Fighing the zeroth law of thermodynamics is always worhwile... And reusing heat is good... Unless you expend more energy in doing so....
Don't start wit a H****etc Main bearing is a stainless spigot running in a mild steel groove. No lubrication. After two or three years the ss spigot will eat it's merry way through the groove and the sympmtom will be vibration And , of course, you cannot get a new groove. Unless you buy a new machine..Mostly. I'm convinced they are designed to fail early. The reason white goods are cheap at the tip is that it is prohibitely expensive to get spares.
Aargh. Don't get me started...
No need to go to your local tip and pass cash to the custodians ( in Bedford (tragically) they had cameras to look for this sort of transaction )
Check out your local FreeCycle group. And prepare to be astonished at what people do give away