..I looked at my old washer today, although truth be told I had to rip up half the kitchen (cheap B&Q Laminate) floor to get at it properly to take the back off.  What I found wasn’t surprising.  The belt had indeed come off, as you can see from the picture here…

Now then, I was able to replace the belt which was not snapped out broken - but unfortunatley there does not seem to be a lot of play in the drum, so my guess here is there is more wrong than simply the belt - and each time I successfuly fitted the belt - it was off just as quick.

Anyways long story short I decide to listen to some advice and go shopping, whilst a Meile would be one of the few that are built for the long term invester; since I am a mortgage payer and one that is typically skint three days after payday I figured I would compromise - I set a strict budget of no more than £400 and I stuck to this; since you are looking at around £460 and upwards for a Meile this was discounted straight away. 

So, what I ended up with in the end, was a Hotpoint “Ultima” - It had all the typical factors of many of the washer on offer, including the tripal “A”s for efficiency and “Greenness”…plus one more very important factor, the fact it is an extremly quiet washer. 

Here’s what it looks like >>

The proof of the pudding will be in trying it out when if it arrives ontime this coming Saturday in approximatley one week, at least they agreed to take away my old washer at no extra cost

I have now been without a water supply since about midnight, I can’t wash.  I can’t do the washing. I can’t flush. and I can only have soft drinks from the fridge. 

 I have reported this to their helpline, they advise me this was reported earlier in the morning but at present they have no clue (nice to know my water meter payements are being well spent?!).  So I figured I would give them one - The “£%”"$£% open water-works in the road opposite where new houses are being built.

….Anyways, I will let them get on with it for now; but if they even attempt to insult my intelligence I will make a formal complaint.