I am afraid that there is no set lifetime for any white goods. I should point out that there is no legal requirement for an appliance or piece of equipment to last a certain time. There are a number of factors which could affect its likely lifespan, however,...
tumble dryers being recalled and replacements offered because of the risk of them catching fire. Unfortunately it is not just tumble dryers as all white goods and many other appliances can be fire hazards. Here are four simple steps you can take to make your home a...
bit of research. The obvious culprit is the washing machine, but it may not necessarily be so. The first couple of things I noticed were that the washing machines involved were of different makes and had differing drum sizes. Also the items of clothing affected...
Now that is all very well when things are going smoothly, but sometimes it pays to plan ahead. You can quite easily leave your white goods to run day in day out without checking them. The chances are, though, that at some stage there will be a breakdown which can...
machines with friends, neighbours and even complete strangers. In a recent interview in the Financial Times, Electrolux CEO Jonas Samuelson suggested that we should be applying the same model as Uber use for car sharing. If you are not using your washing machine, he...
halfway through cooking the turkey for lunch. Fortunately their neighbours stepped in and offered to cook the bird in their oven. They had their own bird to cook first, however, so my friends didn’t sit down to ‘lunch’ until gone 6:00pm, by which time several of the...
