Hamilton’s water hardness is uniform citywide, and here’s exactly what it does to dishwashers, kettles and espresso machines over time.
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Appliance Pro Tips, Home Maintenance
Old Hamilton housing stock: 60-amp panels, knob and tube, and what that means before you buy a new range or dryer
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What 60-amp panels and knob and tube wiring in Hamilton’s older neighbourhoods mean for installing a new electric range or dryer.
Set your fridge to 4 degrees Celsius (40 F) or lower and your freezer to -18 degrees Celsius (0 F) or lower. Those are the numbers Health Canada publishes for safe food storage. If your appliance cannot hold them, the problem is mechanical, not a dial setting, and it is worth getting looked at before […]
If your dishwasher finishes its cycle and leaves water sitting in the bottom, work through these seven checks in order. The first three you can do yourself in about fifteen minutes. If none of them fix it, the drain pump or the control board is the likely culprit and that is a service call. 1. […]
A fridge that runs non-stop and still will not hold 4 degrees Celsius is working too hard for the cooling it is producing. In most Hamilton homes the cause is one of five things: dirty condenser coils, a worn door seal, a failed condenser fan, an iced-up evaporator, or a compressor on its way out. […]
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