If your microwave door glass has just broken, the fix is easier than you think. The microwave window is a critical part of the appliance design. You need that window to tell if a meal is finished cooking or is about to boil over. The window gives us insight into how food cooks in the microwave and serves as an …
Your dishwasher is an essential part of daily life. Without it, you’re up to your elbows in soapy water for an hour every day. So if your dishwasher starts to fail, having a few quick repair tricks up your sleeve can be incredibly handy. Most people know how to check the soap compartment and the rack tracks. But when you’ve …
So your dryer won’t start. Most of us discover this fact in that inconvenient moment right after loading the dryer with wet clothes. You check the settings, smack the ‘start’ button and…. nothing. Why nothing? It’s hard to say right off the bat, but with a little troubleshooting, you can often discover why a perfectly good dryer would suddenly fail …
The inside of your freezer is a no-man’s land. Even if you’re the person who packages and freezes leftovers, the back recesses of any freezer become unexplored and crowded. Spills that happen in the freezer never get cleaned up and frost builds up over time. Leftovers that were unlabeled or forgotten about may have been lost for years, long past …
The water inlet valve on your washing machine is the gatekeeper for water flow. When the water lines are connected, the inlet valve controls whether water is allowed to flow into the washer during the fill and wash cycles. It is usually located in the back of your washer near the fill hose connections, for obvious reasons. However, when your …
The light inside your oven is one of the most useful little gadgets introduced by cooking-enthusiast engineers. That little light lets you take a look at the food that’s cooking without releasing heat from your oven. You can get the perfect golden-brown when baking ensures that anything warming in the oven isn’t crisping as well. The oven light is fun …
Nothing spoils a day quicker than opening up the refrigerator to find that the gallon of milk you put in there yesterday is a milk slushie when pouring over your cereal. Frozen food is for the freezer, but if the right conditions are met, it may also be for the fresh food section of your refrigerator whether you like it …
Every so often, you will hear about a house fire on the news. In some cases, it may have been a short circuit or an accident, but sometimes, it will be because of the dryer in the home. Cloth items, when dried, will produce lint. By design, your dryer should catch that lint in the lint trap so you can …
There are few things more disruptive to your kitchen than a noisy microwave. When you’re cooking and holding a conversation or listening to TV or radio, a noisy microwave can drown out everything else going on. Or perhaps you sometimes get up in the middle of the night craving popcorn or a slice of leftover pizza. You load up your …
Your appliances work hard for you on a day to day basis. They make life easier by cleaning and drying your dishes quickly, keeping your food fresh and your juice cold, and helping you prepare a delicious meal for the family. Imagining life without them seems impossible. They have become such a normal part of our routine that sometimes we …