Recent content by heathcliffe

Sorry been away for the weekend. Nice reply from JohnD. Just to add that not everyone enjoys the taste of softened water and so it is advisable to instal a hard water tap which can be branched off before the water softener intake. My dogs prefer the hard water!! My outlay was £450 for the...

Why not do as I did and instal a water softener it will look after all your appliances and you will recoup the outlay in about a year.You will find the results fantastic.I live ine one of the hardest water areas in the country and limescale is a major problem.

A set top Aerial will be no use if you are in a weak signal area

You don't have to burn junk mail or put it in the rubbish bin, do what I do and put 'RTS' on it and stick it back in the post box. That will slow them down a bit.

Hi, I notice that you have had no reply from experienced people so as I have exactly the same machine as you I've opened it up to have a look see. To remove the top of the m/c undo the 2 hexagonal screws at the back which secure the top.Slide the top off by pushing it to the rear.Trace the...

Hi,I had a similar problem with my machine some time ago and I called an engineer who changed a very large capacitor at the top of the machine and it's been ok since

Have removed the Saltwater container and flushed it out completely and also the hoses that I can get at.My only concern is the elongated bottle attached to the saltwater bottle which appears to have a thick brown substance in it which I am unable to get at.Should that bottle be clean. If so...

Your diagnosis appears to be spot on as I have looked at the IWMU bottle and can see that it is heavily silted up with hard water sediment.I live in possibly the hardest water area of the UK.Putting 2 and 2 together I can now see how this has happened-With the introduction of the...

Washer will fill sometimes on program A and then refuse to fill on future fill programs unless I tilt the machine to the right at an angle of approx. 45 degrees.Have cleaned the program switch contacts with contact cleaner and checked the solenoid valve for correct operation and all seems...