# Apartment living.. Ideas for small dryer and washer connect to sink

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 10, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-living-ideas-for-small-dryer-and-washer-connect-to-sink/448858 "2008-05-10T22:55:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Internut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5daacb/32.png) [@Internut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Internut)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-living-ideas-for-small-dryer-and-washer-connect-to-sink/448858/1 "2008-05-10T22:55:49Z")

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I lived in an apartment that had a small washer that was built to connect to a sink. It was great as I was definitely on the poor college student budget.

I moved out of the apartment and couldn’t take the washer with me. Darn. (Though it might’ve been worth my small security deposit… I decided no)

I looked online and I can’t seem to even find a similar product… though I do see some how-tos on how to adapt one yourself (I don’t know how correct the how-tos are, though…)

In any case… I need a washer that can connect to my sink and run on regular house AC power.

The dryer… meh, I can just hang up string in a hallway.

Any ideas? I’d like to cut down on the 15 to 20 bucks I spend a week on laundry (That and lugging it 5 blocks in a bag on my back)

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-living-ideas-for-small-dryer-and-washer-connect-to-sink/448858/2 "2008-05-11T00:56:14Z")

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Googling “apartment clothes washer” returned 299,000 hits. Don’t know who current manufacturers are, but calling major appliance dealers in your town couldn’t hurt.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-living-ideas-for-small-dryer-and-washer-connect-to-sink/448858/3 "2008-05-11T01:11:34Z")

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My search of “apartment washers” returned stacking units, while a search on “portable washers” found the kind that connect to a sink, from Haier, Avanti and GE.

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-living-ideas-for-small-dryer-and-washer-connect-to-sink/448858/4 "2008-05-11T02:09:15Z")

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Look up “portable washing machine”. You’ll find plenty of hits.

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**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apartment-living-ideas-for-small-dryer-and-washer-connect-to-sink/448858/5 "2008-05-11T19:42:09Z")

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I’d note that many apartment buildings will forbid this sort of arrangement in their leases. You might want to check your lease before you bring a washing machine into your apartment.

On a separate note, there are also apartment-sized dryers that don’t vent to the outside, either - they can also dump the evaporated water from your clothes to the sink, or collect in in bins that you then empty when you take out your dry clothes.