Vintage Washers Revisited, Racking and Repairs...

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Following on from our visit to Steves (SESteve) new vintage washerroom cabin in April (see link for thread) we had an invite back this weekend for a catchup and repair session before major renovations in their fab home takes place and to install some dexion type racking allowing better use of the older heavier machines..

Richard and myself landed Thursday evening so we could make an early start Friday and hopefully crack it before the weekenders arrived !!

It started off looking like this after hawling all the stuff out the way for the racking...

A New Vintage Washroom Opens...

Many thanks to Steve (SESteve) for the invitation to see his new washroom, and what a beauty it is, wooden chalet nestled in the rear of the atmospheric garden. Heres a few photos from the first sunny weekend of the year !!

www.automaticwasher.org

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

All safely delivered now to put together..

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Richard (Ricky5050) starts to disconnect the existing washers and remove the original wooden battons..

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

With the wooden posts removed we can move over from main wall three stacked washing machine and dryer sets that are going to be sited on the east wall...
so now residing are a Servis Quartz set, a Hoover A3060 set and a Hotpoint 18580 matched stacked set.

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

With the east wall done we can start to build the racking for the main wall, Steve installed a second layer of plastic drainage piping using the glue method which I think I would use next time around, rather impressed with how simple it was to fit...

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Coming together but the room is acting like a rubics cube, move 2 here, one there and fit a new piece ha ha..

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

More shuffling and "Where is the Bendix Going" ...we do have the option of putting washers on the shelf as well so we choose the solid induction models that tend now to bounce around on their suspensions.

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Oh where is that mallet when ya need it...the racking slots together easily its just our measurements we need to check twice making sure we have enough clearance to move stuff around easily with a second layer fixed atop..

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

More tea needed and finishing off a tray of Kevins homemade oats and dried fruit brunch bars...energy uptake required !!

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Main wall completed and stands back to admire your handywork boys..

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Now for the West wall which will be housing twinnies side on underneath and tumble and spin dryers on the first shelf and another shelf over for displaying powders etc..

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Finally finished the west wall early evening so just in time for cocktails, mixed by Kevin whose hospitality is 2nd to non all over the weekend and said drinks delivered on a Hoover SpinaRinse spinner lid tray..Many Thanks Kevin x

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Just time to pop out and see the latest plane taking off every 2 mins from Londons airports, I have a crick in my neck from looking up at these wonders especially the A380`s and Dreamliners just hovering above...

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

A bright new early Saturday morning and we await the train passengers, Alistair arrived late Friday night, so its a lovely hot cuppa on a bright sunny day in a wonderful calm oasis of colour...

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

On the "Cheadle Chuffer" from Manchesterford to London Euston is Mikey with Lord Marchmain of Lincoln aka Darren steaming down the east coast in his carriage from Stackton Tressell, calling at Trimley St Mary, Morphy Richards, St Mary Cray and finally arriving at London Euston onwards to Hooverville, No porters where required during this experience !!

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

And here we all are ready and rareing to go for a cuppa, left to right, Steve (SESteve) Richard (Ricky50) Mikey (MikeyMatic) Alistair (Vacbear58) and Darren (SlowSpin66)

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

And what better than a lovely slice of Battenburg brought by Mikey and homemade by his partner - Cheers Matt totally yummy and didn't last long !![this post was last edited: 8/23/2017-16:38]

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

 

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Vintage Washroom Revisited, Racking and Repairs

Lets get the plumbing and machines sorted..