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Thread Number: 32559
Disassembling front load washing machine to get it up stairs |
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| Post# 490943 , Reply# 1 1/23/2011 at 09:49 (4,696 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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Post# 490957 , Reply# 2 1/23/2011 at 10:53 (4,696 days old) by yogitunes  (New Jersey) |
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check out one of these machines in the link, still a very large capacity, and yet a smaller unit than the model before it......it is 27 inches wide.......but measure it front to back, its only 24 inches.....take a tape measure with you next time, measure both ways, not all models are built the same.....I have this model washer and dryer, and I have 6 kids with laundry, just look for the model with the sprayer, the older ones don't have it, only the newest ones do.....with rebates and sales, I got my SET for 800.00 (electric dryer)....you don't have to hit just sears, in Philly you have hhgegg, Gerhardts, and a few others, shop around!
CLICK HERE TO GO TO yogitunes's LINK 
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| Post# 490961 , Reply# 3 1/23/2011 at 11:16 (4,696 days old) by kiniyagirl () | ||
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update to my original post... my new set needs to be able to be stacked. | ||
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Post# 490972 , Reply# 4 1/23/2011 at 12:42 (4,696 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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 here is one from GE that has quite a bit of bang for the buck. Has many features the big size mahcines have. CLICK HERE TO GO TO appnut's LINK | ||
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Post# 490974 , Reply# 5 1/23/2011 at 13:36 (4,696 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 490994 , Reply# 6 1/23/2011 at 15:21 (4,696 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Thank you very much Martin. I searched around quite a bit to find something that would meet the needs as well as features and be able to be brought up the stairs. I have big doubt taht a manufacturer's warranty could be voided if a machine was disassembled to get it up those 3 flights of stairs. And it's a decent size capacity, probably more than the stacked top loaders she's using now. | ||
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Post# 491013 , Reply# 7 1/23/2011 at 15:52 (4,696 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Bob....we did this once in my partners last house, we had to take out the window and frame, and remove the top and door plus the knobs, with three guys on the outside on stepladders, lifted it up, one its side, and a diagonal twist thru the opening, and two guys inside pulling it thru and lowering it...but we got it......
the neighbor next door paid a contractor to remove part of the wall, get the machines in, and replace the wall.....a little over 1400.00....but this also included running water and drain lines, plus electric and venting.....don't look forward to them having to replace these anytime too soon....just odd built ranchers, a portable set just made it thru the doorways to the bathroom....and my neighbors never thought to take in the window!...yet they took out the old tub thru the window....go figure | ||
| Post# 491049 , Reply# 8 1/23/2011 at 17:39 (4,696 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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i had to take my neptune partly apart to get it downstairs to the basement and installed in DD row-took the door and front off along with the top, with those removed it just fit... | ||
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Post# 491243 , Reply# 11 1/24/2011 at 14:01 (4,695 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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This is true for vibrations on many applications, and should be checked out first......Whirlpools Duet Sport version was a machine designed for 2nd floor applications, but is it the right size to fit thru the openings.....many home builders will not put in FL machines because of vibration issues......I guess I lucked out, and maybe because my home is a new modular, may or may not be built a little more sturdier because of transport, I have the frigidaires in the second floor bathroom, they did shake less before the pedestals were installed, but this is only during the wind up/down, during the spin they are silent...the shaking actually lets me know the machine is almost done, better than that beeper....
there are many other issues when placing a FL also.....where is the hot water heater, and can you purge the lines...placing a machine on the upper levels seems like a great idea, cause their near the bathroom and bedrooms where the laundry is generated, but do you want to spend all day running up and down stairs to change machines, this is no better than having them in the basement, and running down several flights of stairs....truth be told, I rather have them in the kitchen/family room, were I am at most of the time, mess be damned, its a matter of whats easier...6 kids and I am fighting to get into the bathroom to get to the machines....having a choice I would rather have a mud room off the kitchen, or have them in the master bath...funny, were lucky to have machines in our homes where some have no choice but to use a laundromat of some sort, and yet were still not happy....I have seen some off beat hookups, but people were glad to have a machine in their home.......... Who really runs a machine while their sleeping, or leaving the house?.....I used to, until I came home to a flood.....never again! | ||
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Post# 491244 , Reply# 12 1/24/2011 at 14:02 (4,695 days old) by Toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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When I worked for Sears at night, part-time, selling appliances, I had a customer come in insisting he wanted a 24 inch wide washer for a 23.5 wide space.
There was no way to get the space bigger even with a medical speculum, lots of KY and a good firm kick. Anyway..... I simply put on the receipt " **CONFIRMED 23.5 inch space. CUSTOMER INSISTS UPON THIS 24.00 INCH WIDE MACHINE** The delivery department personally thanked me BY PHONE (NO PAPERWORK TRAIL) for saving them the trouble and damaging a machine. So the salesperson (me) went from "@$$HOLE" TO "SAINT" in 2.5 seconds in their eyes. LOL BTW this was a man from a turd-world refugee nation that basically shaves from his eyes-socket down and has at most a junior high school education. Arrogant beyond belief; he knew EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING, trust me on that one. LOL Yes I do agree, the depth of the machines will be your saving grace! Machines in this country morphed to be at-most 27 inches wide (or deep) (read: usually just under) to be able to get through a standard 30 inch wide door. The door-stop trim brings the size down considerably. I had to send home many a potential customer because they did not know if their dryer was gas or electric. That I can possibly understand, but when they would come in for a stove (cooker) and didn't know which fuel/energy supply they were using I simply deferred service to another salesperson. This post was last edited 01/24/2011 at 14:44 | ||
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Post# 491258 , Reply# 15 1/24/2011 at 15:38 (4,695 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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may people will discover vibration issues afterwards.......their first concern is will it fit thru the doorway, at that point, thats all that matters!
and Toggles is right!.....people are idiots, and they find us, no matter how we hide, and see them comming!..........I had a GAS dryer for sale....advertised on CL, in capital LETTERS, over and over, thru emails and when they called, I kept referring to the dryer needing a GAS hookup.....the guy came to the house, looked at them, paid me for them, loaded them in his truck and then commented on how small the electrical cord was for the dryer compared to the one he had at home....I replied again, you do know this is a GAS dryer!.....he said he wished he knew that, because all he has is electric in the house.....WHERE DO THEY COME FROM! but aren't you glad that the ELECTRIC light bulb finally came on for them!....and they're allowed to reproduce!!! | ||
| Post# 491259 , Reply# 16 1/24/2011 at 15:41 (4,695 days old) by coldspot () | ||
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To add the heater works great. It is made to keep the water at temp Warm or hot or Sanitize. | ||
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Post# 491778 , Reply# 18 1/27/2011 at 04:19 (4,692 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Wouldn't disassembling the machines void the manufactuers warrantees?Maybe the laundry room should be relocated. | ||
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