A New Vintage Washroom Opens...

[chestermikeuk]

A New Vintage Washroom Opens.... April 2017

Morning Bob, glad to be of service, showing a little bit of England for you, and can certify that the Hotpoint and Dyson all had "Bobload" certification !!

 

[chestermikeuk]

A New Vintage Washroom Opens.... April 2017

Heres the bellows and damage, anyone have a spare spin bellows please contact..

 

[chestermikeuk]

A New Vintage Washroom Opens.... April 2017

Now how does it go back together ?

 

[chestermikeuk]

A New Vintage Washroom Opens.... April 2017

All that remains was a yummy roast beef n yorshire pud dinner before we all headed home, a BIG "Thank You" to our hosts Steve & Kevin, splendid job done and was a pleasure to sit back and enjoy the weekend !!

 

[keymatic3203]

What a fantastic weekend

great to see the photos of you enjoying great company, food and appliances. A great wash room you have Steve, lovely to see your collection, it makes mine look like a skip at the back of the hoover factory, wonderful. And I'd never thought that a green house might be just the place to display my vintage Christmas lights collection.

Great you've had a look at the aeg twintub, i will certainly have a think about the bellow seal, will be interesting to see how effective the rinse is compared with the saturate and spin method used in other spinners.

And a roast!

Mathew

 

[thelaundrylab]

Great role models...

Great thread as always Mike. Brilliant to see more of you establishing new vintage washrooms in the UK, which is truly an inspiration to us all. Nice job Steve! (Thumbs up) - Hx

 

[foraloysius]

Great washroom indeed Congratulations Steve. And thank you Mike for sharing all these wonderful pictures.

Ofcourse I love the Philips "isle". The oldest Slimstar on the right, does it do a spindrain too? I never used or saw one of those except for a very run down Ruton equivalent.

 

[yogitunes]

Looks like a great time was had by all....

thanks for sharing

 

[washerlover]

What a beautiful set up. Thank you for sharing what looks like a really fun time!

 

[bajaespuma]

Fellowship of the Tub Ring

Posts like this are why I love this site.

 

I haven't been to the UK for about 30 years. The last time I was there I stayed with a college friend at his parents' apartment in London on Cadogan square. The Wortman's had a huge beautiful kitchen with one of those top-loading Hotpoints fitted into a corner. Of course I "noticed" it.

 

It's nice to know there are potential new friends there.

 

[triumphdolomite]

Mike, Steve
That's fantastic looks like a lot of hard work has gone into getting everything up and running. I wish I'd got somewhere like that to house my increasing collection. The garden looks wonderful too Steve, don't suppose you do contact gardens do you? Mind could do with a spruce up!

What does the AEG bellows look like could you make something up from something like a piece of neoprere pond liner?

Well done.
Ian

 

[ea56]

What great pictures!! I really enjoyed these posts and being able to put faces to your names. Looks like a good time was had by all. And what a beautiful setting for your vintage washroom, not to mention your large collection of machines.

Thanks so much for sharing this with your bro's across the pond.
Eddie

 

[petek]

Looks fantastic guys.  Where is this ?  Somewhere around Newcastle I'm guessing from the Geordie boys comment.  My dads hometown and still lots of relatives in and around I should revisit one of these days. 

 

[keymatic3203]

Ian

I was thinking along the same lines for repairing the aeg.

 

[sesteve]

Thanks for posting Mike. I didn't take any photos at all - too busy enjoying myself. thanks everyone for the comments too. I've had the cabin a while now but it's taken ages to get it sorted out and set up so it was great to have a few friends down to "test" it down in London.

Louis - yes it does do the spin drains - I've attached a link to a video I did when I first got it. It has a 1000 spin on it which was fast for the era.

I will start a new thread on the AEG shortly as the spilt bellows is the least of its problems unfortunately. Hopefully though it's all solvable.

http://https//youtu.be/7h7uu2Ud7WQ

 

[foraloysius]

Thanks Steve, I wonder how I ever missed that video! Fascinating machine! Like it says in the comments, a sort of Variomatic pulley system, totally different than the later Slimstars with the PM motor.

 

[vacbear58]

London Washer Room

It was a lovely weekend, great house, great machines and great hospitality and a big thank you to Steve and Kevin for hosting us.

Pete, Steve lives in East London - the geordie boys were all transplants LOLOL

Al

 

[matchboxpaul]

Hi Steve (and everyone else).

What a cracking washroom you have developed at the bottom of the garden and a great collection of machines!

Concurring with Louis, I too love the Philips Slimstars and the AWB929. Really characterful machines all of them, plus particular affinity with the HN3156 as my grandma had one. Still watch your videos of it in action, as the one I have has a pump issue and all hell breaks loose (in the form of a watery chaos) when it goes into spin.
The lovely condition 6030 Quartz and of course, all the new in box top loaders you have managed to secure - all superb machines.

The 1504 and its glowing timeline - wonderful, just wonderful. I wonder of the 1600 had a glowing timeline? Will we ever get to find out? Fingers crossed one will eventually surface.

&....

yippeeeeee! There is a box of New System Persil Automatic out there too!

Congratulations on a superb set up.
Paul

 

[turquoisedude]

Very impressive!  Congratulations on that NIB Hotpoint find, too!  

 

[sesteve]

Hi Louis

I was lucky enough to pick up the service manual for the HN3156 which describes the functions quite well. Unfortunately the diagrams are not as clear as they might be. I'll scan them and pop it up here for interest.

Paul - thanks for the comments. will defo get you guys down at some point soon as this was just a bit of a test run before the work starts on the house. There is a bit of seepage on the slimstar but it's mainly because the seals on the lid are degrading. All that splashing with the spin drain has to go somewhere lol.

Thanks too for all the other lovely comments guys.
S