Just found this forum and looks like a great place to ask some experts.. Sorry if this gets long.
We just bought a house that we are doing a total remodel, first is the laundry room. We are moving the washer and dryer to another wall in the same room and are ready for the new pipes to be put in. Instead of me trying to describe it I took a picture and made some quick labels.
We are planning on buying the new Maytag Neptune front loading washer/dryer. (MAH9700/MDE/G9700)
We do not want to put them on the pedestals but instead keep them lower and add a counter top over them. Originally planned on just adding a box in the wall above them, but when we switched to a counter top over the washer/dryer this wouldn't look very good and we would have the lines in the way. So now we would like to move the box down and to the right. This would be the yellow box pictured. There will be a cabinet in front of the box with the back opened up so you can still have access to the shut off.
So here are my questions on this. We had the plumbers come out and they wanted me to check with the manufacture about the height of the stack. I called maytag and I don't think they really understood my question, I probably didn't explain it correctly.
By having it low will this cause any problems? The top of the laundry box couldn't be placed higher than 38 inches(height of washer) So obviously the drain couldn't be placed higher, the plumbers wanted to make sure this wouldn't be a problem.
Also will having the washer on the other side with the dryer in the middle cause a problem with having the drain be that far away? If so I believe the doors are reversible so the washer might be able to switch places. If it doesn't need to though I would rather just leave them as they come.
Under this is a 4 foot crawl space with a cement foundation, the plumber said he will have to cut into a large cast iron stack near the floor on the other side of the crawl space so he can get his slope to the new wall.
Is there anything I need to be sure they do, or tell them? Want to make sure this gets done right.
Thank you
We just bought a house that we are doing a total remodel, first is the laundry room. We are moving the washer and dryer to another wall in the same room and are ready for the new pipes to be put in. Instead of me trying to describe it I took a picture and made some quick labels.
We are planning on buying the new Maytag Neptune front loading washer/dryer. (MAH9700/MDE/G9700)
We do not want to put them on the pedestals but instead keep them lower and add a counter top over them. Originally planned on just adding a box in the wall above them, but when we switched to a counter top over the washer/dryer this wouldn't look very good and we would have the lines in the way. So now we would like to move the box down and to the right. This would be the yellow box pictured. There will be a cabinet in front of the box with the back opened up so you can still have access to the shut off.
So here are my questions on this. We had the plumbers come out and they wanted me to check with the manufacture about the height of the stack. I called maytag and I don't think they really understood my question, I probably didn't explain it correctly.
By having it low will this cause any problems? The top of the laundry box couldn't be placed higher than 38 inches(height of washer) So obviously the drain couldn't be placed higher, the plumbers wanted to make sure this wouldn't be a problem.
Also will having the washer on the other side with the dryer in the middle cause a problem with having the drain be that far away? If so I believe the doors are reversible so the washer might be able to switch places. If it doesn't need to though I would rather just leave them as they come.
Under this is a 4 foot crawl space with a cement foundation, the plumber said he will have to cut into a large cast iron stack near the floor on the other side of the crawl space so he can get his slope to the new wall.
Is there anything I need to be sure they do, or tell them? Want to make sure this gets done right.
Thank you