I found out that a washing machine is heavy to move around by yourself.
Our washing machine (front loader) sometimes fills up with water for no reason. We keep the door open (so it doesn't get moldy smelling) but the water never filled up past the bottom. We couldn't find the solution online but thought it was a problem with the control board since it would have random beeps like it was turning on when we weren't using it. We bought the replacement part for $150 and installed it ourself. That worked for a while but then we had the same problem. Also, I think the new control board also beeps randomly sometimes but a lot less that the other one did. I had the idea to keep it set on drain/spin since then if it turned on it would presumably just drain. Nope, that didn't work. Today, I was in the kitchen and heard leaking and realized that it had filled up and was leaking out the front of the washing. Luckily there wasn't too much water on the ground. At this point, I have to decide whether to get a new washer and try to get someone out to figure out what is wrong with it and repair it - sigh. The problem is that I don't know if I am going to be able to keep the house and so I am reluctant to get a new washer (I suppose I could move it with me if there is room in the new place). However, I may not know for a really long time what is happening with house. Sigh. For now, I have the water turned to the washer. This is an ok temporary solution but I am worried that if I turn on/off the water too often this is going to lead to me having to get a plumber out to replace the shut off valves. I guess I could also keep the front door to the washer closed and just run bleach through it every once in a while.
It sucks to not have Tim here to help make this decision.
Any suggestions?
The washer is from 2006 so it isn't that new but isn't all that old either.