Tricity Bendix AW1001 washing machine pictures

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Warning: Modern washing machines often bulge at the front.

The popular trend in washing machine design at the moment is to have the front, and the doors bulge out. This is probably to move away from the very flat fronts of washing machines in the 70s and 80s. The problem is that if you don't factor this in when measuring up (and it is very easily overlooked) you may find that any drawer, or door, opening across the washing machine will be unusable.

 

After installing the Tricity AW1001 in my daughter's kitchen my heart sank as I realised that the back door, which opens across it was going to catch on the washing machine. This situation is very bad - keeping the back door permanently closed is not an option.

Fortunately I was able to force the washer back another few millimetres and the back door cleared the washing machine - literally by a millimetre! You couldn't pass a credit card between them at the point where both doors almost touch.

 

 

Relieved that the door cleared the washing machine I then realised the chances were that each time the washing machine went into spin it would probably move (only a fraction would be needed) and anyone opening the back door would hit the machine and damage it.

I was quite surprised to find that after using the AW1001 several times my daughter reports that the washing machine hasn't moved at all during wash or spin. For a very cheap budget washing machine this is remarkable.

 

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