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The Second Cheapest Is Often Right
I was in a kitchen in Clifton last Tuesday, staring at a brand-new, top-of-the-line washing machine that had decided to…
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What Installation Does Not Include
I’ve spent eighteen years pulling motors out of washing machines and clearing gunk out of vacuum hoses, and if there…
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Slow Cookers Are Cheap to Run and Easy to Oversize
Don’t let those glossy showroom displays fool you into thinking you need a digital touchscreen and a dozen pre-programmed settings…
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Getting the Dust Out From Between the Fins
Most people think a radiator is only “dirty” if there’s a layer of dust sitting on top of it, but…
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A Blown Thermal Fuse Had a Reason
I was standing in a kitchen in Bedminster last Tuesday, looking at a dryer that someone was ready to haul…
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Servicing a Hood Before It Stops Pulling
I was elbow-deep in a greasy, half-clogged unit in a kitchen near Clifton last Tuesday when the homeowner told me…
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Publishing the Weighting, Not Just the Score
Don’t let those glossy showroom brochures or the “smart” features advertised on TV fool you; they aren’t telling you the…
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The Fridge Light Is Usually Just a Bulb
You’d be surprised how many people call me up, sounding absolutely frantic because their fridge has gone dark, convinced they…
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Finding the Cold Spot in a Microwave
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve pulled a “broken” microwave out of a kitchen in Bristol, only to…
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What a Fan Can and Cannot Do
I spent yesterday afternoon elbow-deep in a dusty condenser unit that some poor soul had tossed out because it “stopped…
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