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Built in appliances and kick boards - a general comment
Having struggled to remove the kick boards (it should have been easy but
extra bits had been added beyond clips) I looked at the built in washing machine. It looks to have a washing machine style filter which unscrews to enable the user to recover coins, false teeth, and anything else which has been left in pockets and gone through the wash. [I will unearth the instruction book and check.] On free standing washing machines this is often behind a metal flap which folds out. This suggest to me that any kick board which covers the base of a built in device should be easily removable and replaceable for service access. I wonder how many people know this; it completely passed me by! Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
Built in appliances and kick boards - a general comment
On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 18:28:11 +0000, David wrote:
Having struggled to remove the kick boards (it should have been easy but extra bits had been added beyond clips) I looked at the built in washing machine. It looks to have a washing machine style filter which unscrews to enable the user to recover coins, false teeth, and anything else which has been left in pockets and gone through the wash. [I will unearth the instruction book and check.] On free standing washing machines this is often behind a metal flap which folds out. This suggest to me that any kick board which covers the base of a built in device should be easily removable and replaceable for service access. I wonder how many people know this; it completely passed me by! Adding that there should be some sort of easy way to remove the kick board such as a notch for a lever or a couple of small knobs to grip. Just a simple functional way to pop the board off and on again. Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
Built in appliances and kick boards - a general comment
David Wrote in message:
On Sun, 25 Oct 2020 18:28:11 +0000, David wrote: Having struggled to remove the kick boards (it should have been easy but extra bits had been added beyond clips) I looked at the built in washing machine. It looks to have a washing machine style filter which unscrews to enable the user to recover coins, false teeth, and anything else which has been left in pockets and gone through the wash. [I will unearth the instruction book and check.] On free standing washing machines this is often behind a metal flap which folds out. This suggest to me that any kick board which covers the base of a built in device should be easily removable and replaceable for service access. I wonder how many people know this; it completely passed me by! Adding that there should be some sort of easy way to remove the kick board such as a notch for a lever or a couple of small knobs to grip. Just a simple functional way to pop the board off and on again. Cheers Dave R -- AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64 The joys of cheap kirchens -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
Built in appliances and kick boards - a general comment
"Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" Wrote in message:
More to the point, why do makers of said machines put the filter right at the bottom, sometimes very close, as then you cannot get a big enough tray under it to allow it to drain the internal plumbing without flooding the place? Brian Gravity -- Jimk ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
Built in appliances and kick boards - a general comment
If you have a built-in fridge, there will (should) be a plastic tray
behind the kickboard that slides out for cleaning any spilt milk or whatever. Unless you have an easily removable kickboard, you cannot slide it out for cleaning. Andrew On 26/10/2020 08:26, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote: More to the point, why do makers of said machines put the filter right at the bottom, sometimes very close, as then you cannot get a big enough tray under it to allow it to drain the internal plumbing without flooding the place? Brian |
Built in appliances and kick boards - a general comment
On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 08:36:23 +0000, Jimk wrote:
"Brian Gaff \(Sofa\)" Wrote in message: More to the point, why do makers of said machines put the filter right at the bottom, sometimes very close, as then you cannot get a big enough tray under it to allow it to drain the internal plumbing without flooding the place? Brian Gravity Yes, I have to use a very very shallow baking tray, and it needs emptying before the drain is complete. I am wondering about a 100mm solid platform for it. (I do this every six months after I failed to undo the cover because it was jammed up with crud inside. I had to replace the pump, Dremel the old cover off to see inside, but I have a spare pump now!) -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
Built in appliances and kick boards - a general comment
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David wrote: Having struggled to remove the kick boards (it should have been easy but extra bits had been added beyond clips) I looked at the built in washing machine. It looks to have a washing machine style filter which unscrews to enable the user to recover coins, false teeth, and anything else which has been left in pockets and gone through the wash. [I will unearth the instruction book and check.] On free standing washing machines this is often behind a metal flap which folds out. This suggest to me that any kick board which covers the base of a built in device should be easily removable and replaceable for service access. I wonder how many people know this; it completely passed me by! They're normally just clipped to the legs of the cabinets, using terry clips or similar. Then someone lays laminated flooring up to them, rather than underneath, preventing their removal. ;-) -- *I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.* Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
Built in appliances and kick boards - a general comment
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote:
This suggest to me that any kick board which covers the base of a built in device should be easily removable and replaceable for service access. I wonder how many people know this; it completely passed me by! They're normally just clipped to the legs of the cabinets, using terry clips or similar. Then someone lays laminated flooring up to them, rather than underneath, preventing their removal. ;-) The trouble with "just clipped to the legs of the cabinets" is:- You have to know they're "just clipped to the legs of the cabinets" to be able to remove them, otherwise you spend happy hours searching for the latest nefarious "invisible" fixings some horrible manufacturer has invented. Even if they are "just clipped to the legs of the cabinets" and you know it how are you supposed to pull them off? What is wrong with a couple of screws? You can get black screws if light coloured ones really upset you but personally such things really don't worry me. -- Chris Green · |
Built in appliances and kick boards - a general comment
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Chris Green wrote: They're normally just clipped to the legs of the cabinets, using terry clips or similar. Then someone lays laminated flooring up to them, rather than underneath, preventing their removal. ;-) The trouble with "just clipped to the legs of the cabinets" is:- You have to know they're "just clipped to the legs of the cabinets" to be able to remove them, otherwise you spend happy hours searching for the latest nefarious "invisible" fixings some horrible manufacturer has invented. You either:- Fit the kitchen yourself. Watch the guys doing it. Ask here. ;-) -- *A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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