Repair guides for kitchen appliances and garden machinery
Plain answers to the faults we see most, written by the engineers who fix them. Each guide tells you what is usually wrong, what you can safely check yourself and when to stop and book.
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Kitchen appliances
Dishwashers, washing machines, tumble dryers, ovens, hobs and fridge freezers. Most faults trace back to a filter, a seal, a pump or a heater, and the guides show you which one to suspect first.
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Garden power
Lawnmowers, hedge trimmers, chainsaws, strimmers, blowers and pressure washers, petrol, electric or battery. Guides on machines that will not start, blunt blades, damaged cables, stale fuel and what to do before winter.
Latest guides
Practical advice from our engineers on the faults we see most, and when it is time to book a repair.
Rather hand it to an engineer?
Every guide ends with what to check and where the line is. If you would rather not, or the fix turns out to be more than a filter, book a repair and let us take it from there. Nothing goes ahead without your say so: you approve any parts before we fit them.
How these guides are written
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From real callouts
Each guide starts with the faults our engineers see on real jobs, not with a list of search terms. If a problem is almost always one part, we say which.
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Safe to try at home
We only suggest checks you can do without taking the machine apart, and every guide starts with making it safe before you touch anything.
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Honest about the line
When a job needs an engineer we say so, rather than walking you into something that ends up costing more than the repair.
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Repair first
Fixing a good machine costs a fraction of replacing it and keeps it out of the skip. That is the whole point of Apelson: honest repairs, fixed prices.