On Mar 26, 10:24 am, Robert Allison wrote:
Mark Modrall wrote:
Hi...

Our washing machine rusted out last week, so we're looking for a new
one. We've been looking at front loaders but have been cautioned that
unless you put some models on a concrete floor in the basement they
vibrate a lot.

A few lines advertise some extra stabilization.

Just wondering what front loaders people out here liked.

Thanks
Mark

Just redid a laundry room (moved it upstairs) for a client and
installed LG Frontload washer and dryer. I built a riser for the
w/d because the homeowner did not want to pay for the LG riser
(too much money) and built the riser with an eye toward vibration
limitation.

Framed a 2x8 frame set on 1/4" rubber strips (cut these from a
rubber cargo mat made for suv trunks). Then loaded the spaces in
the riser with cellulose insulation for deadening purposes.
Topped off with a 3/4" plywood, then covered with the 1/4" mat,
then a pan for the washer (no pan under dryer).

Installed the washer and dryer, paid close attention to balancing
and leveling and started them up. In the room directly under the
machines you can hear them, but no vibrations. Anywhere else
you can neither hear them or feel them.

YMMV

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Robert Allison
Rimshot, Inc.
Georgetown, TX

Matt:

When we bought our house, we moved the laundry room to the second
floor, just above the family room, and next to the bedrooms, where
most of the laundry is generated. We are using a front-loader (Maytag
Neptune) and we have had NO problem with vibrations whatever. I did,
as Robert did above, build a platform for the pair, insulated it with
sound-deadening glass wool, and made sure to include a pan under the
washer, connected to a drain. I also made sure I had reinforced inlet
water hoses (SS sleeved).

I am (and I was) very much worried about the possibility of a leak
than I ever was about vibrations and noise. The machines are designed
to have a counterbalanced drum. I don't see how they can be much worse
than a top-loader.

Don't get me started on the reliability of the Neptune pair, though.

Pierre