They Don't Make Them Like They Used To - Tips to Avoid Buying New Appliances As with many things in our modern and increasingly digital world, you may have heard older folks opine over the lack in quality of modern goods like appliances. “They just don’t make them like they used to,” and isn’t that [...]
5 Tips to Repair an Air Conditioning Unit Air conditioning is really a modern luxury that most of us in Australia simply can’t live without. Those hot summer days pushing 40 degrees can be stagnating and even lethal, which makes air conditioners so essential - provided they work properly, of course. Below are some common [...]
Low Scrap Metal Value in White Goods: Key Reasons to Maintain Old Appliance Old appliances that no longer work like they used to are far too often quickly discarded in favour of newer, better (although this is highly subjective!) models in a seemingly neverending cycle of mass consumerism. Simply from an economical point of view, [...]
Top 5 Most Important Domestic Appliances in Your Home Domestic appliances come in all shapes and sizes, from the humble little toaster to big ol’ ranges and modern refrigerators. What are the most important domestic appliances every home should have? 1. Oven Unless you’re filthy rich and live off restaurant food and Deliveroo, Menulog, or [...]
Why Repairing Home Appliances Benefits the Environment Is it better to toss out your old appliance and purchase a new, energy-efficient model? Sometimes, yes. Most of the time, however, it’s much better for the environment to hold onto older home appliances. 01. It Reduces Demand for Newly Produced Appliances Your individual choice to delay the [...]
Oven Cleaning DIY and When You Need a Professional Repairman Is it worth cleaning your oven yourself? Most of the time, yes, it’s perfectly fine to DIY oven cleaning. During cleaning, however, you may notice some potential problems with the oven or the cleaning fails to resolve some longer-standing issues you may have been experiencing. [...]
How to Remove Dents from Stainless Steel Appliances There’s a huge demand for high-quality stainless steel appliances in Australian homes, and for good reason. This naturally bacteria-resistant material looks fantastic and tends to stand the test of time, but at a cost. Homeowners frequently pay a few hundred dollars simply for the stainless steel surfaces, [...]
Restaurant Range Hoods - Maintenance and Cleaning Tips Range hoods are an essential component of any kitchen, domestic or commercial. Unless you happen to enjoy setting off the smoke detector and releasing plumes of smoke around your restaurant, you’ll need a quality range hood (sometimes called a vent hood or exhaust hood) for your restaurant. [...]
5 Range Hood Cleaning & Maintenance Tips Domestic range hoods and commercial restaurant range hoods are quite different in terms of size and usage, but they both have one thing in common: they both need regular cleaning and maintenance to serve their essential function. The good news is that most domestic range hoods, especially [...]
How Hard is it to Repair 'Smart' Home Appliances? Smart home devices are increasingly commonplace here in Australia, including alarm systems, keyless entry, and even our refrigerators and other household appliances. While only a few short years ago, these devices were a relative novelty, the smart home market is expected to reach at least $53 [...]