Retailers Who Install Washing Machines

[chrissa1]

I need a new washing machne (cold fill). Can anyone tell me which retailers would take the old one away but also plumb the new one in?

[sandyRoe]

I think I recently saw an advert on the TV saying Comet provide that service

[NazNomad]

Currys do, for a fee.

Not a personal recommendation, just an answer.

[redcrx]

why not try your local Euronics centre?

http://www.euronics.co.uk/

[redman41]

If you have an Independent Family Retailer near you, you might get a better deal from them and they may also take your old WM away.
You will have to pay Currys and Comet for installing a new WM, not sure what they charge for this service though, you would have to ask at the Store.

[chrissa1]

Thanks for that all. It's got to be cheaper and quicker than a plumber.

[NazNomad]

Anyone with minor DIY skills would fit it for a beer, I'm sure (one hose and one 13A plug) ... and your council would probably do a 'special' collection to remove the old one, if you're looking for a cheap solution.

[chrissa1]

True, true naz. I can do the plug it's the water bit I'm not sure of.

[NazNomad]

You should have something like this (albeit with a blue valve-handle), the washing machine hose simply screws onto there, ensuring you have the rubber washer in the hose-end first.

http://mirror-uk-rb1....n-wallpaper-1-DHD.jpg

No harder than attaching a garden-hose fitting really.

[chrissa1]

Phwaw!! Just seen that Currys want £84.00 to fit it. No. Thank. You.
I'll have a go myself, thanks Naz.

[237SJ]

I` ve just got a new washing machine for my Mum and it was installed by Currys on Monday night. Both Comet and Curries charge about £45 to take the old one away and install the new one. The price I got at Currys was better which is why I got theirs (there was a sale) but when I was in Comet, the guy offered to do free installation and removal of the old one to clinch the sale. Definitely worth a try.

[gingejbee]

Chrissa -me again: should have mentioned this - if you have a small, independent retailer, you can often get a better "package". My new Miele washer was £20 less than anyone else was charging and included delivery, disconnection, connection and disposal - all free. Sorry not to mention it earlier.

[chrissa1]

Thanks all. I've bought a Beko from Tesco. Free delivery, free scrap removal and installation for £19.00 which I thought was not bad. It'll be here on Monday too.
I've had a very happy afternoon's shopping too, in front of the fire.

[boxtops]

Excellent chrissa, tell us what it's like, on Monday!

[spudqueen]

I see you're sorted, but for future reference John Lewis do all the above.

[chrissa1]

Cheers all.

[Invictas]

Comet did mine,plumbed and took away the old machine,and the pre delivery service was excellent too.
They didn't even flinch at getting the machine up 4 floors with no lift!

[chrissa1]

It's here but the old one wouldn't come out because of a newER laminate floor. Anyone got a crowbar??

[NazNomad]

Is it under a kitchen worktop?

If so, it will be easier to release the front of the worktop and raise it a little than it will be to cut a piece from a laminate floor.

[chrissa1]

How do I raise the worktop? I'm on How it Works too!!

[NazNomad]

The worktop 'should' be screwed through the front of the cupboards from underneath.

You'll need to open any adjacent cupboard doors and look up into the top-front of the cupboard ... if you see screw-heads then they're your ones.