Grab a screwdriver and mend your sick washing machine

To attempt a washing machine repair yourself, in my opinion, is tantamount to idiocy.  I do appreciate I am one of those females who are not in any way disposed toward anything with nuts, bolts, mechanical or electronic switching.  That’s not to say that some women don’t enjoy getting down to a good repair job, it’s just not for me.  Repair work in general doesn’t come easy in my household, so when the washing machine’s on the blink, it’s a pretty bleak time.

However, just for fun, whilst searching for a reliable, local repair firm, I discovered that some people have posted advice on that very thing.  I discovered a website that demanded I look into the very “guts” of a machine and, from the transmission to the “motor pulley” I didn’t like what I saw.  It was a bit like looking inside the engine of my car.  It made me even more nervous.  How could all those components actually keep working and get the car to go along?  How was it that most of the time they remained so reliable?

They say that the washing machine is possibly the most important invention of the Industrial Revolution.  It was actually around 1874 that at man called William Blackstone designed the very first washer to get rid of dirt in clothes.  He actually gave it to his wife as a birthday present.  Nothing much changes does it?

Anyway, I didn’t linger too long on the do-it-yourself repair website, because I found a company with over 2,900 engineers who were the leading warranty & repair specialist. country’s largest specialist appliance repair network in the country.  Phew – problem solved