Repair & Care
Repair or replace: an honest rule of thumb from the bench
Not everything is worth fixing, and plenty that gets thrown away is. The faults we see most, which are cheap to correct, and where the line genuinely falls.
Which floors a steam mop is safe on — and which it will ruin
Steam mops are sold as universal. They are excellent on sealed hard floors and destructive on several common ones. A floor-by-floor guide before you switch it on.
Why kettles die, and the ten-minute job that prevents it
Limescale is the single largest cause of small-appliance failure in a hard-water area. What it does to an element, and a descaling routine that takes almost no effort.
