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I've a leak from the underside of my Hotpoint washer/dryer straight from the bottom of the drum. It's definitely the drum as you can see it, not major but a leak all the same that eventually travels onto the tiles.
I have changed the tub gasket on my old washer by stripping it down, removing the tub then unbolt and split in 2. I then replaced the rubber band type gasket some proper sealant high temp stuff, jobs done.
So yesterday I starts looking for a gasket and I thought I'm struggling here to find one. So today I rings Hotpoint it turns out this particular model is a sealed/welded plastic drum, you can't split the plastic drum tub it's plastic welded so no access to the gasket, new drum £325.98 A new gasket on other washers is roughly £15 so basically if tub leaks it's a new washer.
i was tempted to have a go with something, there's an ever so slight gap between the 2 tubs.
My rant is,
Why on God's earth make so you can't split it even if say the metal inside got damaged
F##kin fuming here and only a few year old just out of warranty
I have changed the tub gasket on my old washer by stripping it down, removing the tub then unbolt and split in 2. I then replaced the rubber band type gasket some proper sealant high temp stuff, jobs done.
So yesterday I starts looking for a gasket and I thought I'm struggling here to find one. So today I rings Hotpoint it turns out this particular model is a sealed/welded plastic drum, you can't split the plastic drum tub it's plastic welded so no access to the gasket, new drum £325.98 A new gasket on other washers is roughly £15 so basically if tub leaks it's a new washer.
i was tempted to have a go with something, there's an ever so slight gap between the 2 tubs.
My rant is,
Why on God's earth make so you can't split it even if say the metal inside got damaged
F##kin fuming here and only a few year old just out of warranty