I'm considering a new front load washing machine for the second floor
of a new addition. Very solid wooden floors in the space concerned,
directly adjacent to the bedroom.

While I find lower water and energy consumption very attractive about
this type of washer, I have read and heard many complaints about how
much noise and vibration they make during their spin cycle. I am very
sensitive to noise. Can those who own front load washers please
comment on this?

Thank you very much.

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While I find lower water and energy consumption very attractive about
this type of washer, I have read and heard many complaints about how
much noise and vibration they make during their spin cycle. I am very
sensitive to noise. Can those who own front load washers please
comment on this?

I have had both, and never noticed a difference. The only
thing I have noticed that it is a bit easier to get a front
loader out of balance than a top loader, and when out of
balance, they do make noise and vibrate. Both machines
that I have had recognized this situation and spun down
fairly quickly.

-john-

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I'm considering a new front load washing machine for the second floor
of a new addition. Very solid wooden floors in the space concerned,
directly adjacent to the bedroom.

While I find lower water and energy consumption very attractive about
this type of washer, I have read and heard many complaints about how
much noise and vibration they make during their spin cycle. I am very
sensitive to noise. Can those who own front load washers please
comment on this?


During the wash cycle, I find my Kenmore HE2 a lot quieter than the
constant wirr of a traditional top loader. However, a full load
spinning as fast as this thing can in its concrete encased enclosure
is louder, I suspect than spin cycle on a top loader.

Overall, it's a *ahem* wash.

2nd floor laundries are very hard to keep quiet because rarely is the
floor stiff enough to keep vibrations from renonating more than if
they're sitting on concrete in the basement.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://toddh.net/

What do you mean by this? Not a great quality wash?


Overall, it's a *ahem* wash.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H. http://toddh.net/

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What do you mean by this? Not a great quality wash?


Overall, it's a *ahem* wash.


It was a pun.

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Overall, it's a *ahem* wash.

What do you mean by this? Not a great quality wash?

It's a horrible pun indicating that in the battle of noise, it's a
draw, no clear winner, "a wash."

Cleaning wise, and overall satisfaction wise, I'm remarkably satisfied
with my front loader. They really do seem to clean well. Not all are
as thrifty on water as promised according to consumer reports
analysis, so if that's important to ya (as I feel it should be), do
compare the ratings. It's damned near entertaining to watch it go
(something controlled by a microcontroller program vs ye ole analog
timer still hasn't lost its novelty to me), and it really does seem to
clean better.

But they are buttloads more expensive. If there weren't a woman
involved, I'd likely have gotten another set of top loaders. But,
now that I have em, I really do like em.

Now the a**-rapin-ist thing about the front load washers though, is
the money they get for the pedestals that put them at a convenient
height.... Oy.

Oh, one final thing about hte noise -- you can dictate the top spin
speed which may be useful if you wash when you go to bed. But the
down side is that slower spin means more water in the laundry which
means more time and energy spent with the clothes in the dryer....

Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://toddh.net/

I don't plan on getting a pedestal. I may, however, get a nice square,
level piece of concrete.


Now the a**-rapin-ist thing about the front load washers though, is
the money they get for the pedestals that put them at a convenient
height.... Oy.

Best Regards,
--
Todd H. http://toddh.net/

On Feb 5, 7:31 am, wrote:
I don't plan on getting a pedestal. I may, however, get a nice square,
level piece of concrete.



Now the a**-rapin-ist thing about the front load washers though, is
the money they get for the pedestals that put them at a convenient
height.... Oy.
Best Regards,
--
Todd H. http://toddh.net/

suggest you buy from somewhere with a liberal return policy, as you
are gonna have NO luck with one of those beasts on the second floor.
Pictures will be falling off the walls downstairs. A cement block
under it won't help. Google is your friend, this has been discussed
endlessly.

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says...
I don't plan on getting a pedestal. I may, however, get a nice square,
level piece of concrete.

We have an LG front loader upstairs in our hundred-year-old house, whose
floors are framed with 2x6es on 24" centers, a bit springy by modern
standards. You can tell it's running in other rooms because of the
vibrations in the floor, but it isn't at all noisy.

We didn't get a pedestal, but I framed up a platform for it out of 2x4s
and plywood, with storage underneath.

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Braze your own bicycle frames. See
http://www.phred.org/~josh/build/build.html

When my maytag neptune winds up for a spin cycle it sounds like a jet
engine revving up. It can be heard throughout first floor and its in
the basement. However it spins faster and gets more water out . I
would choose front loader anyday

On Feb 4, 1:56 pm, wrote:
I'm considering a new front load washing machine for the second floor
of a new addition. Very solid wooden floors in the space concerned,
directly adjacent to the bedroom.

While I find lower water and energy consumption very attractive about
this type of washer, I have read and heard many complaints about how
much noise and vibration they make during their spin cycle. I am very
sensitive to noise. Can those who own front load washers please
comment on this?

Thank you very much.