Fun and games here…

Mum put her 3 pairs of pyjama bottoms and some other stuff in the washer/dryer yesterday but didn’t tell me (setting the machine going is always my job) until late evening. That left her with none of her usual night clothes for last night so I turned the machine on hoping to get the clothes washed and dried before bed. The machine broke down with an OE (outlet) error and we were left with a pile of soggy clothes.

Anyway, we searched around and eventually found something for her to wear and I said I’d look at the washer today. I found the cause of the problem. (I think for the second time now,) mum had put a Tena incontinence pad in the machine and the pad had broken down into loads of bits of fluff. Next step was to clean the drain pump filter which would have been clogged. I unscrewed the filter but it wouldn’t come out. I only used hand force but the filter’s in 3 pieces now: The threaded handle part, a spring and the actual filter bit which is stuck.

I considered trying to use pliers to pull the stuck part out but decided against that in case I broke something and opted for a repair call out. It looks like that might be a couple of days before anyone comes which is not ideal with dad creating some washing every day. Anyway, I decided (hoping that we don’t have a disaster with dad’s bed) that I could hand wash the most essential items.

I did that with today’s items, put them on a couple of c/h radiators for drying (too late in the day to dry outside) and turned those radiators on. About ½ hr later I found the radiators were still cold so I spent the next hr bleeding radiators and trying to figure out why the hot water was not circulating to them. I’m still not sure what the problem was but it is resolved now which is a relief. I thought the way things were going, next up would be a heating repair call out.