Comments | catyak: (D) Domestic Appliance Maintenance

catyak

(D) Domestic Appliance Maintenance

Nov 14, 2009 12:35

The tumble dryer stopped working properly. We had noticed that clothes weren't drying properly and last week I happened to open the door while it was operating and the contents were cold. It was finally excavated last night, and I dismantled bits of it to get to the heater at the back. A few quick checks confirmed that the heater coils were all ( Read more... )

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gerald_duck November 14 2009, 21:27:23 UTC

My washer-dryer gave up the ghost as a tumble dryer many years ago, but still works as a washing machine. I bought it from Kenroy in Huntingdon, which is now sadly demised.

I was intending to replace it, but John Lewis in Cambridge wouldn't commit to a half-day delivery slot, still less to giving me an hour's notice of the actual time of delivery. So I persevered, drying clothes over the bath.

Now I stop to think… actually, I'm now in a job where I can comfortably work from home some days. The problem may be solved!

Yes, the spare part in my case may also be seven quid, but I don't know how to fix a washer-dryer, would spend several hours trying, and only paid £230 for the thing six or seven years ago, anyway. It feels disposable at this stage.

catyak November 15 2009, 13:52:39 UTC

They're not actually that hard to fix, although obviously if it's a washer-dryer it'll have a few more parts in it. What's broken about it?

As for the cost, it's not the £200 or so several years ago that bothers me, it's the £200 or so I'd have to find now to replace it.

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cvantien November 15 2009, 02:11:59 UTC

$99. Historially speaking of course. The same thing happened to me when my dryer was under warranty and it was a standard $99 call out fee with parts extra if the guy didn't keep them in his truck.

Then he told me off for winding the dial backwards (which I don't) and replaced that as well.

catyak November 15 2009, 13:53:29 UTC

You had to pay a call out fee for an item under warranty? Surely if it breaks under warranty then someone else foots the entire bill?

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cvantien November 15 2009, 15:04:23 UTC

My memory may be faulty but I'm sure the dryer was still under warranty when it broke - I've had lots of broken electrical appliances, especially over the last two years. It may have been at the same time the washing machine of the same brand was broken though. Either way, $99 is what it would have cost if it wasn't free.