The Swamp

Brontoburglar wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:24 am we have stackable samsung washers we bought from costco when we bought our house. been happy with them so far and the costco customer support came in handy after we had torn washer seal (it was user error). they came out and fixed it and even briefly offered to fully refund us for the unit before I took the repair for logistical reasons. I've started to buy from costco whenever prices are comparable elsewhere to get the extra years of service and support

((I might have asked about the refund thing upthread a couple years ago))

DSafetyGuy wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 3:32 pm$1899.99

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:27 pm Agree with hole In house. Now quite diy but maybe less than I thought. Had a new hole cut in siding for kitchen oven vent and less than I thought to it. Hole in house. Metal duct opening short run if that mostly none. Exterior hardware vent. U ok. Filter but none on my dryer albeit both kitchen and wash vent to garage and porch covered areas so no water concerns.

Used washer dryer ok? Often people get stuck with heavy appliances especially those for specific spaces

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 10:14 pm

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 10:06 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 5:09 pm So we need to install a dryer vent into our house. The house is 110 years old and nobody ever installed a vent. Go figure. Or it was installed and since removed.

Anyway, we need a new washer & dryer, and the dryer options really open up when you don't need a ventless option. Anybody have any advice to impart re: installing a vent on the side of a house? I guess the duct/hose will have to be insulated in some safe/compliant fashion.

We're in the market for a stackable washer/dryer solution, and would like to stay under $2k with both installed (this isn't including the vent installation, which for the life of me I have no idea what will cost me). Anybody have any recommendations? I'd like to avoid LG if at all possible. Whirlpool? GE? Samsung?

Hmm...sounds like you've had a bad experience with LG. I have an LG stack and we're happy with them (I'm told, that's the one chore I rarely ever do).

I've heard bad things about Samsung (which surprised me) and I personally don't like Whirlpool. No idea on GE.

Yeah, the unit we're replacing is LG. TBH, we are replacing a washer/dryer combination unit. As in, not stackable. The same basin performed both tasks. It lasted like 8 years and I think it might explode if we were to run it again. The unit was stupid from the get - a wash and dry took about 4 hours (45 minute wash, and about 3+ hours to dry your clothes (ventless dryer). That says as much about me thinking it was a decent option as much as it does the company for putting their name on the product though.

I'm looking at this LG. I know I have to get a handyman in to install the vent before I order it though.

Also considering GE and Whirlpool (and their companion stackable dryers)...The LG is actually rated higher. So I just gotta get over the mental block.

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 4:27 pm Agree with hole In house. Now quite diy but maybe less than I thought. Had a new hole cut in siding for kitchen oven vent and less than I thought to it. Hole in house. Metal duct opening short run if that mostly none. Exterior hardware vent. U ok. Filter but none on my dryer albeit both kitchen and wash vent to garage and porch covered areas so no water concerns.

Used washer dryer ok? Often people get stuck with heavy appliances especially those for specific spaces

Gunpowder wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:39 pm Just looked up vent install - it really is just cut a hole. I'm pretty sure I could do it in an hour, and if that's the case a handyman can do it in 30 mins. Assuming you don't have a difficult setup or a house with diamond walls, of course.

If you're really concerned about sealing it just put some silicone caulking underneath it or even just some weatherstripping. The handyman would do it if you asked him I'm sure. Could do both sides to be extra sure.

HaulCitgo wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 8:34 pm Coming off a second floor water disaster, do everything you possibly can to avoid that. Better basic equipment like hoses, connections and I bought a wifi water leak detector for about $30 on sale. A second floor water leak can cause several hundred thousand in damage. Avoid at all costs.

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:21 am Folks, make sure you clean your washers drain line from time to time. We’ve been having problems with the cycle taking forever for a few weeks then I finally got an error code. Scoured that hose and better so far. Lots of buildup. We shall see.

rass wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:43 am Gonna dance with a noisy/runny toilet today. Wish me luck.

The Sybian wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:54 am

rass wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:43 am Gonna dance with a noisy/runny toilet today. Wish me luck.

Replace the seal in the flapper?

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:21 am Folks, make sure you clean your washers drain line from time to time. We’ve been having problems with the cycle taking forever for a few weeks then I finally got an error code. Scoured that hose and better so far. Lots of buildup. We shall see.

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:15 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:21 am Folks, make sure you clean your washers drain line from time to time. We’ve been having problems with the cycle taking forever for a few weeks then I finally got an error code. Scoured that hose and better so far. Lots of buildup. We shall see.

OK, so I’ve got a drain hose that empties into a pipe that is sitting next to a hot water and cold water pipes (hoses connected to them).

Are you saying you scoured the hose itself, or the drain? And how did you do it?

rass wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:28 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:15 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:21 am Folks, make sure you clean your washers drain line from time to time. We’ve been having problems with the cycle taking forever for a few weeks then I finally got an error code. Scoured that hose and better so far. Lots of buildup. We shall see.

