4 Maintenance Tips For Your Washing Machine

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4 Maintenance Tips For Your Washing Machine

It is a huge inconvenience for your washing machine to stop working on you, especially if your child has a soccer game and his or her jersey is dirty, or you have a date and the outfit that you want to wear needs to be washed. To help ensure that your washing machine stays in tip-top shape, here are four tips for maintaining this important household appliance.

1. Keep the Washing Machine Level

It is very important that your washing machine is level at all times. When the appliance is off kilter, it can rock and vibrate, which can not only cause damage to your floor, but it can also wreak havoc on your machine and its internal mechanisms. A carpenter's level can be used to determine if your washing machine is level from side-to-side and front-to-back. Once the machine's legs have been positioned at the desired height, make sure to tighten the lock nut so that the legs will not rotate.

2. Inspect the Machine's Hoses

Several times throughout the year, take the time to check the water hoses on your washing machine or any signs of wear and tear. If you notice any blistering, cracks, or other damage, replace the hoses immediately. Damage like this can result in a leak or burst, leading to expensive flood damage in your home.

Some manufacturers actually recommend that washing machine hoses be replaced every three to five years. To minimize damage to your hoses and prevent flood damage to your home, use stainless steel hoses.

3. Prevent Flood Damage from Occurring

In the event that your hoses burst, there are some measures that you can take to prevent your home from flooding. For small drips and leaks, you can use an overflow pan that installs beneath your washing machine and protects the floor from significant water damage as a result of leakage and overflow.

For larger leaks, consider installing a water shutoff system that will prevent significant water damage by automatically shutting off the water flow as soon as a failure has been detected. To install this type of system, no special tools are necessary, and the installation only takes a few minutes.

4. Don't Overload the Washer

You may stuff your turkey as full as you can on Thanksgiving, but that's not the way to go with your washing machine. Regardless of how much laundry you have to get done and the limited amount of time you have to get it done in, your washing machine has capacity parameters that need to be followed.

 As a general rule, these capacity parameters can be found on the lid of your washing machine, but they can also be found in your instruction manual. If you fail to follow these parameters, it can cause damage to the inner workings of your washer. For more information, contact your local washer repair services.



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Making Your Appliances Last When it comes down to it, there are a lot of different ways you can break an appliance. I realized really early on during my home ownership journey that I was hard on things, because I lost everything from a functional dishwasher to a refrigerator that just wouldn't stop making a weird noise. After a technician came out to look at it, they determined that it was a variety of different things that I needed to do a little differently. I wanted to start a little website about appliance services to make things easier for other people. Read this blog to find out my tips for improving your home.

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