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ABCDiamond Jan 4th 2005 10:23 am
Re: Clothes Woes
 
Originally Posted by Quinkana
Topic keeps repeating. Have had none of the problems outlined. Just accept that Europeans like washing horizontally and be done with it.
It's surprising how many topics keep repeating themselves, isn't it :D

Come on then, tell us what brand and model of washing machine you use ?

Bix Jan 4th 2005 10:32 am
Re: Clothes Woes
 
Originally Posted by Quinkana
Topic keeps repeating. Have had none of the problems outlined. Just accept that Europeans like washing horizontally and be done with it.
Just had this mental image of the wife lying on her back trying to fill the machine :D

Quinkana Jan 4th 2005 10:37 am
Re: Clothes Woes
 
Originally Posted by ABCDiamond
It's surprising how many topics keep repeating themselves, isn't it :D

Come on then, tell us what brand and model of washing machine you use ?
OK - Simpson Aquarius 706 - purchased 1990. Was suspicious of the Simpson brand name at time of purchase - remember those old cheap rope maker twin tubs - had to replace water pump ~1998 - otherwise OK.

Quinkana Jan 4th 2005 10:46 am
Re: Clothes Woes
 
Originally Posted by Bix
Just had this mental image of the wife lying on her back trying to fill the machine :D
Save water - washboard in the bath with a friend.

Pollyana Jan 4th 2005 11:10 am
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Don't know about it being a Brit thing to hang out the washing - I'd much rather have a tumble dryer, but The Bloke (Aussie born and bred) insists on hanging the washing outside. And there it stays, through repeated storms, until its dry! Thinks I'm mad if I drag it indoors and hang it on the rack instead! :eek:

fair_dinkum Jan 4th 2005 12:49 pm
Re: Clothes Woes
 
Originally Posted by SherKhan66
ARRGH!
WASHING CLOTHES HERE IS A NIGHTMARE!

Toploaders - poor washers and leave fluff over your clothes.
The Sun - ruins clothes even when turned inside out.
Pegs - leave outline of EXACTLY where they've been on your clothes.
Birds - They peck holes in clothes all the time.
Pegs - Ok they're cheap but they break all the time due to the heat, then get caught up in the mower then spin up wildly towards me

All in all, think that pretty much our entire wardrobe is ruined(Ok a slight exaggeration) but we're pretty peeved at the damage caused to our wardrobes since arriving in Oz.

Any tips? - We've got a tumble drier but it's expensive to run and seemed crazy to use it when the sun was shining - now not so sure!

Unfortunately, our clothes spinner is beside a peach tree and the birds do love peaches(and my clothes)

Any help appreciated
John
I have used a top loader for 30 years ( as do most aussie's) I cant for the life of me think what you are doing to wreck your clothes? as for the fluff.. are you washing towels or jumpers in with the normal clothes? do you use the gentle cycle for any of the delicates? If your clothes line is in the direct afternoon sun then of course on the hot sunny days your clothes will fade, so get a portable clothes line and put it in a shaded area on hot days.. as for the peg marks, ironing will get them out...what on earth do the english use to hang the clothes out if they dont use pegs??

TheCrone Jan 4th 2005 1:08 pm
Re: Clothes Woes
 
Originally Posted by Quinkana
Topic keeps repeating. Have had none of the problems outlined. Just accept that Europeans like washing horizontally and be done with it.
Do laundry in evening, peg out, leave clothes on line over night, remove early next morning - no fade, no birds! And if you're getting so much lint on your clothes, you're not sorting them properly, speaking as an ex-Hoover demonstrator.
Bring back the twin-tub!

Faith Jan 4th 2005 1:15 pm
Re: Clothes Woes
 
Originally Posted by Pollyana
Don't know about it being a Brit thing to hang out the washing
No, rains too much! :rolleyes:

rudo1ph Jan 4th 2005 1:18 pm
Re: Clothes Woes
 
Originally Posted by SherKhan66
ARRGH!
WASHING CLOTHES HERE IS A NIGHTMARE!

Toploaders - poor washers and leave fluff over your clothes.
The Sun - ruins clothes even when turned inside out.
Pegs - leave outline of EXACTLY where they've been on your clothes.
Birds - They peck holes in clothes all the time.
Pegs - Ok they're cheap but they break all the time due to the heat, then get caught up in the mower then spin up wildly towards me

All in all, think that pretty much our entire wardrobe is ruined(Ok a slight exaggeration) but we're pretty peeved at the damage caused to our wardrobes since arriving in Oz.

