HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR WASHER!

This guide is by Amar Appliance Repair — a local, owner-run washer repair company in Surrey, BC. If you would rather have a technician handle it: 604-765-4330, seven days a week.

Learn how to take care of your washer, our expert technicians provide tips on how to make your appliances more convenient.

IMPROVE LIFE OF YOUR WASHER HERE ARE SOME TIPS:

• Use high-efficiency detergent (liquid detergent)
• Fill ¾ of the washer with clothes
• Clean drain pump filter regularly (2-3 months)
• Keep the washer clean from inside and the outside
• Open washer’s door and the detergent dispenser, to prevent the washer from catching any mildew
• Don’t spin the dial while the washer is rotating
• Clean the water valve screen
• If you see your washer being off balance stop the washer and redistribute the clothes. You could save your self, a couple of hundred dollars
• Balance the loads, don’t put all the heavy clothing with light clothes (heavy with heavy), (light with light)
• Check your machine if it is leveled or not. How to self-level machine: Pick up the machine from the back, the back legs go up and put it down. Do that a couple of times and it will be balanced
• Check for side levelness, if the legs are the same height
• Check the hoses, standard hoses for hot and cold water could harden, crack and burst
• Protect the screen and the dials
• If you moved into a new house, make sure your houses plumbing is good, usually, new pipes hold dirt plus solder flux