Has anyone got their washing machine upstairs?
If so what's it like from a noise POV?

The living room is directly below, the beams between are about 10x6 inch and
spaced at about 18 inches.

Cheers,
Rick

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:25:54 +0100, "R D S" mused:

Has anyone got their washing machine upstairs?
If so what's it like from a noise POV?

The living room is directly below, the beams between are about 10x6 inch and
spaced at about 18 inches.

Depends how noisy the washing machine is, a noisy one will make more
noise than one which is quiter. YMMV
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Regards,
Stuart.

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"R D S" writes:
Has anyone got their washing machine upstairs?
If so what's it like from a noise POV?

The living room is directly below, the beams between are about 10x6 inch and
spaced at about 18 inches.

My parents have had their washing machine upstairs for decades.
When they switched to a modern one up there ~25 years ago, my
dad was leaning on one of the house supporting walls when it
started spinning, and somewhat alarmed at the vibration, the
machine has been set to a slow spin ever since. (It is a Zanussi,
which makes absolutely no effort whatsoever to distribute the
contents evenly around the drum before spinning.) Other than that,
it's been no problem. Every 10-15 years, whatever machine they've
had up there has leaked, and that's been the impetus to redecorate
the room underneath (bathroom).

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Andrew Gabriel
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Andrew Gabriel wrote:

My parents have had their washing machine upstairs for decades.
When they switched to a modern one up there ~25 years ago, my
dad was leaning on one of the house supporting walls when it
started spinning, and somewhat alarmed at the vibration, the
machine has been set to a slow spin ever since. (It is a Zanussi,
which makes absolutely no effort whatsoever to distribute the
contents evenly around the drum before spinning.) Other than that,
it's been no problem. Every 10-15 years, whatever machine they've
had up there has leaked, and that's been the impetus to redecorate
the room underneath (bathroom).

My son's house has the washer and dryer in a cupboard in the upstairs
hall near the bedrooms. The washer sits in a waterproof tray, 2 or 3
inches deep, so that if there's a leak, it's less likely to make a major
mess.

On 2007-08-11 15:30:20 +0100, S Viemeister said:

Andrew Gabriel wrote:

My parents have had their washing machine upstairs for decades.
When they switched to a modern one up there ~25 years ago, my
dad was leaning on one of the house supporting walls when it
started spinning, and somewhat alarmed at the vibration, the
machine has been set to a slow spin ever since. (It is a Zanussi,
which makes absolutely no effort whatsoever to distribute the
contents evenly around the drum before spinning.) Other than that,
it's been no problem. Every 10-15 years, whatever machine they've
had up there has leaked, and that's been the impetus to redecorate
the room underneath (bathroom).

My son's house has the washer and dryer in a cupboard in the upstairs
hall near the bedrooms. The washer sits in a waterproof tray, 2 or 3
inches deep, so that if there's a leak, it's less likely to make a
major mess.

Buy a Miele. There is a float switch which disables water inlet and
much of the rest of the machine apart from the pump if there is a leak.
However.... getting one upstairs could be challenging.

Andy Hall coughed up some electrons that declared:


Buy a Miele. There is a float switch which disables water inlet and
much of the rest of the machine apart from the pump if there is a leak.


However.... getting one upstairs could be challenging.

Yeah - best to pre-book the hernia clinic. And check the stair loading. It
was all I could do to walk mine along the carpeted floor single handed, 3"
at a time. To put it in context, I had no difficulty getting the old
Zanussi out and into the garage for subsequent disposal.

The two burly blokes who delivered it commented on the difficulty of lifting
it all of 9" up over the doorstep.

Cheers

Tim

In article ,
Tim Southerwood writes:
Andy Hall coughed up some electrons that declared:
However.... getting one upstairs could be challenging.

Yeah - best to pre-book the hernia clinic. And check the stair loading. It
was all I could do to walk mine along the carpeted floor single handed, 3"
at a time. To put it in context, I had no difficulty getting the old
Zanussi out and into the garage for subsequent disposal.

The two burly blokes who delivered it commented on the difficulty of lifting
it all of 9" up over the doorstep.

I removed the concrete weights from the drum, and then
I could lift the washing machine, any remaining difficulty
being due to size/shape, not weight. Reattach weights
at destination.

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Andrew Gabriel
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R D S wrote:
Has anyone got their washing machine upstairs?
If so what's it like from a noise POV?

The living room is directly below, the beams between are about 10x6 inch and
spaced at about 18 inches.

Don't. For years the flat above mine had a washing machine. I lost count
of the number of leaks; the worst case flooded not only my flat but the
basement three floors below. And then there's the noise, and the cracked
ceiling... The idiot who installed it found it so much trouble to get up
the stairs rather than take it out he left it behind when he moved.


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djc

"djc" wrote in message
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R D S wrote:
Has anyone got their washing machine upstairs?
If so what's it like from a noise POV?

The living room is directly below, the beams between are about 10x6 inch
and spaced at about 18 inches.

Don't. For years the flat above mine had a washing machine. I lost count
of the number of leaks;

There's the thing, I have never had a washing machine leak, but I just know
that if it goes upstairs...

The reason I want it upstairs is that our kitchen is ridiculously small (the
bathroom is much bigger) and the layout is such that the washer will
realistically only go in a corner, meaning I can only use worktop along 2
walls and would prefer 3.

On 12 Aug, 11:04, "R D S" wrote:
"djc" wrote in message
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R D S wrote:

Has anyone got their washing machine upstairs?
If so what's it like from a noise POV?

The living room is directly below, the beams between are about 10x6 inch
and spaced at about 18 inches.

Don't. For years the flat above mine had a washing machine. I lost count
of the number of leaks;

There's the thing, I have never had a washing machine leak, but I just know
that if it goes upstairs...

The reason I want it upstairs is that our kitchen is ridiculously small (the
bathroom is much bigger) and the layout is such that the washer will
realistically only go in a corner, meaning I can only use worktop along 2
walls and would prefer 3.

Sounds like a good enough reason to put it upstairs. I had a machine
upstairs for a while, and it was fine, although there is a bit more
noise.


NT

Andrew Gabriel coughed up some electrons that declared:

In article ,
Tim Southerwood writes:
Andy Hall coughed up some electrons that declared:
However.... getting one upstairs could be challenging.

Yeah - best to pre-book the hernia clinic. And check the stair loading.
It was all I could do to walk mine along the carpeted floor single
handed, 3" at a time. To put it in context, I had no difficulty getting
the old Zanussi out and into the garage for subsequent disposal.

The two burly blokes who delivered it commented on the difficulty of
lifting it all of 9" up over the doorstep.

I removed the concrete weights from the drum, and then
I could lift the washing machine, any remaining difficulty
being due to size/shape, not weight. Reattach weights
at destination.


That's a good idea and I think it would be the only sensible way to shift a
Miele over any difficult route (they have cast iron weights instead of
concrete precisely to allow them to be heavier).

Depending on the floor's condition (upstairs or downstairs), if it were a
suspended type, I would consider sitting the machine on a sheet of thick
ply too, just to spread the load a bit.

Cheers

Tim

R D S wrote:
Has anyone got their washing machine upstairs?
If so what's it like from a noise POV?

I have ours right above my office in the bathroom of the flat above our
shop.

It's only the spin cycle that goes off on one.
Operation it's self is un detectable It is a Mele with one of them
silent commercial motors, so it's silent even when your sat right next
to it, but 1600 spin does make the pipes rattle somewhat!

:¬)

Pete
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