OK, so I’ve got a drain hose that empties into a pipe that is sitting next to a hot water and cold water pipes (hoses connected to them).

Are you saying you scoured the hose itself, or the drain? And how did you do it?

AB took some artistic license with his telling of the story, including leaving out the scouring of the dryer because he thought it would drag on too long and didn’t add enough to the narrative.

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 3:28 pm The hose from washer to drain. Then the filter underneath. It was a disaster and had to be the issue.

rass wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:28 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:15 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 11:21 am Folks, make sure you clean your washers drain line from time to time. We’ve been having problems with the cycle taking forever for a few weeks then I finally got an error code. Scoured that hose and better so far. Lots of buildup. We shall see.

OK, so I’ve got a drain hose that empties into a pipe that is sitting next to a hot water and cold water pipes (hoses connected to them).

Are you saying you scoured the hose itself, or the drain? And how did you do it?

AB took some artistic license with his telling of the story, including leaving out the scouring of the dryer because he thought it would drag on too long and didn’t add enough to the narrative.

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 4:48 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 3:28 pm The hose from washer to drain. Then the filter underneath. It was a disaster and had to be the issue.

The filter underneath the washer, or under the basin, but on the front of the unit?

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 6:07 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 4:48 pm

A_B wrote: ↑Sat Feb 11, 2023 3:28 pm The hose from washer to drain. Then the filter underneath. It was a disaster and had to be the issue.

The filter underneath the washer, or under the basin, but on the front of the unit?

I feel like I’m taking an exam.

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:18 pm So we just had a stackable GE washer & dryer installed. I did a few loads of laundry today. Yay!

Question: after the load finishes washing (cold, high spin), when I open the door, I get a blast of hot air to my face. I can't help but think the guy mixed up the hose installation. What else could cause this?

Sabo wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:46 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:18 pm So we just had a stackable GE washer & dryer installed. I did a few loads of laundry today. Yay!

Question: after the load finishes washing (cold, high spin), when I open the door, I get a blast of hot air to my face. I can't help but think the guy mixed up the hose installation. What else could cause this?

That's the best explanation, but one question: were you drying clothes at the same time? If so, some of the dryer heat could be entering the washing machine chamber. Run a hot cycle on your washing machine but stop it after 15 minutes and check the temperature of your clothes. If they're cold, then it has to be switched hoses.

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:18 pm

the load finishe...d ... , I get a blast of hot ...to my face.

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:49 pm

Sabo wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:46 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:18 pm So we just had a stackable GE washer & dryer installed. I did a few loads of laundry today. Yay!

Question: after the load finishes washing (cold, high spin), when I open the door, I get a blast of hot air to my face. I can't help but think the guy mixed up the hose installation. What else could cause this?

That's the best explanation, but one question: were you drying clothes at the same time? If so, some of the dryer heat could be entering the washing machine chamber. Run a hot cycle on your washing machine but stop it after 15 minutes and check the temperature of your clothes. If they're cold, then it has to be switched hoses.

I haven't had both units working simultaneously yet. But that's a good idea. Run a load on hot and interrupt the cycle. If it's not hot, then Home Depot needs to come back out and finish the job.

Sabo wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 8:15 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:49 pm

Sabo wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:46 pm

EnochRoot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 7:18 pm So we just had a stackable GE washer & dryer installed. I did a few loads of laundry today. Yay!

Question: after the load finishes washing (cold, high spin), when I open the door, I get a blast of hot air to my face. I can't help but think the guy mixed up the hose installation. What else could cause this?

That's the best explanation, but one question: were you drying clothes at the same time? If so, some of the dryer heat could be entering the washing machine chamber. Run a hot cycle on your washing machine but stop it after 15 minutes and check the temperature of your clothes. If they're cold, then it has to be switched hoses.

I haven't had both units working simultaneously yet. But that's a good idea. Run a load on hot and interrupt the cycle. If it's not hot, then Home Depot needs to come back out and finish the job.

Hiring Home Depot to install anything is a mistake. They subcontractors they hire are not vetted and most don’t fully know what they’re doing. I learned that the hard way after hiring them to install a screen door at my old house and it was done very poorly.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 9:03 pm Shit, all I needed from HD was for them to load a gas grill into the back of my SUV. It took them 45 minutes and they wound of up bending a piece of it because they couldn't figure out how to disassemble a part to make it fit.

It took all of my nonexistent patience to sit there and watch that keystone cop fuckery.

I know it's different than who they subcontract jobs to, but the point is --> Corporate no one gives a shit.

(These kids were sweet and good intentioned... That doesn't mean they weren't idiots.)

A_B wrote: ↑Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:33 pm Cant you just twist them off and switch?

Pruitt IV wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:53 am New dishwasher is being dropped off tomorrow - installation on Monday.

Looks like it's up to me to disconnect the old machine. Any tips?