Many things in your home serve a specific purpose or function, such as helping to keep a certain room or your whole house clean. For example, your entrance mats help keep dirt and debris on people's shoes from getting tracked through a room and the house. Because of their function, your entrance mats become quite dirty over time and will need to be cleaned on a routine schedule.

Washing machines take the drudgery out of laundry day, and they're a lot easier than using a washbasin or beating your clothes on rocks in a stream. These machines work by spinning your clothes in a tubful of soapy water to rid them of dirt and odors. This dirty water is then removed from the washer and put into your home's sewer system by means of a pump. Occasionally, these washing machine pumps fail. In that case, you'll want to replace your washing machine drain pump as soon as possible to get your washer back up and working again.

Nylon is a good fiber for jackets for a number of reasons--it is durable, weather resistant, light in weight, and warm. Another key reason why nylon is often used in jackets is the ease of care. Nylon is extremely easy to clean and it is somewhat stain resistant. In a few simple steps you can wash a nylon jacket, or nylon jacket shell, so it is as good as new.

The pump in a washing machine helps remove the water from the washer's tub. Water comes in through the water intake valve to fill the tub; after the rinse cycle, the pump sucks the water out of the tub. Without a working pump, your Whirlpool washing machine won't drain. There's no need to call an appliance repair service to replace the pump, however, as doing the job yourself is a straightforward task and can be accomplished in minimal time.

A washer timer is a motorized component that signals and drives the various cycles of a washing machine through the use of solenoids. The timer is the most expensive piece of the washing machine to replace and the least likely to be at fault for timing issues. Avoid an unnecessary and non-refundable purchase by properly troubleshooting the various washer circuits before concluding the issue is the timer. If you run a diagnostic on the circuits and they all check out, replace the timer as a last resort.