30th August 2025
There was a shout of panic from inside the house as I was trying to do something outside.
Often a shout has been about a spider, or something crawling about, but this time it was a whole lot worse. Kelli had put some washing on and luckily she came back in the house to see water spilling out from the laundry room.
I rushed in to see the lake of water forming in the living room. Kelli turned the machine off whilst I ran back into the garage to grab some sheets and dust clothes to mop up as much water as I could before it ruined the wood floors.
I dragged in the shop vac to start sucking up the water. I used about five sheets in the mopping process then taking them outside to dry. I finished with shop towels which are pretty absorbent. The laundry room took a bit longer to clear, first moving everything that was in there out, and moving the actual machine out that revealed a lot of crap that had accumulated over the years. Finally we got everything under control, both of us were exhausted, and fortunately the wood floor was undamaged.
Now both problem was the washing machine itself. I looked up on line the make and model and found a troubleshooting section that suggested that the problem was in water inlet valve. The repair procedure was well documented, so I ordered the part on Amazon which should be delivered tomorrow.
I’m sure the simple process shown will end up as a disaster, but I’m willing to have a go.
As I went back outside to finish the job I had started, I looked around the front yard at all the sheets hanging out to dry and it looked like washing day at the Ku Klux Klan.
Another Lifetime to go 