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Thread Number: 75709
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Laundry/Show Room Ideas |
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Post# 995396 , Reply# 1 5/27/2018 at 20:05 (2,157 days old) by Washerlover  (The Big Island, Hawai’i) |
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Hi Kevin,
I have faced similar issues. I have my collection housed in a detached two-car garage with cold water only. Plan to add an “on demand” tankless water heater in the future, but for now, it’s all cold water wash. Have not bothered to add 220V for dryers, just let them “stage” next to the matching washer. I do, however, have a small apartment-size dryer in the garage that works really well and operates on regular household current. This all in addition to the inside laundry shown here with the temperamental Whirlpool washer that refuses to spin...have to get to that soon. My “outdoor” collection also shown sans latest Amana addition... | ||
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Post# 995478 , Reply# 2 5/28/2018 at 19:01 (2,156 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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 Sounds like you have all kinds of possibilities! Perhaps swapping the 'work room' into the den might be an idea. I sure wish I had the space for a work room chez nous... It can be trying when working on a washer that's smack in the middle of the active laundry area! I don't know how kosher it is, but I found a Bosch 240v extension cord that plugs into a standard dryer outlet but has two regular dryer outlets. I've never seen one before and I'm tempted to make another one myself - like you I've managed to fill up the new panel we had put in when we added the garage and did the kitchen with true 'full housepower' wiring.
I had to share some photos showing the progress of the Ogden Laundry over the years. Lordy, I've been through some machines!! In order, the laundry from 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 are shown. Note the huge increase in machines in there after 2013... Retirement rocks!! LOL | ||
| Post# 995482 , Reply# 3 5/28/2018 at 19:21 (2,156 days old) by ken (NYS) | ||
Paul
How are your supply, drain and dryer ducting laid out? Do you have one continuous cold and hot line with shut off valves at regular intervals for the washer supply hoses? One continuous waste line with stand pipes at regular intervals for the drain hose? Do the flexible dryer ducts all attach to one main duct that exits the building?
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| Post# 995592 , Reply# 4 5/29/2018 at 22:23 (2,155 days old) by potatochips ( ) | ||
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Nice set ups Paul and Todd! I wish I had bigger open space like you guys. I think Ill move all the tools in to the smaller room, and use the bigger room for the show room. | ||
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Post# 995594 , Reply# 5 5/29/2018 at 23:42 (2,155 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Great pics everyone, finding space for large "collectibles." Over the last couple of years, I've pared down my numbers by 1/3 and have strived to contain most of the machines in the roughly one half of my home's basement.
It's been 10-15 years since I've cobbled together a space for the machines so a refresh and renew project is now overdue. New paint, downsize the clutter all on top of a new floor. This is the "north" room right after getting the paint and floor done. I've since added the 54 Speed Queen washer next to the Thor. The water systems are supply pipes along the floor and drain line running a foot or so along the wall. There are two dryer vents in that room, but one is rarely used. | ||
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Post# 995668 , Reply# 6 5/30/2018 at 15:35 (2,154 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Ken: The drain line is one continuous ABS drain pipe with standpipes (with elbows) at regular intervals; there are 4 in total, plus the laundry tub. I wish I would have added more drains though... I had envisioned 4 washer and dryer sets but I wound up storing a few dryers in the garage to make room for more washers. The subsequent problem with that is that I have to manually swap drain hoses - the 'problem' is when I forget to hook up the hoses... At least the floor gets washed...
For the water supply, it's not something to be proud of... I used standard washer hoses with garden hose 'Y' adapters with shut-offs. It's easy to add or remove washers but it's hardly professional!!
The dryer vent is a standard 4-inch exhaust duct that goes along the ceiling (hidden by suspended ceiling panels) with 'T' connectors that are connected to flexible metal dryer vent hoses. I have to add an air booster to this setup, though, to help pull air towards the vent flap on the outside wall. I get 'blowback' of warm humid dusty air sometimes during the winter months. 'Cept if I use the Filtrator... LOL
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| Post# 995726 , Reply# 7 5/30/2018 at 18:35 (2,154 days old) by Pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
potatochips
how about a big room like this one that was my grandmother laundryroom before she sold her home in 2014 where you could put on all side your collection of washer dryers
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