Putting the Spin on Combination Machines

[toggleswitch]

COOL!

When my house finally sells and I go back to a rental, I was thinking I'd have to do the compact-dryer-with-a-tablecloth over-it-as-an-end table routine.

I'd have to hide the appliances as well, and I fear dryer water-vapor "smoke" in the winter, when they hose is hanging out the window. (Can you get arrested for that? *LOL*]

Oh well out comes the drying rack with a portable mechanical dryer only to heat, dewrinkle and fluff after a line-dry!

Let us know Kelly how it all pans out!
Hope you have a 20a line and a heavy duty 20a outlet!

 

[mixfinder]

Electrical supply

My Equator hummed along just fine on the avaiable household current available in my apartment. I expected to turn off all the overhead lights during the drying cycle, but no problem. I have a 28 X 10 deck and my neighbors are an interesting ethnic mix so I seriously doubt anyone would say anything about a portable dryer. The Mexicans below me had chickens in cages on their deck which I had to explain aren't the norm in suburban Seattle. I am the manager of the building and my boss often comes to visit. He's a total jock and deosn't seem to notice anything amiss when he sets his coffee on the Equator which is in my office.
Kelly

 

[oxydolfan1]

Toggle.....depends on the neighborhood, and type of house. In some places, not having your own machine would be unthinkable...

You'd be very surprised...

Kelly...don't feel bad. I had neighbors who SACRIFICED chickens in some sort of periodic ritual....

Thank God for Levolors and noise-cancelling earphones!

 

[toggleswitch]

*LOL*

I hear ya boys. I have seen roosters in boiler-rooms of high-rise apt buildngs. Apparently the Carribean custom of cock-fighting is alive and well in NYC.

Sword-fighting is another story all-together.

 

[oxydolfan1]

Toggle....ever seen some of the VERY upmarket appliances that are being installed in ordinary Fedders houses in places like Williamsburg?

The New York laundromat will be extinct in ten years if this keeps up....that's why I think a lot of the smaller ones aren't bothering to modernize.

 

[toggleswitch]

~Toggle....ever seen some of the VERY upmarket appliances that are being installed in ordinary Fedders houses in places like Williamsburg.

As Manhattan rents continue to skyrocket the suburbanites are willing to do the bridge & tunnel thing for Brooklyn and Queens, as long as it's urban, old, ugly and densely packed trendy, yuppy and near the city.

As you may know when the rent, reaches $2,000 per moth the apt then become free of NYC rent-regulations, forever. The law also allows a landlord to charge 1/40 of the cost of renovations as monthly rent. Therefore, landlords are going crazy spendng riduculous sums to get the rents to (just over) $2,000 per month.

Washers, dryers, dishwashers, granite, marble, central air gold-plated faucets, fireplaces, fancy stoves and refrigerators, hi-hats, ceiling fans, you NAME it.

It is QUITE bizarro that these types of things are going into neighborhoods where the natives will grafitti or urinate on your momma if she stands still long enough.

http://www.housingnyc.com/html/guidelines/vacancy.html

 

[toggleswitch]

I have a 28 X 10 deck. (If that is cm, I will THANK you not to brag. LOL!)

anyhoo..when I first saw mechanical clothes dryers outdoors on the balconies in high-rises in Miami, Florida (South Beach, atually) I was a bit amazed. Based on my climate that is not possible, there it is more sensible.

 

[launderess]

No, Toggle that is not correct.

A rent stablised apartment *can* become deregulated if the follow conditions apply: legal rent must arrive at $2,000/month AND the tenant's income is $200,000 per year for two years. Landlord must file papers to request deregulation and the tenant must respond within a certian period of time if his/her rent/income does not meet said guidlines.

Now, if a vacant apartment can be made to rent for over $2,000 then it can become deregulated, and perhaps that is what you are thinking of. In such cases, yes landlords will do extensive renovations/work in order to get the legal rent up to or over $2,000.

L.

 

[toggleswitch]

yes vacant. Gutting tenanted apts is certainly risky. HARRASMENT!

 

[launderess]

NYC laundromats/laundry applinaces.

Many new buildings are either installing laundryrooms, or allowing washer/dryer connections. The later mainly applies to condo's as developers compete in a crowded market and buyers are demanding their own washer and dryer in house.

No one is building rental units, but for upscale rental buildings or landlords seeking to justify huge rents, are installing "route" laundromat equipment in laundryrooms/basements. Many rental buildings and for that matter apartment buildings still have such old plumbing that allowing many people with washers would overwhelm the system. Dishwashers use less water so that seems to be less of a problem.

Laundromats, at least in Manhattan are a dying breed. Space costs too dear, and landlords do not want them, or even dry cleaning stores. Most new laundry/dry cleaning services opening in Manhattan are drop off stores that use wholesale laundries.
L.

 

[toggleswitch]

~In some places, not having your own machine would be unthinkable...

Yes poor, high-crime areas. Where you would not think of going out for any reason. I go to places like that frequently for work. I see washers under vinyl dust covers.

Here my vintage GE FF is modeling one.

After all a $400 washer is the most expensive thing some will ever own, except of course after the flat panel 2,000 inch television.

 

[mixfinder]

The Old Noodle is Working Overtime

I ordered the Haier XQJ50-31 from a dealer on ebay that offered free shipping.
I looked at GE and Whirlpool compact dryers that run on 110. The average price is 450.00.
I think I'll pick up a free gas dryer off Craigslist and run it on bottled propane. It can sit on the deck where there is a 110 outlet. I'll cover it with a drape like Togs showed us, when it's not in use.
Kelly

 

[toggleswitch]

Just make sure you adjust the size of your orifice. Natural gas dryer fired-up with propane makes (too) big flame!

Perhaps a plastic tablecloth on the deck is in order. If you get a full-sized unit talk to me, I have a fitted plastic cover for you.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Scott, I can't imagine washing a twin comforter in these small machines. It could not possibly get opened up enough to wash and rinse really well, but maybe it's not that dirty so it would not be a problem. On the other hand, if done in a Duet, it would never distribute properly for spinning. I like the idea of several duvet covers that wash and dry almost like sheets and protect the comforter.