to be considering getting rid of the washing machine?

[flootshoot]

Or am I just mental?

My washing machine is rubbish. It doesn't clean properly and it's developed a slow leak that is causing me untold paranoia everytime I switch the fecking thing on as I live in a flat and we've had a lot of problems with leaks into the commercial premises downstairs over the years (poor insulation between floors, old pipes etc.) It's in a sort of cupboard which is a pita to get into. I could use the extra storage space. I can't begin to tell you how much I HATE hanging washing up and we have no space for clothes horses anyway so our flat constantly has washing hanging up all over the place and it takes ages to dry, esp. in winter. I can't afford a new washing machine, and I've no space for a tumble drier.

I am seriously considering getting rid of the thing and just taking a huge haul to the laundrette once a week. I'd have extra storage space, no washing hanging all over the flat and no paranoia. And TBH I hate the whole process so much I honestly can't imagine that going to the laundrette will be any worse. Plus I might start taking a book and using it as 'me' time....

It seems perfectly reasonable to me but in this day and age it seems odd to get rid of a convenience like this (although I don't class mine as a convenience).

So. AIBU?

My sister recommended calgon but I'm a bit worried limescale's the only thing holding it together.

go on, you know you want to ..... take it to bits, put it back together, then burn your Brazziere

Look on freecycle for a replacement.

Honestly, the launderette is shockingly expensive.

Flootshoot mine was leaking, and DH had checked the pipes etc. We are covered by Hotpoint, so called them out, and when he took the machine apart, an optician's cloth for glassess had managed to get down through the pipe and block the hose from within the machine. Now it is as good as new.

It is worth seeing if the pipe is clear on the machine side, rather than the outside.

I used a laundrette for a year and it's expensive, also time consuming.

I have just repaired my washing machine [ie changed the plug] after it broke down in January.I was washing by hand for 3-4 people.
I will never ever do without a washing machine again.It is just so convenient and easy. A new washing machine costs from£180 upwards, a washerdryer from £250.
If you live near to a laundrette [which I don't] then I suppose it is doable, but still very expensive, and IMO the machines don't wash as well. In my case a new washing machine would be paid for within a couple of months.

i think it a mad idea, i would be so lost without my washine machine

when i lived in my flat i had THIS and it work fine

Launderettes are horrible, and full of weird people.

Washing machine repairs are often quite cheap, and yours might just need new hoses or something.

Not all laundrettes are horrible. Ours is lovely & clean, it's run by a chinese couple (I assumed they'd have young kids, found out last weekend her youngest daughter just got married in Hong Kong!!) and sometimes when she has to go out her Mum minds the place - it's open but unmanned on a Sunday and they've never had any problems. Mixed bunch use the place & everyone is friendly. I quite like going :)

It's just, as I said earlier, I miss the convenience of a machine for the random items and the odd wet things etc that you want to bung right in. Also I'veen doing it in the summer, I suspect I'd mind it all a lot more in the winter.

I need to design the kitchen & make some decisions then I can get on with buying a machine!

Having it jamed into a cupboard in the bedroon doseem like a nightmare though. Isn't there a kitchen cupboard you could do without? Even id it's rented you should be able to do something to fit in a washer.

(I think I need to replace the laptop first though - the keyboard is fcked

laundrettes are expensive and inconvenient - calculate how mch weekly washing will cost in a laundrette (inc getting there, time, extra clothing/bedding required etc) and you are probably better off just getting a new machine.

I used the laundrette a couple of weeks ago when the washing pile ran away with me (we don't have a drier and it was a wet weekend). The machines were really small so I had to do 3 loads and by the time everything was dry I'd spent £15 and then some.

It was nice for a change - especially getting all the towels fluffy as I'm not used to a drier, but way too expensive for everyday imo.

@chippingin .... laptop keyboards are very easy to replace too!

Might have to look into it - it's driving me demented! I type quickly & don't normally need to proof read, so keep forgetting to - then if I do read a post - it looks appalling!!

Mind you - it gets very hot (always has) the fan is noisy (suspect it too needs replacing, but its been noisy frm day 1) and the hard drive is telling me it's almost full (but shouldn't be)... so it's tempting just to replace it!

I couldn't live without our washing machine. When we lived in Switzerland I could only wash once a week. I needed to do 7 loads one after the other. We moved to Belgium and I got my very own machine which I can hear whirring away in the cellar. It took a couple of weeks to be delivered so I went to the laundrette. I hadn't been to one since we left Nottingham 18 years ago and it was a real eye opener. It was very expensive (cost me 16 euros to wash and dry three loads) and inconvenient. I have a car so I didn't need to lug it around either.
I heart my cheapish machine.

I had problems get my laundry too & from the laundrette & it is quite close by. And that was when I was a single gal. Laundry is heavy.
Save up for a new machine.