How to maintain, clean and descale a washing machine.

How to keep your washing machine clean?

• Regular maintenance of your washing machine
• How to clean filter and pump of your washing machine
• How to take care of door seal and rubber
• How to ensure a proper and working detergent drawer
• How to handle water supply filter, drum and exterior surfaces of your washer and whether and how and how often you should descale your washing machine

The more often you use your washing machine, the more lime scale builds up. This can have a detrimental effect on the machine's performance; power consumption may increase while your laundry may not be as clean as it should be. To eliminate the build-up of lime scale on heating elements, hoses, the drum and various small parts, it is therefore important to regularly descale your washing machine.

Siemens is well aware of the negative effects of lime scale on washing machines, especially in hard water areas, and the worst of these effects is a buildup of lime scale on the heating element, which can result in this component being less effective at heating up the water, or even the need for this component to be replaced by an engineer.

• Ensure the washing machine is empty and all the laundry is removed
• Open the detergent drawer and pour the entire contents of the box into the left hand compartment
• Close the detergent drawer, select a 60°C programme without pre-wash and start the appliance
• Let the programme run until the end
• Run the programme again at 60°C, this time without the descaling powder, to thoroughly clean through the appliance and remove any residues. Again let the programme run until completion.

Purchase approved descaler products for your Siemens washing machines from the Siemens Online Shop. Keep washing machines running with descalers.