Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: washing machine information

[John Beutler (jabeutler]

We've had a Sears front loader for 4 years in our private unit and the 
moldy seal issue DOES seem to be generic to front-loaders.  It doesn't 
seem to relate to frquency of use but leaving the door open certainly helps.

Cheers

JAB

Joanie Connors wrote:
> I had a Whirlpool front load washer for 4 years that never had the
> mold problem, but it had other problems - many repair calls and had to
> be replaced after 4 years. I've had 2 Maytags with no problems other
> than having to leave the door ajar.
>
> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Muriel Kranowski <murielk [at] vt.edu> wrote:
>   
> > Maytag front-loading washers also can get moldy seals if you close the
> > door.  Is it a generic problem for front-loaders?
> >   Muriel
> >   Shadowlake Village Cohousing
> >
> > At 06:50 PM 5/21/2010, you 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 cohousings- 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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