Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: washing machine information

[David Pierce (dpierce]

At Hundredfold we also have a front-loading LG, purchased to a significant
degree for its water efficiency, and in 3 years have had no repair bills. Our
machine has a second-rinse option which significantly reduces odors.
David Pierce
Hundredfold Farm Cohousing
Gettysburg PA
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At 10:05 PM 5/21/2010, R.N. Johnson wrote:

>  We now have 2 LG front loaders.  My family donated ours to the 
> common house laundry when we moved in because we wanted a water and 
> energy saving machine.  That machine is now 5 years old-  almost 3 
> years in service as a family-with-kid-in-cloth-diapers machine and 
> a little over 2 years as one of 2 machines in an 11 house hold 
> cohousing.  I think we had one minor repair involving the hoses, 
> not the machine itself. We just replaced our broken Maytag with another LG.
> The only problem we have had is that with the higher volume of use, 
> if people fully close the machine between uses the plastic seal gets 
> smelly. Now that we are leaving it ajar, the mildew smell is gone. I 
> don't know how intense our machines are used compared to other 
> cohousing- we have two families that have their own washers and 9 
> who use the common ones.
> Randa Johnson
> New Brighton Cohousing
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