I Finally did it!!!

[redcarpetdrew]

You are oh so right about that!

Try telling the housfrau who is just steaming undie hot over that set in red that they may not fit in that laundry closet with the bifold doors or in the pass thru laundry room inbetween the hallway and the garage without interfering with the doors opening. She will go selectively deaf UNTILL they try to install them. THEN, it's a scream fest about not warning her and how WE have to make them fit or lose her business. The W/P Cabrio/Maytag Bravos HE toploaders are just as deep and just as bad! If they'd figured out a way to side vent them like the old Maytag Dependable Care units, there might be SOME saving grace...

RCD

 

[iheartmaytag]

The Performance Series dryer vents to the back, bottom and side. The back vent worked just fine.

Where we almost ran into problems is when my house was originally built in 1935 the basement was only a cellar. The wash area probably wasn't that much of an issue as they didn't have automatics, but the sewer pipe is about five feet above the basement floor. Then in the 70's they dug out the cellar and finished it to make it a basement, but the sewer is still above the floor, so they built a concrete pad about six inches above floor level so the washer drain would reach the sewer pipe. When they added a bathroom they added the ejection pump that pumps everything to the sewer and the pad was kept as a nice level place for the washer and dryer to sit. It is this pad that you can almost see in the pictures that the twins almost didn't fit on. The salesperson said that they wouldn't have any problems fitting on the same footprint. We measured etc. But they are kind of like buying a Christmas tree out in the open and then trying to get it in your house. They are a whole lot bigger when you get them in the space they belong. I like the added height. Start with a six inch base, then add the 15 inch pedistals then add the machines themselves and the controls are right at eye level. I just have to get on a step stool to dust the tops.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Bigger is always better. HA!

~Try telling the housfrau who is just steaming undie hot over that set in red that they may not fit in that laundry closet with the bifold doors or in the pass thru laundry room inbetween the hallway and the garage without interfering with the doors opening. She will go selectively deaf UNTIL they try to install them. THEN, it's a scream-fest about not warning her, and how WE have to make them fit or lose her business.

When I worked for Sears P/T selling appliance, I got in a real arrogant know-it-all customer. He told me FLAT OUT that his space for the washer was 23.5 inches wide. He INSISTED ON A 24.0 inch wde machine.

So I printed a comment on the bottom of the receipt (right through the computer/terminal)"

"SPACE PER CUSTOMER IS 23.5 INCHES WIDE. PLEASE MEASURE BEFORE INSTALLING MACHINE"

The install dept/truckers called to personally thank me for that. They normally assume WE the sales-staff were the idiots just pushing product no matter how ridiuclous it was to do so.

 

[gansky1]

Congrats on the new machines - I thought the Maytag versions of the 'pools were well featured and fairly priced. I've had my Duet pair for five years now and I've had no troubles.

RedCarpetDrew - is that Maytag carpet I see on the floor?? Love it!