Where is your washer and dryer?

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Dive Bar Casanova said:
When my ex bailed out of the marriage I bought a home and the Maytag Neptune Washer and Dryer set.
They were brutally expensive. I really thought it over for a good spell. It hurt the budget buying them but they were HUGE and washed and dried the cloths so well they talked to you.

Then about a year after purchase they started acting up. Warranty fixed them,, but soon after more problems happened.

I was semi-active in an appliance forum formatted very much like Cooking Bites.
I lent my knowledge and others lent theirs. $5 a year membership, appreciative forum owner that was sharp on home machinery, sold parts and actively helped everyone.

"Junk the washer and dryer and get a new set" was everyone's take. Then they listed the 7 additional problems that are about to beset my laundry machines. The repairs are expensive and worthless, the problems will soon return. Maytag went bankrupt that same year.

So I walked into Lowes and asked the appliance sales girl "what washer and dryer [she'd] want, and what has the fewest headaches."
"The Ball bearing drive LG's" she said. I picked out candy apple red because I'll take style and color over function any day and 14 years later they run two loads a day and have been flawless.

When delivered, the delivery truck had several dead sets of the Maytag Neptune's they were hauling off to the dump from other deliveries.
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When our Bosch washer died several years ago, I asked the repair person what machine he worked on the least:

"LG. I hardly ever see one break."
 
Our washing machine is in the kitchen and always has been (even in UK). We have no need for a drier; at the ambient temperature here the laundry dries quicker on the "washing line".
 
When I decided to get a washing machine, I wanted a dryer also, because without it, there was no place to hang the clothes to dry. Aso, the towels would get all hard from hanging them indoors. I hate that!! Makes them feel like hard sandpaper!! 😡
 
2001 DW fell in love with the sweeping Neptune pair . . .
aside from the mold developing on the washer gasket, they gave us good service - at pushing 20 years we opted to replace them, before they started being problems....
 
In my garage I have a laundry closet for my washer and dryer. I love it in there, since in the winter it warms the garage nicely and in the summer the dryer doesn't make the house too hot. Also I can do laundry at anytime of day without the noise in the house.
 
JAS_OH1 said:
In my garage I have a laundry closet for my washer and dryer. I love it in there, since in the winter it warms the garage nicely and in the summer the dryer doesn't make the house too hot. Also I can do laundry at anytime of day without the noise in the house.
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My first house had the laundry in a nook in the garage. I liked it there. Stray lint could be cleaned out with a leaf blower, in addition to the benefits you mentioned. No to mention if a washer hose fails, the water runs out under the garage door. No damage.

CD
 
We have a small laundry room. Wide enough for front load washer and dryer to sit side by side with 12" additional space. Deep enough for storage shelves on each wall. I would LOVE room for a folding table, drop down ironing board, hanging rack and drying rack for delicates. When I win the Power Ball.
 
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