Vintage Washers Revisited, Racking and Repairs...

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

A change of scenery as we use my favourite shower / utility room as it has Steves NIB mint Hotpoint 1504 Toploader as covered in other thread and the Dyson Contrarotator, Richard loads up the Dyson and yes it does contrarotate. 60d Cottons wash, 3 rinses and a max extract 1400 rpm spin...

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Time for "More Tea and Coffee Vicar"...we don't do hand painted periwinkles just good old fashioned mugs - which is surprising as we are in the South...

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Noticed the dryer wearing the t-shirt in the background, well its all about "Made in Merthyr" a fashion company is producing this using the Vintage Hoover Branding and just swapping out the wordage, of course we have all the "Originals" ....#MadeinMerthyr

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

The Geordie Boys are back on the Toon...

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Black n White Mikeys with a splash of Red Merthyr..

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

There was deffo a T-shirt theme going on, it was only when I went to the kitchen and noticed Kevins glass cutting block that I made the "Cows" connection ha ha, from our famous Cow Artist Steve Brown.

http://https//www.stevenbrownart.co.uk/

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

And back to repairs...whipped the top off the Hoover vented washer dryer and all looking great..

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

And took the drum and backplate out of the Hoover A3060 for bearing change, a little hole, a lot of sediment but nothing that cant be sorted...

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Sunday evening and we start to disperse, those staying had the treat of a "Concert in the Park" last night of four, featuring a Night Under The Stars with The London Philharmonic Orchestra - well it was summer, was nightime, there where stars, the orchestra was fab, the singers rousing AND as its Britain - "The Rain Bucketed Down" didn't dampen our spirits though ha ha..

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

So until we meet again a huge thanks to Steve and Kevin and kitties for putting up with us and for all their hospitality, its amazing to think all of these meet ups come from the desire of a group of people with a common cause wanting to share our hobby, meeting up and fixing things - And it all started from here on AW many moons ago.

Cheers..

 

[vacbear58]

Thanks

To Steve and Kevin for hosting another lovely weekend, it was great to see everyone and nearly all the machines working, Steve just need a couple of wringer washers now and he will be fully good to go LOLOL

Steve, what happened to the Philips front loader that was on your room last time, I did not notice it last weekend?

Al

 

[rolls_rapide]

"Stackton Tressell..."

I would have expected 'Emva Cream' sherry to have been served.

 

[ricky5050]

Phillips

Hi Al it's lurking in the corner behind the new in box hotpoint top loader. All plumbed in ready to go

Richard

 

[norgeway]

What is???

Battenburg, it looks great!

 

[stricklybojack]

.

My wife's flight on Tuesday-

Flights : British Airways, BA - 269 Stops :0 Duration :11H 10M
From : London Heathrow,GB
To : Los Angeles,US
Departure :Aug-22-2017 4:10 PM
Arrival :Aug-22-2017 7:20 PM

And it was an A380...

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Rolls , "Emva Cream" out of a bottle ? when we have our own Waldorf Astoria cocktail maker on hand, " I Don't Think So " ha ha...

Richard I`m glad you pointed that one out , was thinking the same...

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Hans if ya like Almonds you`ll love this...

"The first Battenberg cake was made to celebrate the marriage of Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, Princess Victoria, to husband Prince Louis of Battenberg.
It’s traditionally flavoured with almond and has the signature Battenberg markings, that is, the yellow and pink squares (said to represent the four princes of Battenberg). The strips of sponge are glued together using jam (normally apricot) and the whole cake is covered in marzipan. Sometimes the edges are crimped and the top is patterned with a knife"

http://www.mandymortimer.com/june-12-battenberg/traditional-battenberg.html

 

[chestermikeuk]

Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Hi Robert, hope it was a good flight on our national carrier, cant help but admire the sheer awesomeness of those birds in the sky, Its a treat just sitting in Steves garden and admiring them !!

 

[launderess]

Another Fine Day For The Lads!

Very well done indeed!

ChesterMikeUK your property is gorgeous. Just love your back garden!

 

[mralex]

Good job! I have to agree with launderess, the garden looks lovely

 

[chestermikeuk]

Gardens

Think you two have had some of our cocktails ha ha, fraid cant take the credit for Steve & Kevins garden... Its all theres in SE of London.

 

[rolls_rapide]

Emva Cream

LOL

Your 'get-togethers' always look such fun. It's a pleasure to read about them.

 

[launderess]

There's me holding wrong end of stick, again...

Steve & Kevin, the garden is lovely!

There, think have gotten it right this time. It must have been that second crème sherry last night. Or was it the third?

 

[robm]

Looks absolutely wonderful, great collection. Lovely garden too and a lovely weekend for it.

Rob

 

[sesteve]

Thanks chaps

I haven't officially said thanks chaps for the hard work moving things around and for such a fun time. Even my neighbour next door said it was lovely hearing us all laughing and joking. The time went by too quickly as always and I'm useless at taking photos. Despite the rain at the concert we saw an amazing firework display as part of the finale but I think it was too wet to take photos by then - our phones would have shorted out lol

Anyway, I've been busy since making a few refinements to try and make a bit more room and move some things about. Here's a few more pics as an update. First the back wall where we have machines on top where you can see the programme selection including the digital collection in the middle

 

[sesteve]

That has helped free up a section at the end. The Siemens will be joined by a dyson - not looking forward to getting that out of the house as it weighs a tonne. The spinarinses are there temporarily and the quartz is awaiting repair. There is also a Miele dryer in the house to stick here too.

 

[sesteve]

A leak in the Hotpoint from a split hose on the hot water valve encouraged me to move the stackers round into date order

 

[sesteve]

The zanussi and the Hotpoint dryer have been moved to the house awaiting being moved on so that's freed up a bit of space. Mike you left your t-shirt! The AEG will take up a bit less space when it's reassembled too and the 1518 is in temporary residence.

 

[sesteve]

Finally the middle section has always been a bit problematic. I wasn't keen on the hotpoints showing their rears so have switched them round so you don't see all the plumbing when you enter

 

[sesteve]

That's allowed the Miele and Philips top loaders to be positioned in a group which works quite well although I have to move the 1100 forward if I need to put fabric softener in the Miele!! I finally got to use the 1100 - it is full of limescale and crud but it's quite a good machine. I think the peramag motor needs new brushes but it's surprisingly quiet.

Thanks for all the other comments too guys.
Steve