jeff kushner
Well-Known Member
As Kerry and I get my home ready for sale we are faced with a very interesting byproduct of the newer appliance regulations. Kerry's home has a 5yr old set of High Efficiency large front loading fully computerized LG machines. These are very high-end machines with more options and cycles than anyone will use. Steam cleaning, dry cleaning, slave labor...they got it all....BUT I know in my heart, when they break, I will likely be unable to diagnose and repair them. Oh, it also takes 155 minutes to do any size load of laundry plus the dry time....which never really dries.
My set was here when I bought this home 17 years ago, they were 5 years old back then, 23 years old today. They are Maytags and huge.....and I have beat the crap out of them for nearly 20 yrs. There is rarely a load too large....LOL....full loads of towels while my daughter lived here, DAILY! I can also wash and DRY a large load in under an hour. They have been rocks of reliability. While I'm in no real rush for getting my laundry done today....3.5 hrs for a semi-damp load of clothes seems excessively uncomfortable as the result of "high efficiency".
The result of the high efficiency machines seems to present a simple question.....do I want to swap them out?
Here's the part that makes it viable.............I can repair the Maytags easily....they are all-mechanical machines.
We can either ensure 20 yrs of comfortable washing/drying...........OR we can buy new appliances that we don't like the results of when the current ones break.
We don't pay for water or sewer so there's that.
I wonder if I can get the boys to do it for us......LOL one of them has a F350 pickup! LOL
Would you swap them?
Note the dryer is in the Delicate cycle...and it still dries a load in 25 minutes!
My set was here when I bought this home 17 years ago, they were 5 years old back then, 23 years old today. They are Maytags and huge.....and I have beat the crap out of them for nearly 20 yrs. There is rarely a load too large....LOL....full loads of towels while my daughter lived here, DAILY! I can also wash and DRY a large load in under an hour. They have been rocks of reliability. While I'm in no real rush for getting my laundry done today....3.5 hrs for a semi-damp load of clothes seems excessively uncomfortable as the result of "high efficiency".
The result of the high efficiency machines seems to present a simple question.....do I want to swap them out?
Here's the part that makes it viable.............I can repair the Maytags easily....they are all-mechanical machines.
We can either ensure 20 yrs of comfortable washing/drying...........OR we can buy new appliances that we don't like the results of when the current ones break.
We don't pay for water or sewer so there's that.
I wonder if I can get the boys to do it for us......LOL one of them has a F350 pickup! LOL
Would you swap them?
Note the dryer is in the Delicate cycle...and it still dries a load in 25 minutes!