<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Background: </span>My parents live in a Victorian home with the laundry set up in the cellar. They are in their 70's and getting laundry up and down the stairs is now a trial, so I suggested that they convert an unused hall closet into a laundry niche.
Given the fact that so many new appliance purchases are booby-traps, can anybody make a recommendation on what to buy?
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Requirements: </span>I am looking for a rigidly stacked washer/dryer set. Washer should be conventional upright with agitator . Dryer should be electric 240v. Controls should be between the W and the D, not on top of the Dryer.
I am particularly concerned about discovering things that don't work as expected until after the unit is home. For example I am reading reviews of models that NO LONGER fill the tub to capacity in order to meet water-use mandates.
Any opinions on machinery, vendors, pitfalls, or even a workable vintage solution would be welcome. I am not looking forward to a new machine purchase, but feel that it's the least evil available to me.
=Thanks=
Given the fact that so many new appliance purchases are booby-traps, can anybody make a recommendation on what to buy?
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Requirements: </span>I am looking for a rigidly stacked washer/dryer set. Washer should be conventional upright with agitator . Dryer should be electric 240v. Controls should be between the W and the D, not on top of the Dryer.
I am particularly concerned about discovering things that don't work as expected until after the unit is home. For example I am reading reviews of models that NO LONGER fill the tub to capacity in order to meet water-use mandates.
Any opinions on machinery, vendors, pitfalls, or even a workable vintage solution would be welcome. I am not looking forward to a new machine purchase, but feel that it's the least evil available to me.
=Thanks=