A major appliance, or domestic appliance, is a large machine in home appliance used for routine housekeeping tasks such as cooking, washing laundry, or food preservation. An appliance is different from a plumbing fixture because it uses electricity or fuel.
Major appliances, also known as white goods, comprise major household appliances and may include: air conditioners, dishwashers, clothes dryers, drying cabinets, freezers, refrigerators, kitchen stoves, water heaters, washing machines, trash compactors, microwave ovens and induction cookers. White goods were typically painted or enameled white, and many of them still are.
Major appliances differ from small appliances because they are bigger and not portable. They are often considered fixtures and part of real estate and as such they are often supplied to tenants as part of otherwise unfurnished rental properties. Major appliances may have special electrical connections, connections to gas supplies, or special plumbing and ventilation arrangements that may be permanently connected to the appliance. This limits where they can be placed in a home.
Small appliances are typically small household electrical machines, easily carried and installed. Some are classified with white goods, and relate to heating and cooling such as: fans and window mounted air conditioners, and heaters such as space heaters, ceramic heaters, gas heaters, kerosene heaters, and fan heaters. Yet another category is used in the kitchen, including: juicers, electric mixers, meat grinders, coffee grinders, deep fryers, herb grinders, food processors, electric kettles, waffle irons, coffee makers, blenders and dough blenders, rice cookers, toasters and exhaust hoods.
Entertainment and information appliances such as: home electronics, TV sets, CD, VCRs and DVD players, camcorders, still cameras, clocks, alarm clocks, video game consoles, HiFi and home cinema, telephones and answering machines are classified as "brown goods". Some such appliances were traditionally finished with genuine or imitation wood. This has become rare but the name has stuck, even for goods that are unlikely ever to have had a wooden case.
Congratulations! You are reading this article because you are building a new home or undergoing a kitchen renovation.
Your contractor just gave you a blank page with an outline of your new kitchen. Now, you are wondering what's next.
There are many options for premium induction cooktops.
Sub-Zero has its Wolf brand. BlueStar, Miele, Viking, and GE Café are all products you should consider.
However, two of the most popular are from Whirlpool’s premium brand, Jenn-Air, and Bosch’s premium brand, Thermador.
Imagine you are cooking your family Thanksgiving dinner. You turn on your stovetop to then discover two of your burners are not working.
It’s not the time for an ignition issue.
Unfortunately, broken or malfunctioning gas range igniters are the second most frequent repair call in the appliance industry.
In this article, you’ll learn about the most common gas igniter problems, why they happen, and how to prevent them.
Custom Wood Hood at Yale Appliance in Framingham
Yes, you can place a television in your hood. You just need the right blower and hood.
This article was inspired by a recent kitchen renovation. In this article, you will learn how to place a television inside your wood hood.
If you are not interested, then you will learn about the basics of wood hoods and how to properly vent your kitchen. You will also find some new, exciting products from GE.
Lighting is one of the most agonizing purchases you will experience in your home renovation.
It's even harder when there are multiple decision-makers all with different ideas of style.
Last week, we published a post on how to place a TV in a wood hood (link below in the article).
Front load washers have become competitive over the last few years even if tariffs have caused 20% price increases over the last two years.
Whirlpool, GE, LG, Samsung and Speed queen all have decent front load machines.
In 2015, we expanded to add another appliance showroom in Framingham right off of Route 9.
In a short period, Samsung has become the number 1 brand of appliances at the expense of other manufacturers like Kenmore, Whirlpool, Maytag, and Frigidaire.
In the old days, if you were looking for a super premium refrigerator, you would buy a Sub-Zero. Your only choice was which model and size.
If you are building or renovating a home, the following is a list of unique products you should consider so your white cabinet, gray granite kitchen will look different with more functionality then your neighbors.
Sub-Zero And Wolf Kitchen At Yale Appliance In Framingham
I know what you are thinking. They will all be unaffordable, expensive appliances, lighting, and plumbing.
You've probably read about service nightmares on Google, Yelp, Angie's List, The Better Business Bureau (BBB), and a ton of other review sites.
Pro tip: Only believe the consumer, not eCommerce ones. Consumer review sites tend to be honest.
It's been almost 30 years since stainless became the norm for appliances. So much so that many people are looking for anything but stainless.
Maybe that includes you as well.
Editor's Note: Ice makers have one of the highest rates of repair for appliances. It's over 50% in the first year. Many of these issues can be mitigated with simple cleaning. Here's how:
Last year, Jenn-Air won Best of Show at the prestigious Architectural Digest Show in New York. They had a massive party with rappers and Cirque-like performers. "Bound by Nothing" is their slogan.
Your high-end wine cooler breaks right after you stock it full of your favorite French wines or hours before Thanksgiving dinner, your oven fails.
You want your appliances to work.
It’s a significant imposition on your time, and then there is the aggravation of finding a competent technician to fix your appliance on your schedule.
Jenn-Air and Thermador have both changed their professional (pro) range series with bold new looks and Wi-Fi connectivity.
In this article, you will learn about each brand's updates, and then we will compare each range by features and reliability so you can choose which range is best for your home.
I was at my folks over the weekend, and the washer is clearly on its last legs. After 16+ years, its time for a new one. Yet, the dryer is going strong.
It made me wonder. Do dryers last longer than washers? Obviously, the data of one person is not exactly compelling.
Last month, we sold about $500,000 worth of appliances in our Tent Sale in about 50 minutes.
We sold out - or so we thought.
We forgot to run an old inventory report and now have an additional $379,000 of older products to sell. I would rather sell them now rather than wait five months for the next clearance.
Thus, we are having our Yale Outlet Sale in Boston, but this time it will be for three days from 9 AM to 11 AM on June 19th, 20th, and 21st.
So we will be running the same offer of 20-60% off, but spreading it over three days from 9-11AM.
Read on to know whether this additional clearance will be worth your time.
The most popular comparison for luxury wall ovens is Thermador vs. Wolf.
If you are looking for a decent front load washer, then LG and Maytag are two popular choices. The best are LG, Samsung (with a new line of machines), and Whirlpool/Maytag. Maytag, owned by Whirlpool, is considered Whirlpool's high-end laundry line.
