I have an upstairs hallway closet where the washer & dryer live. The washer has a wall to the left of it & a wall behind it, with the dryer to the right of it; IOW, a tight little space for it to fit. It was sitting in a cracked 1-2" high pan connected to a drain in the floor; if the drum ever cracks mid cycle, the water should go into the pan/drain/down & out but because it was so badly damaged water would run all over the floor & then drip thru the floor into the ceiling below. I bought a new pan to replace the broken one; however, they’re made of cheap plastic, not strong enough to hold a washing machine. The problem is you can only pick it up from the front (& side if you disconnect the dryer & pull it out). Washers are large, bulky, & heavy! (Duh!) & it needs to be placed, from one side exactly into the pan; otherwise the weight will crack the cheap plastic. We went thru three or four before we were finally able to lift & toss it just right.
If I ever need to replace it; I’m going to Home Despot first, buying about a dozen of those pans for when the gorillas delivery men come to put it in place because I’m sure they’ll break one or two until they get it dropped in just right.
Sorry to hear about your back problem. That aside, I really do prefer a modern top loader to a front loader, probably biased by my bad experience with the LG. I have no trouble getting stuff out of the tub, and ironically, it’s the front-loading dryer that causes me to sometimes struggle to reach a small item way at the back.
What highlights? It was a 0-0 draw.
And Europeans wonder why Americans say soccer is boring.*
*OK, so I’m making a joke. This American doesn’t think soccer is boring at all, else I wouldn’t be looking for highlight reels of my favorite teams.
We’ve had an LG washer and dryer for the past 13 years. They’re awesome and have never given us a single problem. Of course, we got some pretty good quality ones.
Judging from my recollection of the price, and the fact that it had about a bazillion fancy features that I never used, my LG front-loader was definitely not low-end. The bazillion fancy features did not, however, prevent the main bearing from failing.
To each their own. I’m glad you’re happy with your LG appliances and I hope they give you many more years of reliable service. Personally, I don’t have a lot of faith in Korean appliances, and not only because I was screwed by LG who showed no interest in helping me with my defunct washer.
I might add that I equally have no faith in Maytag’s “Made in America” claim, which to me means it was probably made by disgruntled workers pissed off because they’re about to be laid off due to yet another appliance company merger. I also have zero faith in Maytag’s “commercial technology” label. It means they make commercial washers, and use similar but much cheaper technology in the consumer models. Fine. But one thing I do have faith in is the simple electromechanical nature of the machine. There’s not much to go wrong, and what might go wrong is probably fixable by replacing a relay or rotary switch. And I like the sound it makes. It sounds … solid!
I honestly do not blame you. I had an awful experience owning an HP laptop which ended up being a Kafkaesque nightmare as their “extended warranty” involved sending it to them over and over again for an entire year where every time it came back something new was broken. And my experiences as a professional supporting their products isn’t much better. I’ll never buy another HP product again. But that doesn’t mean I’m convinced nobody has ever had a good experience with an HP product.
Likewise, if you’ve had terrible experiences with LG appliances it’s only reasonable for you to avoid them despite what other people have experienced.
I have this situation precisely with my stacked washer dryer in a closet on hardwood floors. When we first moved in seven years ago I saw the crack and made a temporary repair just to minimize the potential damage while I tried to figure out how to replace the pan.
The closet is only a tiny bit bigger than the plastic pan, and the closet door is narrower than the pan is wide. The washer and dryer (LG, jillions of features and settings) barely fits through the door. There is no way to get them out without destroying what’s left of the pan, and I can see that the reason the pan is cracked in the first place is that there’s really no physical way to lower the machine into the pan - it’s going to get cracked in the process.
Damn, I’d managed to put that situation out of my mind until this thread.
I think I’ve discovered a glitch in the Matrix. Either that or my dog is a reincarnation of Harry Houdini.
I’ve got this little chew toy for Bob that I call his Magic Biscuit. It’s his favorite thing in the world. It’s this hockey puck sized feeder thing that you stuff little cookies in for him to get out. But long ago he chewed off the little flaps that keep the cookie in, so it’s just an orange rubber biscuit, that, when I’m holding it, commands his rapt attention. When I have that thing in my hand, I’m pretty sure I could get him to wax the car.
So, here’s the thing … I live on the second floor of an apartment building with a tiny little balcony overlooking the sidewalk. Bob is out on the balcony but I didn’t see his biscuit that he’d just been chewing. Sure enough he dropped off the balcony and it was down on the sidewalk. I go traipsing down to get it and when I get there I whistle for Bob so he comes out on the balcony and I toss it up to him.
Now that I’m back in the apartment … the Magic Biscuit has disappeared without a trace. I’ve searched my apartment. It is no where. I just cleaned the place this morning so it’s not like there’s a lot of clutter to hide it in, it’s just gone. I went back down to the sidewalk to search for it in case he dropped off again while I was coming back up. Nope. It is no where. It has gone POOF in the night. It is no more.
WHERE THE FUCK IS IT! That’s my biggest problem. I can get Bob a new Magic Biscuit (I’ve had to before) but …
WHERE IS THE MAGIC BISCUIT, GODDAMNIT!!
It’s not …inside Bob, is it?
No, I don’t think that would be possible. Then again, I don’t put much past him.
I’m kind of thinking I might have actually got up to the third floor balcony. I mean, I don’t think I did, but where the hell else could it be? I was a bit wild with my toss, but I’d really have to have overthrown that sucker to get it up there.
Well, that’s the most important thing, and a new one would be fully functional as a treat holder again!
Bernie had a favourite chew-toy that was his favourite thing in the world, too. It was about the size of a corn cob and heavily textured, with a loop of rope and wooden handle on one end, because it was intended to be used to play tug-of-war. We didn’t actually use it that way very much because I was worried it might not be good for his teeth, but he loved the shape and feel of it and the fact that it squeaked when he clamped his jaws down on it.
He had a million toys but that was the one he absolutely loved the most. When a visitor came to the house he’d immediately fetch the squeaky toy (he always knew exactly where it was) and run up to the visitor squeaking greetings and to demand that they play with him.
The reason I mention this is that in subsequent years, I always kept an eye out for a replacement in case this one ever got lost or damaged, and never saw anything that was the same or even particularly close. Fortunately, it never got lost or damaged.
Washer update: it’s been fixed. My husband got a repair man to come by and it was, in fact the door lock assembly that I had been investigating unsuccessfully that had failed. Access was apparently easy, if you knew about a totally not obvious access panel that could be popped off.
It wasn’t cheap, but was a lot less than a new machine would be. Hopefully this will last for a while!
That’s good news!
I hate buying new appliances.
A remarkable update on the Magic Biscuit:
Goddamnit, if that wasn’t it. I have no idea how it made it over there. I mean, there’s like the point of that median in the way. Friggin’ weird.
That is indeed weird. But glad you found it!
That’s why you have technicians. They don’t necessarily need to know a lot, just the tricks.
My WAG… Car hit it and bounced it over.
My WAG… the dog is teaching @Jack_Batty to play “fetch”.