Any tips? - We've got a tumble drier but it's expensive to run and seemed crazy to use it when the sun was shining - now not so sure!

Unfortunately, our clothes spinner is beside a peach tree and the birds do love peaches(and my clothes)

Any help appreciated
John

I must be living in a lateral universe!!! :)

I LOVE MY TOP LOADER!!!!

I haven't had birds pecking hols in my washing, yes the pegs do leave marks, but they did in the UK as well, I'm not sure about fading.....I guess our clothes do fade gradually, but it's not a problem. I haven't found breaking pegs a problem - except if I drop them and the dog chews them!!! I find it gets stuff cleaner than my front loader ever did! I do sometimes get a bit of fluff on stuff like fleecey jackets - clothes brush soon sorts that.

I haven't had any clothes ruined by my top loader either.....

Maybe I'm doing something wrong :rolleyes:

Rudi

ABCDiamond Jan 4th 2005 1:22 pm
Re: Clothes Woes
 
Originally Posted by rudo1ph
I must be living in a lateral universe!!! :)

I LOVE MY TOP LOADER!!!!

I haven't had birds pecking hols in my washing, yes the pegs do leave marks, but they did in the UK as well, I'm not sure about fading.....I guess our clothes do fade gradually, but it's not a problem. I haven't found breaking pegs a problem - except if I drop them and the dog chews them!!! I find it gets stuff cleaner than my front loader ever did! I do sometimes get a bit of fluff on stuff like fleecey jackets - clothes brush soon sorts that.

I haven't had any clothes ruined by my top loader either.....

Maybe I'm doing something wrong :rolleyes:

Rudi
The cheaper plastic pegs become brittle from the sun, and then just snap after some time. :)

melibeam Jan 4th 2005 1:52 pm
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I too love my top loader, compared to the small front loader I had in UK - its brilliant. I can fit in loads more clothes, it washes them just as well, and it takes less than half the time. I find the only time I get fluff on things is if I wash new towels, bath mats etc, but I now wash these separately and have had no probs since.

As for hanging things outside, I only hang out big items like sheets etc, anything else on rack in garage or tumble dry. The lease for our rental house actually states that washing cannot be hung outside to dry! but nobody can see it, so sod that. The one thing I miss from UK is my condenser tumble dryer, it could hold a full wash load and dried everything quickly. I wish we had brought it, but we sold it with the house - aaaah! The dryer I have here takes forever. Its not a condenser one as they were mega expensive here, I would advise anyone with one in UK to ship it as they are more than double the price here.

Quinkana Jan 4th 2005 3:39 pm
Re: Clothes Woes
 
Originally Posted by melibeam
The one thing I miss from UK is my condenser tumble dryer, it could hold a full wash load and dried everything quickly. I wish we had brought it, but we sold it with the house - aaaah! The dryer I have here takes forever. Its not a condenser one as they were mega expensive here, I would advise anyone with one in UK to ship it as they are more than double the price here.
Not sure that condenser tumble dryers are needed in most parts of Australia - air is dry and laundries have doors opening to the outside for venting or have vents installed.

My dryer has a humidity sensor - switches to "cool down" then off when clothes are dry. Saves excessive tumbling and energy.

vivi Jan 4th 2005 6:14 pm
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Get a cat!!!!! That will stop those pesky birds!!! :scared:
ViVi

Larissa Jan 4th 2005 6:56 pm
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Originally Posted by TheCrone
Do laundry in evening, peg out, leave clothes on line over night, remove early next morning - no fade, no birds! And if you're getting so much lint on your clothes, you're not sorting them properly, speaking as an ex-Hoover demonstrator.
I do this, but peg out whites in the sun - they look better with some bleaching!
I don't know why drying outside is an English thing, they do it all over the world :confused: BTW an Aussie invented the rotary dryer... useless fact number 100,000,001 :p

ABCDiamond Jan 4th 2005 7:05 pm
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Originally Posted by Larissa
BTW an Aussie invented the rotary dryer... useless fact number 100,000,001 :p
This brings to mind this thread - http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?p=973140


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