Any ideas for keeping a washing machine from walking across the tile floor during the spin cycle.
I had put stair “grip strips” under the feel but eventually they wear out and it walks. Its level and works great but it always moves during the spin.
Any ideas for keeping a washing machine from walking across the tile floor during the spin cycle.
I had put stair “grip strips” under the feel but eventually they wear out and it walks. Its level and works great but it always moves during the spin.
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repair it....
dampening bushing are worn out....
finish the job....
remove the shipping screws...
use it correctly...
balance the load...
adapt...
set her on the corner of the machine and set up....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming
WOW!!! What a Ride!
Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
I like that last one!
check and see if the shaft the drum operates on is bent (heavy, unbalanced load will do this) - if so, the fix is to repair/replace shaft - and it may be cheaper to replace the machine, certainly would be easier -
The floor needs to be absolutely solid with no flex.
The feet need to be adjusted so all four are placing even pressure on the floor. You should not be able to grab the unit and rock it back and forth even the tinyest bit. Note that if the floor is not flat then the slightest motion of the unit can lead to rocking.
If those are covered likely the damper pads are worn out. A DIY job, but an ugly one.
Dad cut 1-1/2' holes in a piece of 3/4" plywood to match the foot locations; cut the plywood to the size of washer; screwed it to the floor; slid the washer back until the feet dropped into the holes.
Forrest
what forrest said.
except mine has double 3/4" ply.
we have a brand new Speed Queen washer.
rocks the whole house down in the basement. and NO the shafts aren't bent.
it just plain roars.
i wouldn't even put this thing on the second floor of my house if i had bar joists and concrete decks.
carpenter in transition
LOL!
The problem was, my folks house used to have the washer just beside the back door, in a narrow kitchen. If you left the washer running and left, like as not the washer would have walked in front of the back door while you were gone, and you had to break a window to get in - happened more than once.
Forrest
This thing a top loader or a front loader?
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not brought
low by this? For thine evil pales before that which
foolish men call Justice....
Top loader and its on a concrete slab floor with tile.
PL Premium.
Try putting a three- or four-layer sandwich of this stuff under each foot:
View ImageLee Valley gripper mat
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
still think he should use it as is for an occasional change of venue....
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
WTB it wears right thru that in short order...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Nope.
That's why I suggested 3 or 4 layers.
Replace as needed.
Can't figger it tho; I've got exactly the same layout as him--top-loader sitting on tile-on-slab. Goes whumpety whump once in a blue moon but stays where it is.
Dinosaur
How now, Mighty Sauron, that thou art not broughtlow by this? For thine evil pales before that whichfoolish men call Justice....
that would be load balance if it's only onec in a while...
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming<!----><!----><!---->
WOW!!! What a Ride!Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
Here are some possibilities:
http://www.washingmachinepads.com/
http://www.kellettent.com/vib_isol.html
http://www.thevibrationsolution.com/
As a former Maytag repairman we used to see this all the time when ceramic tiles on floors were first being used. It was common to see a machine skate away from the wall and being stopped only by the drain hose or wire. One time a washing machine moved and blocked the only access to the laundry room.
Laundry rooms used to be in the basememnt so when laundry room started to go upstairs on the wooden floors we found that the floors would vibrate and cause the machine to move.
We tried many things and some actually worked.
roger