mattywashboy
Well-known member
Hi Guys
Well, since moving into my current residence with 3 other people, we have had our fair share of appliance woes. The first came when our 3 month old Whirlpool dishwasher, gave up the ghost. It was never a great machine to start with. The only cycle that would successfully wash anything properly was the Intensive cycle which took 2.35 hours. Not ideal in a house where dishes accumulate faster than a cat can scratch.
Then finally about a month ago it stopped taking in the right amount of water to wash with, the solenoid would click off after a short time taking in water, as a result, the water would not heat and the wash spray arms would not rotate at a proper speed. We tried fixing it in a few ways but in the end I caved in and bought a brand new Dishlex D102. Made by Electrolux in Europe, it is a thousand times better than the Chinese Whirlpool which only stayed on the market for about 5 months before being discontinued, the amount of bad reviews and complaints might have been enough to seal their fate.
The Dishlex is a great sturdy machine, takes half the time of the old one and actually washes and dries the dishes properly, something the old one was p*ss poor at. So impressed with it. It is a simple basic model, one dial and one button control.
Our other appliance woe was the capacity of my Indesit W102. Much as this is a fantastic machine, i cannot fault its operation one bit, it just wasn't big enough to cope with our many loads of washing in the week. We had to seperate heavy from light in order for the balance sensor to be happy throughout the wash. We ended up doing approx 10 loads a week for four people.
So off i went around Ebay and appliance stores trying to find a reasonably priced sturdy large capacity machine.
Then, a week ago on Ebay I found a U.S made front loading Frigidaire machine. 8KG capacity, built like a tank, relatively short cycles and simple operation and best of all.......a half hour drive from me. lol
So i put a bid in and won the machine, it got delivered on sunday and after a few teething issues with hoses, we got the machine installed in place. So far, its been fantastic, being able to wash all the household towels in one load instead of three is just so much quicker and water efficient.
Anyway, here are some pictures for you...
The OLD utility room...
Well, since moving into my current residence with 3 other people, we have had our fair share of appliance woes. The first came when our 3 month old Whirlpool dishwasher, gave up the ghost. It was never a great machine to start with. The only cycle that would successfully wash anything properly was the Intensive cycle which took 2.35 hours. Not ideal in a house where dishes accumulate faster than a cat can scratch.
Then finally about a month ago it stopped taking in the right amount of water to wash with, the solenoid would click off after a short time taking in water, as a result, the water would not heat and the wash spray arms would not rotate at a proper speed. We tried fixing it in a few ways but in the end I caved in and bought a brand new Dishlex D102. Made by Electrolux in Europe, it is a thousand times better than the Chinese Whirlpool which only stayed on the market for about 5 months before being discontinued, the amount of bad reviews and complaints might have been enough to seal their fate.
The Dishlex is a great sturdy machine, takes half the time of the old one and actually washes and dries the dishes properly, something the old one was p*ss poor at. So impressed with it. It is a simple basic model, one dial and one button control.
Our other appliance woe was the capacity of my Indesit W102. Much as this is a fantastic machine, i cannot fault its operation one bit, it just wasn't big enough to cope with our many loads of washing in the week. We had to seperate heavy from light in order for the balance sensor to be happy throughout the wash. We ended up doing approx 10 loads a week for four people.
So off i went around Ebay and appliance stores trying to find a reasonably priced sturdy large capacity machine.
Then, a week ago on Ebay I found a U.S made front loading Frigidaire machine. 8KG capacity, built like a tank, relatively short cycles and simple operation and best of all.......a half hour drive from me. lol
So i put a bid in and won the machine, it got delivered on sunday and after a few teething issues with hoses, we got the machine installed in place. So far, its been fantastic, being able to wash all the household towels in one load instead of three is just so much quicker and water efficient.
Anyway, here are some pictures for you...
The OLD utility room...
have not needed to so far 
