Service area: Chiang Mai province
Unit: Front-load washing machine, brand not clearly visible
Type of work: Washing machine cleaning
When: 2026

2 photos from the job

The unit when I arrived, during the work and when I finished.

Before1 photo

After1 photo

What you can check yourself from this case

Arm explains what the photos show, so you can judge the unit at home yourself.

Three places odours like to live in a front loader

The groove behind the door gasket, the outer surface of the inner drum, and the drain pump filter. Water can sit in all three, and the tub-clean programme can't reach them. A clean that really works has to open up all three.

Scale around the heater increases power use

Many front-load models have a water heater under the tub. When scale and deposits build up on it, heat passes into the water more slowly, so the machine takes longer to bring the water up to the set temperature.

What you can do yourself every week

Leave the door open to dry after each wash, and wipe the door gasket groove dry once a week. These two habits genuinely extend the time before the next strip-down clean is due.