LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS

A laundry treatment apparatus comprises a tub (122) configured to hold water; a drum (200) rotatably provided in the tub (122) and configured to receive laundry; an agitation unit (600) that protrudes upward from a center part of a bottom surface of the drum (200) and that is configured to agitate water and laundry in the drum (200) in a state in which the drum (200) rotates; a heater (118) configured to heat water in the tub (122); a water supply pipe (125a) configured to supply water to the tub (122); and a water supply valve (125b) configured to control a flow through the water supply pipe(125a); wherein the laundry treatment apparatus is configured to:- supply a first amount of water in the tub (122);- heat the first amount of water in the tub (122) to a first temperature; and- intermittently supply incremental amounts of water into the tub (122) until a second amount of water is in the tub (122),wherein the first amount of water added into the tub (122) results in a first water level in the tub (122) at which a portion of the agitation unit (600) is immersed below the first water level and an uppermost end of the agitation unit (600) is exposed above the first water level, and the second amount of water added into the tub (122) results in a second water level in the tub (122) at which the uppermost end of the agitation unit (600) is immersed below the second water level.