METHOD FOR OPERATING A LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPLIANCE AND LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPLIANCE

Method for operating a laundry treatment appliance (2), comprising a casing (6) within which a drum (36) rotated by a motor (68) is arranged, an opening (28) provided in the casing (6) for loading the laundry into said drum (36) and a door (24) adapted to open or to close said opening (28), whereby said door (24) gives access to said drum (36) and is lockable by means of a door lock (58), and whereby said appliance (2) performs a laundry treatment cycle, comprising the steps of: a) selecting a laundry treatment process; b) loading laundry into said drum (36); c) starting said laundry treatment process; d) locking said door (24) by actuating said door lock (58); e) estimating the amount of laundry load; f) issuing a notification if the amount of laundry lies outside a laundry load threshold range; g) if the amount of laundry lies outside said laundry load threshold range, checking whether safety/security conditions for unlocking said door lock (58) are met; if said conditions are met, providing an unlocking enablement of said door lock (58); h) maintaining said unlocking enablement of said door lock (58) for a prescribed waiting amount of time, thereby allowing the user to change the amount of laundry load; i) determining if an interaction occurred which is linked to a possible access of laundry in said drum (36); j) if said interaction did not occur, prosecuting the laundry treatment process with one set of operational parameters; k) if said interaction has occurred, performing step d) and one of the following: - prosecuting said laundry treatment process with said one set of operational parameters, or - prosecuting said laundry treatment process with another set of operational parameters different from said one set of operational parameters, or l) performing steps e) to k) up to a prescribed number of times.