83cm Washing Machine & Tumble Dryer

83cm Washing Machine & Tumble Dryer

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AB

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17,466 posts

203 months

Friday 29th November
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This is becoming a bit of a pain in the arse...

Had our utility room floor retiled and didn't really give any thought to the washer and dryer that is currently in there. Washing machine could do with being replaced anyway but the dryer is actually a relatively new decent LG one. Now the tiles are in it won't fit back under the worktop. PITA.

I have just under 842mm of clearance from floor to bottom of worktop so need at the most an 83.5cm in height washer and dryer of decent make, ideally both 9KG drum size. The likes of LG and Miele are all 850mm so won't fit. Beko seem the only brand who do this size from my online research.

Anyone got any pearls of wisdom for me?

greygoose

8,660 posts

203 months

Friday 29th November
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Remove the tiles under the spaces for the washer and dryer?

CorradoTDI

1,615 posts

179 months

Friday 29th November
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I take it you can't raise the cupboard legs / worktop slightly?

What about the appliance tops - can you remove?

Doofus

28,660 posts

181 months

Friday 29th November
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greygoose said:
Remove the tiles under the spaces for the washer and dryer?
The problem there (based on experience) is that you need to remove the ones in front of the space too, otherwise the machine won't slide in.

Can you raise the worktop?

jfdi

1,150 posts

183 months

Friday 29th November
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Remove worktop, fit batons on top of units to raise the height, refit worktop.

CorradoTDI

1,615 posts

179 months

Friday 29th November
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I take it you can't raise the cupboard legs / worktop slightly?

What about the appliance tops - can you remove?

Baldchap

8,428 posts

100 months

Friday 29th November
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My pearl of wisdom would be to buy one that fits.

spikeyhead

18,031 posts

205 months

Friday 29th November
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My pearl of wisdom would be to use lino not tiles

AB

Original Poster:

17,466 posts

203 months

Friday 29th November
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Can't remove tiles underneath as there aren't any, new tiles are quite a bit thicker so it won't actually slide in. Worktop is a relatively new and long slab of granite so it's quite a pain to raise it with battens, although potentially doable.

One of those things that I completely didn't think about.

We do need a new washer so I'm aiming for the path of lease resistance here and hoping something suitable exists.


AB

Original Poster:

17,466 posts

203 months

Friday 29th November
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spikeyhead said:
My pearl of wisdom would be to use lino not tiles
Baldchap said:
My pearl of wisdom would be to buy one that fits.
A special mention and thank you to both of you for your valuable input biglaugh

Cold

15,595 posts

98 months

Friday 29th November
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Does the dryer have feet which can be modified or replaced with something slimmer?

spikeyhead

18,031 posts

205 months

Friday 29th November
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AB said:
Can't remove tiles underneath as there aren't any, new tiles are quite a bit thicker so it won't actually slide in. ...
Can you knock a hole in the wall and slide it in from the other side? smile

Watcher of the skies

686 posts

45 months

Friday 29th November
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jfdi said:
Remove worktop, fit batons on top of units to raise the height, refit worktop.
I think you mean batten. Although I suppose you could always hit with the baton to take out your frustration.

QuartzDad

2,382 posts

130 months

Friday 29th November
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Look at integrated models and don't put a door on?

https://www.johnlewis.com/neff-w544bx2gb-integrate... is 81.8cm

CorradoTDI

1,615 posts

179 months

Friday 29th November
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AB said:
Can't remove tiles underneath as there aren't any, new tiles are quite a bit thicker so it won't actually slide in. Worktop is a relatively new and long slab of granite so it's quite a pain to raise it with battens, although potentially doable.

One of those things that I completely didn't think about.

We do need a new washer so I'm aiming for the path of lease resistance here and hoping something suitable exists.
Are there any upstands or tiles fitted? I would look at raising it if not but I'd get the supplier back in to do it.

POIDH

1,074 posts

73 months

Friday 29th November
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spikeyhead said:
AB said:
Can't remove tiles underneath as there aren't any, new tiles are quite a bit thicker so it won't actually slide in. ...
Can you knock a hole in the wall and slide it in from the other side? smile
Cut the floor, jack up the house round it?

Trustmeimadoctor

13,593 posts

163 months

Friday 29th November
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AB said:
spikeyhead said:
My pearl of wisdom would be to use lino not tiles
Baldchap said:
My pearl of wisdom would be to buy one that fits.
A special mention and thank you to both of you for your valuable input biglaugh
isnt the takeaway work out floor height and set unit heights to take that into account smile or fit flooring first

lost in espace

6,304 posts

215 months

Friday 29th November
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Easiest solution here is to just buy a new one and sell your old one unfortunately. We just bought a house were we thought everything was freestanding in cupboards, but they had taken the integrated units with them to my annoyance, leaving me with the same issue and I bought graded units. I was surprised how cheap they were, Hoover brand though.

POIDH

1,074 posts

73 months

Friday 29th November
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Trustmeimadoctor said:
isnt the takeaway work out floor height and set unit heights to take that into account smile or fit flooring first
yes

EmailAddress

13,706 posts

226 months

Friday 29th November
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Take the feet off, slide it in on a heavy duty rubber square.

Presuming that the floor is level.