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Deffo buy a cheap second hand one to tide you over.
I repaired our old washing machine a few times. New brushes, replaced a circuit board (only because it was available second hand for £30, the same part new was £140 IIRC), but when the bearing died and took out the heating element in the process, the thought of dragging it all out and doing an involved repair (£100-150 in parts), it just didn’t make any sense.
We bought a second hand Miele and it’s been faultless, but if it was just for a short period of time I’d definitely have bought cheap second hand.I’d ask yourself, which is more work - trying to repair a fucked machine, or buying a second hand one for similar money?
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I’d ask yourself, which is more work - trying to repair a fucked machine, or buying a second hand one for similar mone?
That's the main thing innit, cheers both! Got chatting to a mate round the corner whose machine we can use till we sort something out. She actually had hers replaced by a bloke who came out to try and repair it at first. Gave him a glowing review so he's coming round on Monday👍
We're deffo gonna try and get something nice for the new place. Second hand miele or the like.
On the quality fridge/freezer topic, I broke the bank on a Bosch 10 years ago and despite both handles falling off its still going strong at my parents' place. Would get one of those again if I could.
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Yesterday I was thick and killed our integrated Beko washer/dryer by overloading it with towels. It shook itself daft during the spin and the motor for the dryer blower has snapped off the outside of the drum. There might be other damage to the drum/belt/motor.
It's well out of warranty and the replacement part is £150 (or £90 used), or the cheapest machine we've found online is £380. We're selling our house with the appliances included. We're pretty sure the place we're buying doesn't come with appliances.
My two equally unpalatable options seem to be:
Is there a third choice I can't see?