I though that the Chinese were laundry experts (remember Calgon's ancient Chinese secret ?). You would expect that the local Chinese would have this laundry thing all figured out centuries ago. Unfortunately, the laundry washing facilities in these Chinese houses leave everything to be desired. An ongoing project in our household has been the effort to get adequate laundry facilities installed. We made some progress this week.
Our house came with a ridiculously small Siemens appliance that washes and dries clothes in the same machine. Kathleen used it for a day and concluded that it would have to run it 24-7 to keep up with the family of six.
We worked out a deal with the landlord whereby we split the cost to purchase a new western-sized washer and dryer. Kathleen selected the appliances last week and they were delivered on Saturday. There was also a maintenance crew here all day on Saturday running a hot water pipe to the laundry room to supply the washer. Strange that the builders included a laundry room but didn't supply it with hot water.
One of the remaining unsolved mysteries is how to vent the dryer exhaust to the outside of the house. The laundry room is built a sunroom with all exterior walls made of glass. The management has not figured out yet how to run a four inch dryer exhaust pipe through a pane of glass.
Second unsolved laundry mystery - on the inaugural run of the new washer on Sunday (a load of reds), we ended up with a flood of pink water on the floor of the laundry room. Apparently the house drain is blocked or inadequate for the amount of water being expelled. To be continued ...
Our house came with a ridiculously small Siemens appliance that washes and dries clothes in the same machine. Kathleen used it for a day and concluded that it would have to run it 24-7 to keep up with the family of six.
We worked out a deal with the landlord whereby we split the cost to purchase a new western-sized washer and dryer. Kathleen selected the appliances last week and they were delivered on Saturday. There was also a maintenance crew here all day on Saturday running a hot water pipe to the laundry room to supply the washer. Strange that the builders included a laundry room but didn't supply it with hot water.
One of the remaining unsolved mysteries is how to vent the dryer exhaust to the outside of the house. The laundry room is built a sunroom with all exterior walls made of glass. The management has not figured out yet how to run a four inch dryer exhaust pipe through a pane of glass.
Second unsolved laundry mystery - on the inaugural run of the new washer on Sunday (a load of reds), we ended up with a flood of pink water on the floor of the laundry room. Apparently the house drain is blocked or inadequate for the amount of water being expelled. To be continued ...
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