NotAbostonPlumber
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We just bought a house with a small laundry room. It looked big enough at first glance, but after measuring and looking for washer/dryer combos, I'm a little concerned. If I position the units based on the current electrical outlet, water hookups and drain pipe, I will barely be able to open the doors fully to load and unload. It will also only give us about 2ft to stand in front while doing this. If I position side by side or stacked straight ahead as you walk in the door, that problem goes away, but now I need to relocation things and block a window.
GE has a 32" depth, but the installation instructions claim a 0" clearance between units and from the rear (assuming you use right angle fittings). This is for a closet or alcove, but I'm wondering if I can get away with this and suffer with the tight squeeze in front for now until we want to tackle reconfiguring the room. There are just too many other projects at the moment.
I contacted GE and the rep told me I needed a lot of other clearance. I pointed out the manual and he basically said, oh, yeah, you can probably do that. Not the strong vote of confidence I was looking for. Anyone fit these in tight spaces? I'd rather not get a small unit (we got kids) or top load.
Page 19 for reference:
https://products.geappliances.com/M...patcher?RequestType=PDF&Name=49-3000217-2.pdf
GE has a 32" depth, but the installation instructions claim a 0" clearance between units and from the rear (assuming you use right angle fittings). This is for a closet or alcove, but I'm wondering if I can get away with this and suffer with the tight squeeze in front for now until we want to tackle reconfiguring the room. There are just too many other projects at the moment.
I contacted GE and the rep told me I needed a lot of other clearance. I pointed out the manual and he basically said, oh, yeah, you can probably do that. Not the strong vote of confidence I was looking for. Anyone fit these in tight spaces? I'd rather not get a small unit (we got kids) or top load.
Page 19 for reference:
https://products.geappliances.com/M...patcher?RequestType=PDF&Name=49-3000217-2.pdf