Walking up to your washing machine and finding the drum full of standing water is one of the frustrating experiences of doing laundry. That heavy load of clothes is now trapped in the machine, and ...

While tech advances have given us all some impressive washing machine features, the core of the machine remains simple: Water is pumped in a big drum with cloths, the big drum spins around, and water ...

A front load washer with a drain pump access door - Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images If you have a front-load washer, you may have noticed that it has two doors. It's obvious what the large ...