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The drive belt on our washing machine has slipped off, phone our landlord (who fitted the kitchen who is also a plumber)
"all you need to do is take the back cover off and put the belt back on" - seems easy enough.
Except that the floor has been tiled around the washing machine, the worktop built around it and the plumbing done tight to the wall. What was an easy fix has turned into a full blown kitchen rebuild.
MADNESS, and breathe.
At least your landlord has no one to blame but himself...
Get him round to fix it then. It's his house!
I had the same when our cistern was playing up. Bathroom man had built a bloody fortress around the cistern which meant I couldn't get the top off without destroying parts of the cabinet, cutting through the sealant, removing a couple of tiles...etc.
Used to be able to lift the cistern lid off in a second!
I would add he's happy to fix it, but still.
sorry, did you do it yourself not get the landlord to?
I'd have got him in - any damage would have been down to him and not coming out of your deposit...
freestanding dishwasher, installed, then wooden floor laid.
Needed to remove dishwasher to fix it, but now "floored" in under the worktop. Had to cut the framework to get the front of the DW up enough to clear the floor. Dumbass.
My bath is beautifully tiled in, but there's no panels or other access to the underneath, so if we ever need to attend to so much as a drip under the bath, it will be beautifully tiled in no longer.
Doh!
Modern cars seem to be built along the same lines.
"New alternator belt sir? Engine out job so it'll cost."
I had the same when our cistern was playing up. Bathroom man had built a bloody fortress around the cistern which meant I couldn't get the top off without destroying parts of the cabinet, cutting through the sealant, removing a couple of tiles...etc.
We had a neighbour who'd bricked his cistern in. Genius.
His house, his problem.
We had a built-in fridge-freezer. Plugged into a wall socket behind the unit.
Of course the fuse went...
I needed a reminder why the kitchen I designed has a washing machine and dish washer plonked under the work surface on a tiled floor, with no attempt to hide them.....
I needed a reminder why the kitchen I designed has a washing machine and dish washer plonked under the work surface on a tiled floor, with no attempt to hide them.....
Yes. Never understood the fashion for built in appliances. It's a kitchen. There is a cooker, washing machine, and a fridge in full view. Is there a problem?
surely these things are in the servants quarters anyway. Get them to sort it - not sure why they even involved the master of the house.
My bath is beautifully tiled in, but there's no panels or other access to the underneath, so if we ever need to attend to so much as a drip under the bath, it will be beautifully tiled in no longer.
^ this in our flat that we rent. A complaint from office below of a damp patch on ceiling meant I tore apart bath side and tiles, pulled up the floor (tiled again) to find no source of a leak, other than water on the wall behind (dot n dabbed) plasterboard) and tiles along bath wall - yet tiles and grout and sealant were pristine.
So I go knocking on the other flats upstairs. As soon as I explain situation, upstairs tenant says 'oh yeah, our shower has no sealant at the bottom, and has not for months - could it be that?'.
Best bit is the guy who fitted out bath is the landlord upstairs, he seemed to think my frustration was misplaced...
(Bath side is now retiled, but with ability to pop bath side off easily should you need through two very discrete screws hidden in grout.
If the belt popped off is it an AEG or hotpoint machine?
If it is the main drum bearing has failed and it's about £300 in bits to put right.
Just to further increase your landlords joy.
*Update*
Landlord has been around this afternoon with a carpenter and sorted it!
If the belt popped off is it an AEG or hotpoint machine?
If it is the main drum bearing has failed and it's about £300 in bits to put right.
We'll find out tomorrow if it works!
There I was thinking our dishwasher (first world problems) was awkward to get out to remove a blockage because I have to remove the waste and fill pipes and reroute them afterwards!
This is why I always tile or fit flooring under build in appliances and NEVER put plugs and sockets or services behind them when I install kitchens!
Previous owner of our house installed the washing machine in under a breakfast bar. So I have to reach in to press the tab and remove the detergent drawer so I can add powder, every single time I use it. Its also plumbed in behind the integrated dishwasher so will require the dishwasher to be removed to remove the washing machine. Oh, and the wall switches for both appliances are tight down the side of the boiler, so you have to use a wooden spoon to switch them off.
The breakfast bar will be coming out so that will solve the detergent tray issue 🙂
I see a lot of this in my work. Not so bad with electrics, just carpets and boards up.
But plumbing, everything concealed and tiled over. So if a 50p item in the cistern breaks the whole wall has to come off, and you prey to God you can still get 'those' tiles.
This is why I always tile or fit flooring under build in appliances and NEVER put plugs and sockets or services behind them when I install kitchens!
Ditto.
Wall to wall, and future servicing in mind.
Went to a stunning looking place Tuesday, but every tradesman there, well wasn't a tradesman. House looks fantastic because of the finishing. Except there is now sewage coming up through the kitchen floor, and there is a central island with appliances directly over the problem.
What I'm saying is that so many people don't test the systems before slapping on the gloss.
[This is why I always tile or fit flooring under build in appliances and NEVER put plugs and sockets or services behind them when I install kitchens!]
Ditto although I usually make a platform for the to sit on. Off cut of worktop or plywood.
Next door asked me to take out a old DW. Had one look and told them they had to remove about 6 floor tiles to do so. That was about 6 years ago and it's still in there.
I lived in a house once where the owner had boxed and tiled in the cistern in the bathroom. All looked very nice until the ball-cock got stuck down.
jon1973 - Member
I lived in a house once where the owner had boxed and tiled in the cistern in the bathroom. All looked very nice until the ball-cock got stuck down.
I'm awaiting that day here too. The top of the cistern is grouted into the wall.