reason to go to a laundromat... ...nor would I want to. Germs, grime and crud galore. I'd have to run a bleach cycle on empty on any washer I would use, and use a heavy-duty degreaser to remove baked-on grime, skin oil residue and God knows what else baked on the drum of the...

It was a hot spring afternoon during recess in third grade, 1997. My elementary school was at the edge of my small Midwestern town. On one side the parking lot faced the highway and a large alfalfa field where some H-frame power lines passed through (something I was really fascinated in at the...

I have a very similar washer, a Kenmore made by LG, and not only do I have fine scratches, I have several small dents. It doesn't bother me a whole lot, it's just a little disconcerting that metal is so thin these days. A Wasocmat, Huebsch/Speed Queen, Milnor and UniMac (and maybe a few...

This whole time I've assumed that GE Appliances only marketed in North America, and then I see this. I'm shocked! I never thought GE had any involvement in appliances outside North America, even if it was just licensing the name. I've also wondered about UK Hotpoint and USA Hotpoint, but...

oh, speaking of remodels... ...a little piece of me wants to die when stores, retaurants and hotels/motels remodel. Everything now looks like a Macy's, a Starbucks or a Hilton. I like the old 1980s/1990s look of chain fast food/casual restaurants and hotels. Some of us don't want upscale. And...