On Tue 04 Aug 2009 09:22:12p, Lisa BB. told us...

wrote in news:22864-4A78CE78-3766@storefull-
3112.bay.webtv.net:

Serious questions: Can you take out a dishwasher from a kitchen and
replace with a small (stackable?) clothes washer (and dryer)? Could a
plumber easily do that? Even sillier question: Clothes can't be
effectively washed in a dishwasher, can they? I am older and want to
stay in my home, but the washer/dryer is in the basement. My doctor
said to avoid steps. Helpful answer would be deep appreciated. (I am
considering a chair lift, but would rather not depend on that.) Anyway
thanks so much.



I was researching clothes washers/dryers a while back. I found one that
washes and also dries the clothes. I never got any further than doing
the
research, tho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eclz5cKdF5s

All-in-one washer/dryer units have been around for years. Performance
varies, but the biggest downside is that you have to wait for an entire
wash cycle and entire dry cycle to complete before beginning another load.
This may not be an issue if you have very little to wash. IIRC, one of the
first units like this was made back in the 1950s by Bendix.

--
Wayne Boatwright
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And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking
it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder,
kites and any number of other useful objects, and who have a noble
history extending back 3,000 years haven't yet worked out that a
pair of knitting needles is no way to capture food? Bill Bryson