A warm welcome from another new washroom the Lincoln Launderette, designed and set up by our very own Darren (Slowspin66). What was once the garage for his beloved classic car, Dorris the Morris Minor Convertible , now wintering in a designated garage,
has been turned into a wonderful classic 1950`s washroom and vintage appliance display space...heres Darren (slowspin66) on the left and Richard ( ricky50) on the right.[this post was last edited: 2/20/2020-06:26]
Quarry tikes with floor drains take the weight of the bolt down Bendixxii all fully restored , right hand side . The original 1960`s Xpelair heating fan provides a steady stream of warm air for top up heating !! [this post was last edited: 2/20/2020-08:27]
I took over the Thor Automagic with washtub and original dishwasher attachment, this is being renovated and will take pride of place with the line up of Parnall Spinwashers. All work in progress at the moment, an official unveiling will take place in the spring !!
All bolted down and ready for action, Darren has fully restored all the washers, near bearing , back tub seal, renovated pumps with powder coating and new seals, rubber door gaskets and a full paint job, looking marvelous for a nr 70 yr old washing machine.
Getting the Bendix ready for first bolt down water testing, all drain hoses been replaced with new old ribbed rubber ones and fill hoses replaced, the red ones actually came from DIY shop in Florida on a recent holiday !!
Lets load them up and switch on, these are semi automatic washers so you control all aspects of the fill, tumble, wash, drain, spin and rinse & spin & repeat till complete !!
The original Permutit water softening chamber is looking over the machines, not plumbed in yet, its a tall cylinder chamber that you fill with salt for a whole house water softening ,
this would be from a very affluent household and of course by "Royal Appointment to the Late King George VI" as well ..
Darren & Richard gets to grips with mounting the original Ascot in line water heater with calorifier, this would be plumbed in to the house hot water circuit and used as a back with say a Rayburn or Aga stove and act as a booster ,
the cast iron calorifier inside weighs a ton.
Richard loads up for a hot whites wash, now the hot line is plumbed into the powerful in line gas combi boiler that is back up with the Rayburn in the kitchen, the water shall we say is piping hot and all visitors are advised accordingly !!
But great to fill up the vintage washers, especially those without heaters, the Frigidaire first UK model spin dryer from 1963 is standing by to spin the clothes at 2,800 revs from the bendix 500rpm.
While the Bendixxii are washing lets have a look at the Parnall Corner, here we have from L - R a model EW60H from 1960 with front controls & EW601H from 1966 with the top mounted controls , these are semi automatic top loading washers with solid tubs and outer tubs act as Sudz Savers, so you can spin your wash, pump to outer tub to save, remove laundry, then add more dirty laundry and pump the water back to re-use ..[this post was last edited: 2/20/2020-10:16]
Filled up and washing away, it looks a myriad of pipes but each washer has One Fill Pipe and One Drain Waste Pipe, when pumping Waste Water to Sudz Save an internal pipe fills the tub back up. So you would place the fill on your Hot Tap or leave it on your Cold water tap if you wanted the Parnall to heat the water with its own 3kw powerful heater !!
These are based on the original Thor Automagic range and built under license by Parnall Radiation Company of London.
And ready for a spot of lunch, home made tomato,pumpkin squash soup, cheeses and home made bread !! The 1950`s wooden kitchenette has pull out for rubbing your pastry and acting as a worktop and storage for all your cooking ingredients.
You can see the working Rayburn to the left of Richard, the 1940`s New World Gas cooker is all plumbed and working !!
