Washer-dryer or separate machines: map your busiest laundry day

Write down the loads from your busiest laundry day, including items you air-dry. Separate appliances can wash one load while drying another; a combined unit performs those stages in one drum. Put the proposed sequence on paper and ask whether the available time fits your routine.

Next, check the exact model's rated washing and drying capacities, programme choices and installation requirements. Measure the route into the home, the appliance space and door-opening clearance. A headline capacity should not replace the model's own instructions for the cycle you will use.

Make a comparison sheet with space, load sequence, capacity and one unresolved installation question. Keep purchase price and service arrangements as separate written checks. This workflow helps define the right questions without claiming that we tested cycle duration, energy use or drying performance.