Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: washing machine information

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> > > What brand and model washing machine/s does your community use??Is  
> > > the
> washer durable/what's the repair record? Has it >>been easy to find  
> reliable
> repair service? Did the machine come with a service contract? a  
> warranty?

Another source for info on professional quality is laundromats and  
managers of large condo buildings. They usually lease but are also  
plugged into a pipeline. And they would know how good local service is  
on various models. We are finding, for example, that local service for  
our resident's Bosch machines is not good, making them a poor choice  
for larger households.

Bit of info: I had a conversation many years ago with a man who  
repaired machines in large buildings. He kept emergency replacements  
in his garage. I was asking why not buy Sears since Maytag makes their  
machines. He said Maytag makes them but to Sears specifications. Sears  
wants plastic parts.

He showed me that he could only tilt the Maytag washer forward a few  
inches. He could lift the Sears machine as high as his arm length  
would allow. "Plastic" he said.

We also bought residential washers when we moved in -- dead in less  
than two years as I remember.

Eastern Village leases machines. You might ask them if no one posts  
from there. The last I heard, about a year ago, they were perfectly  
happy.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org