I'm counting on someone in the wonderful world of CD to be able to help me please. My new washing machine arrived this morning and I'm about to plumb it in. This is the first time I've plumbed a machine in myself but I've watched before and it looks easy....or so I thought :D

I'm stuck at the first hurdle :rolleyes: Which end of the hose attaches to the machine? My hoses have two different ends, both ends have the same size outer ring so could attach to either the machine or the taps. I've taken pictures :)

End A, B and I have some filters in the bag C  I'm thinking the filters C go in the end of B and that attaches to the taps as the washing machine has little filters over it's inlet bits...can anyone confirm this, or tell me the correct way to do it please?

Thanks very much in advance :)

Just questioned hubby :D

Which end has a bend in the pipe by the end bit?  From the pictures, he thinks end A.  If so, this end connects to the washing machine. He has never come across the filters "C" before but says that you are probably correct in that they go into the other end "B".
HTH
Kerri :D :D

Thanks Kerri, and thanks Kerris Hubby :) :)

I didn't even think about the bend, or look for it - that's so obvious..now anyway! :D  Yes, end A has a right angle bend..

Fabulous, off to connect it.

Thanks again :)

No probs!!!  First time Harry has been allowed into "my world" and actually been useful!! ;) :D :D :D

The filters go into the cups that attach to the water pipes -  meant to restrict loose scale getting into the hoses. The other thing I would make sure you definitely check is that the rubber waste water pipe on the machine cannot fall out of whatever pipe you are using to take the water away to the drain. I once forgot to check this when I had pulled the machine out to get something that had dropped behind it. Put the machine on to wash, went out, came home three hours later to find the water had emptied on the floor and made it's way under the laminate flooring in the kitchen and conservatory. Luckily the insurance covered it and paid out for us to lay a tiled floor - I pointed out to them that it would avoid a similar disaster in the future.

A funny story that happened to my mum with her washing machine. For years she has washed everything by hand and I kept trying to persuade her to get an automatic machine. When washing double sheets by hand started to get too much for her she finally gave in and bought a machine which was plumbed in for her by a local "handyman" in the village. I went to her house to show her how to use it and put her lovely Egytian cotton sheets in it and put it on to do it's thing, all the time telling her how great it would be and how much easier it would maked her life.

When the programme finished and I opened the door with a theatrical flourish we couldn't believe our eyes Her beautiful snowy white sheets were brown and covered in an oily scum. When I looked at the plumbing on her machine the wonderful handyman had plumbed it into her central heating pipes instead of the hot and cold water supplies

So whatever happens with your plumbing in I am sure it will be a lot better than my mum's experience :)

Oh Harley, your poor Mum...I bet she wished she'd stuck with handwashing :D

Machine is plumbed in, (thanks to Kerri and Harry :) ), it was techinically easy but ridiculously difficult to get the hoses fed through the totey wee hole under the sink, while squeezing down the side of the machine. Anyway all done and it works :)

Anybody got any plumbing jobs need doing..I think I'm almost a registered plumber now...lol :D

Glad it all went ok - great feeling isn't it when you manage to do something like that :)

We had a leak in our central heating last week, and as Steve is no longer able to do much, it was down to me to fix it I had to drain the system down and fit two new unions in the pipe work, soldering them in place, cutting pipes ( scary ) and getting it all running again. And it all worked when I had finished  :)

I have done quite a few DIY jobs over the years mainly because there was no choice in the matter. We have been renovating our house for a few years now - Steve could turn  his hand to anything and make and repair things that others would have to buy or replace but since his illness he can no longer do those things. So we are living in a 3/4 renovated house and I have had to learn to concrete, plumb, dig and install drainage, erect a log cabin, build an outhouse and many other things. It is amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it. The next time I have a plumbimg emergency I will know who to call - Kerri :D