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   Frankie | Oct 29, 2002 07:08pm | #1

   Slide it in using runners of 1/8" masonite. The runners could have felt/ teflon pads underneath. Once the units are installed tip them, slide the runners to the side and store underneath for future use. Hum, I should submit this Tip to FHB magazine!

   Locking wheel dollies or teflon pads attached to unit will allow it to move around during operation. Not good.

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   cjeden | Oct 29, 2002 09:34pm | #2

   Good idea--maybe with a thin layer of vegtable oil to decrease the friction?

   cje

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   Frankie | Oct 29, 2002 10:47pm | #3

   Certainly!!! Then all your clean laundry can smell rancid. Who needs those "freshness" dryer sheets anyway.

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   Qtrmeg | Oct 29, 2002 11:28pm | #4

   I think you should have a drain pan under a washer. Are you exempt because the washer is little?

   Ya, I guess if it goes postal you will only have a little mess.

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   jeffvermont | Oct 31, 2002 04:53am | #5

   Dear CJDEN:

   Here is something that you may have not considered and I do not mean to rain on your parade.  I the washer and dryer is to be installed in a finished living space, it really should be installed in an overflow pan.  This pan will collect the water from the washer and make sure that the water drains to where it cannot do any damage to the house.  To further complicate things, the drain from the pan cannot be part of the house drain waste vent system as there is no trap full of water to help keep dangerous sewer gases out of the house.  The last one we did, we ran a piece of PVC from the second floor down into the basement, where if there was ever an overflow, it would not hurt anything.  Anyway, back to your original thought, bring lots of friends to help hump the washer up and over the lip of the drain pan.  Hope this helped.

   Cheers,

   Jeff

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   cjeden | Oct 31, 2002 05:33pm | #6

   I had considered the whole pan debate and was sort of leaning against doing it -- lazy!  However, your advice is good and I'm going to look into it.  The stacked unit is on the ground floor with only crawl space beneath- so a catostrophic event would not be too bad (relative) but a pan would, in theory, make any event like that a non event.

   thanks again

   cje

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   r_ignacki | Nov 01, 2002 05:56am | #7

   I used a couple pipe clamps to push a stove into it's hole once, man that sucker was heavy.

   Only one kind will work, unscrew that crank part and turn it around and it becomes a "pusher" instead of a clamp.

   listening for the secret.......searching for the sound...