My Laundry areas

[westingman123]

Martin, Martin, Martin...

You've been a busy guy! How much to "borrow" you for a week or so? There's a certain St. Louis basement that needs your skills. Plural.

That's a nice, inviting space you have there--but wait, no IRONING board? Wassup wit dat?

We need to compare notes on that mixer collection, too!

Keith

 

[polkanut]

Martin,

Thank you for paying homage to Ripon, WI with those beautiful Speed Queens standing so pretty, all in a row!  I too have the same Mixmaster that you have on the middle shelf of your hutch.  I love mine, and it's a true workhorse.  Mine has made many a cake, and hopefully, many more to come.

 

[polkanut]

Martin,

Thank you for paying homage to Ripon, WI with those beautiful Speed Queens standing so pretty, all in a row!  I too have the same Mixmaster that you have on the middle shelf of your hutch.  I love mine, and it's a true workhorse.  Mine has made many a cake, and hopefully, many more to come.

 

[mistereric]

Are those gas dryers vented thru PVC?

 

[kenmoreguy89]

Your Queens are so nice!

 

[yogitunes]

Yes Eric their gas.......not much different than the direct vent water heater and boiler use(schedule40 which is thicker).....I use the thinner stuff used for drainage ditches and gutters.........it comes in 10 foot lengths for about 7.00, and elbows run about 3.00.....a few extra fittings(gavanized duct to duct fittings, a 90degree one that attaches to the dryer, and on the Neptunes I used a piece of flex tube to aid in putting it on and sliding the dryer in place.....on the Whirlpool, its PVC the whole entire run from the back of the dryer to the outside.....

I start with the "flared" end of the pipe, and connect just the louvered vent, drill holes and rivet together, slide this into the opening of the house and secure(the louvers are removable to clean the run with a brush if necessary), inside I use an elbow to come down and thru various options to connect to the dryer......only a few seams are glued, allowing to take it apart if necessary......

I just dont have the lint build up in these that I do with the galvanized pipes and fittings.....special silver duct tape not needed.......

just make sure when you cut this stuff, to smooth off any jagged edges....

 

[mikepaquette]

Very Impressed

Excellent plumbimg!!!! Did you do it yourself ? Very impressed with the whole project. Congratulations !!! Very fine job.

 

[frigilux]

Great job with your laundry areas, Martin! Love that laundromat-style lineup of Neptunes. The Speed Queens, GEs, and 1-18 are awesome, as well.

 

[combo52]

RIGID PLASTIC DRYER VENT PIPEING

Like Martin states this stuff stays cleaner than rigid aluminum or steel pipe does. That said it does satisfy code requirements except when run under concert slabs or underground. We see the same problem with the flexible aluminum vent tubing, it clogs far faster than the wildly despised plastic tubing that was used for decades.

 

The problem is that if the dryer catches fire the plastic venting may also start to burn and set surrounding areas on fire. But all good dryers built since around the early 1980s have thermal cut offs in the exhaust blower housings that will cut off the dryer if they reach an exhaust temperature of around 200 degrees F. Interestingly most GE and Frigidare dryers still do not have these safety cut offs in their blower housings.

 

So for my self I am sticking a rigid all metal exhaust systems for my dryers especially the older ones. And in fact on some of the older WP built dryers that Jason and I have rebuilt we have added the thermal cut outs to them as an added precaution.

 

[mrb627]

PVC venting

Wonder if that thick pvc venting quiets down the airflow noise any...

Malcolm

 

[xraytech]

Nice setup Martin

I love the Avacado Speed Queen set, I think they would look great in my laundry room.