# 24 7 Washing Machine Repair? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 18, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940 "2006-03-18T22:34:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940/1 "2006-03-18T22:34:16Z")
My wife is calling around trying to get our washing machine repaired in preparation for washing clothes for a trip that we depart upon in 12 hours. We’re in Akron, OH. I suspect there’s virtually no or no business that does this. Am I right? Not looking for a referral, just curious. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940/2 "2006-03-18T22:45:39Z")
I would think it would be easier to find a laundromat that stays open late. ---
**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940/3 "2006-03-18T22:51:53Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > I would think it would be easier to find a laundromat that stays open late. Why didn’t I think of that. :smack: A ‘day’ late and a fist full of quarters short! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940/4 "2006-03-18T23:19:29Z")
BobT, Based on my wife’s exhaustive use of our home phone and the Yellow Pages, the magic 8-ball says you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940/5 "2006-03-18T23:45:56Z")
Ah. It gets better. The door is actually stuck clothes. With all our underwear inside. A broken Maytag Neptune on a Saturday night is teh suck. ---
**Author:** ![ombre3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/da6949/32.png) [@ombre3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ombre3)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940/6 "2006-03-19T02:50:43Z")
I used to do appliance repair—refrigeration mostly so not all that familiar with laundry. Always was able to repair my own laundry equipment though. Pretty simple stuff actually. Never heard of a door sticking closed. Is this a front loader? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940/7 "2006-03-19T04:07:21Z")
> [@ombre3](#): > > I used to do appliance repair—refrigeration mostly so not all that familiar with laundry. Always was able to repair my own laundry equipment though. Pretty simple stuff actually. > > Never heard of a door sticking closed. > > Is this a front loader? Front loader, yes. Maytag Neptune. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940/8 "2006-03-19T04:24:29Z")
Incidentally, we just had the “front boot” replaced due to a big tear in it. Under warranty. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940/9 "2006-03-19T04:25:26Z")
Reading down, hoping to help, came to post #5. Damn. No experience on Neptunes, only related learning is that front loading extractor styles have a locking solenoid on the door (I bought and installed a Wascomat for our firehouse to clean turnout gear). I’ll venture a WAG-assuming the machine has finished it’s cycle and there is no water inside the drum-unplug it. Push in on the door to make sure there’s no physical bind on the locking linkage, and see if it’s designed to be ‘fail open’. Good luck. ---
**Author:** ![Mesquite-oh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940/10 "2006-03-19T07:14:29Z")
> [@Mr. Slant](#): > > Ah. It gets better. The door is actually stuck clothes. With all our underwear inside. A broken Maytag Neptune on a Saturday night is teh suck. There is no time like the middle of the night to go on a Wal-Mart underwear run! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2006, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/24-7-washing-machine-repair/348940/11 "2006-03-19T07:36:30Z")
> [@Mr. Slant](#): > > I suspect there’s virtually no or no business that does this. > Am I right? Yep, because there’s no demand for such service, both because laundry malfunctions are not emergencies on the scale of some plumbing problems and because there are 24-hour laundromats.