Washing Machine Beeping?

[Scarlett]

My washing machine appears to be doing its thing, spinning, washing, water in the drum is grey, but it keeps beeping 5 times x 5 and then carrying on. Normally it only beeps when it is finished, and then 3 times. I have had trouble with it in the past where it wouldn't drain due to a blockage in the pipes. A man came out and it cost £1500 to sort it. Any idea what might be the problem?

[Baldric]

///it cost £1500 to sort it///

Just out of curiosity a new one would cost how much?

[Scarlett]

It cost that much because I had to have all the pipes unblocked and replaced! I think this is more to do with a fault in the washing machine itself but don't know how to drain the water out of it.

[alavahalf]

£1500 to unblock a pipe ... was his name Dick Turpin ?

[pond50]

What make model is it?

[Baldric]

Why would you replace an 'unblocked pipe'?

[just2retro]

Oh come on this is a typo right? Even £150 sounds expensive for a plumber @ £30 per hour. You can buy a top of the range new washer for £600....

[alavahalf]

Sorry but I think you have been told porkies... having spent half my working life around pipes and blockages. At this stage I have never replced a pipe because it is blocked. There are loads of remedies for unblocking pipes. It may not sound as technical as you would like to hear, but as a rule a plunger, a length of spring wire and some proper waste pipe cleaner is all that is required to deal with almost all blockages.

[Scarlett]

I wish it was!! I came home and the kitchen sink was full to the brim of black water from the washing machine. I couldn't get it to rinse so i called an emergency plumber and he tried to unblock it from various ends, and couldn't. So he charged me the call out fee and left me with it just as bad as it was. He said in order to come back again the next day and do a major job sorting it, it would cost £1500. I had to call my landlord, who just wanted it fixed. He agreed to pay a reduced amount for cash. One day karma will catch up with that man!

[Old_Geezer]

:-O

I hope he retiled the laundry room and put new parquet on the floors too.

[Old_Geezer]

Does the washing machine not show an error code when it beeps ?
What does the troubleshooting section of the manual say regarding 5 * 5 beeps ?

[Scarlett]

It was a button caught in the filter! Water all over the kitchen floor but at least I didn't have to get the sharks out!