EDIT: I’ve received enough help to get a washing machine now and will have it on Tuesday. Thanks for the suggestions though.
I’m not having much luck with my mutual aid request for a new washing machine. I’m finding it impossible to wash my clothes by hand. I have very little use of my left arm, as well as issues with my hands. I’m finding i just can’t wring the clothes out by hand, which means i can’t get the laundry disinfectant I have to use, out properly. They’re being left itchy and smelly. Does anyone have any good tips on dealing with this?
one has already been out and said it’s unfixable. it’s like 20 years old and has had many problems and been repaired multiple times before. it’s knackered now, doesn’t drain or spin.
Does it make any noise when it’s supposed to be draining? What about when it’s supposed to be spinning? Will it fill with water?
Do you load it from the front or the top?
Neither spinning nor draining points to one of a couple of things, being a clog or an electrical issue particularly with the lid sensor.
Washing machines, especially the top loaders, are incredibly simple machines and typically when they “can’t be fixed”, actually means the repairperson just can’t be arsed or the company wants to sell you a new one. A 20 year old unit is at least ten years too old to be one of the modern disposable “sealed tub” types. In North America, it’s not at all uncommon to see units from the 1950s that have sat in someone’s basement used or unused for decades and still work.