Through the front room to the back kitchen: a washer into a Meltham terrace

In the older terraces off Market Place and along Huddersfield Road there is rarely a side path, so a washing machine or fridge freezer crosses the house on a sack truck, front door to back kitchen, and the floor in between needs to be clear. In houses on the estate roads, such as Calmlands Road or Hebble Mount, a side gate may lead straight to the kitchen door and skip the living room altogether.

With a new washing machine, the cold feed and waste hose are connected where the fittings are standard. Dishwashers, cookers and anything hard-wired or on gas need a plumber, an electrician or a Gas Safe engineer. A tall fridge freezer is checked before you book, so send its height. The old appliance stays with you: ask the retailer about take-back, book Kirklees Council's collection of white goods, or take it yourself to the Meltham recycling centre on Bent Ley Road with a Kirklees vehicle permit.

Preparing an HD9 kitchen for a new appliance

Check the new machine's width and depth against the space, worktop overhang included
Shut the water off at the stopcock and let the old washer drain into a tray the night before
Open the side gate if the back door is the shorter way to the kitchen
Leave a new fridge freezer standing for the time its manual gives before switching on
Mention steps down into the kitchen, which houses built into a slope can have

Meltham kitchens an appliance is carried into

Huddersfield Road terracesstone houses with the kitchen at the back and no side path
Calmlands Road and Hebble Mountestate homes south of the centre with side access
Broadlands Roadhouses to the north with room for the van at the kerb
Copley Avenueflats, where a washer goes up the communal stair
Thick Hollinshomes out towards the golf club, a little further from the shops

Appliance runs into Meltham

Huddersfield stores → Melthamcollected in town, then the A616 and B6108 up to Meltham
Holmfirth → Melthamthe A635 and Thick Hollins Road, then the B6107, about 4 miles
Bradford → Meltham20 miles by the M606, M62 and A629, 40 to 50 minutes

Machine size, the walk through and the hoses: appliance prices in Meltham

How big and heavy the machine is, how far it travels through the house, any steps on the way and whether a washer needs its hoses attaching set the fixed price before the van leaves. See how we quote for the full breakdown.