Lol. Well, I try not to do that anymore because it’s bad for you. I know exactly what you’re talking about too. When I go off like that no one knows what to do: run, hide or fight. If they are smart they run away. And please dear Lord, don’t let them come back and apologize to me. Snicker.
…… STUPID PROBLEM OF THE WEEK Fixed! Post #42
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CaryC
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Dang, I'm late to the party was going to say C4. If you need stuff put together Duck Tape, if apart C4.
If you think you need a door, which is fine BTW, we have a louver folding door. I would suggest installing it with the fold going out. In any event either way, the door is easily taken down, by simply pulling the running wheel down, it's spring loaded so no harm no foul, enter, fix the problem, and then replace the wheel in the runner. Back to normal.
If you think you need a door, which is fine BTW, we have a louver folding door. I would suggest installing it with the fold going out. In any event either way, the door is easily taken down, by simply pulling the running wheel down, it's spring loaded so no harm no foul, enter, fix the problem, and then replace the wheel in the runner. Back to normal.
Well, I hate those doors. However, for this function it might be the best, least expensive choice. Certainly solves the “safety issue”.
C4. Now why didn’t I think of that? Probably would have utilized a piece a wee too large. Accidentally on purpose.
It’s Friday. I’m going to try to have a Friday kinda day. Probably be a great night to go sit at the pond and shoot yotes or something. Snakes are out! Carry your hoes everyone.
I second the Speed Queen! We got the washer/dryer set a few years back and paid extra to get the old school set with mechanical dials...nothing digital about it and it actually agitates. I love it and plan to replace it with the same unless it lasts longer than us.
CaryC
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Agreed but at the time we needed to get a new washer they were out of them. Just saying.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
We bought the old school top loading unit as well. When the dryer dies we'll replace it with a Speed Queen dryer.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
They had a production issue for awhile is what we were told... apparently they are now trending towards one of the top selling washers in the country. Finding employees was the issue, since they are made in the US.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I'd make her ride in the side by side with me, she's probably to heavy for me to carry.
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We were facing the same thing. The shortage happened when they were forced to comply with some water saving adjustment forced by the US government. We found an appliance store in the next county over that had just gotten one last shipment of the older model so we were able to get one of them.
My only complaint, if you can even consider it that, is I like two rinses and at least one of them with warm water. It has the option for two rinses, a simple toggle switch close to the dial, but they are both cold so I manually switch it back to wash until it fills up for that last rinse. Our well water is so cold, even in the summer, that I don't feel like it gets all the detergent out.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
I use half the detergent! Fun fact... detergent is meant to cause the fibers in fabric to degrade, the fact that it's also a cleanses is just bonus for the garment industry. I kid you not.
I believe it but we have hard well water that is also cold so I have to use the minimal amount but I can't tolerate a trace of it left in my clothes. DH is happy to let me do all the laundry and it's a good thing because he is only allowed to touch the washer and dryer to fix it or if I am dying lol.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Do you have a way to warm the water? Note I may have missed this.
Profit of Doom
Dismember
An excellent skill for a woman.
Several years ago, I bought a used washer that "wobbled" around. In looking at an exploded diagram of the machine, I saw the part that keeps this from happening. Sorry that I don't remember the name. But, I bought the replacement parts, took the machine apart and fixed it. No more wobble. It wasn't hard but cumbersome due to the limited space in the laundry room. I didn't want to drag the thing outside for repair! Those with walking machines and a little DIY in your blood may want to try this.
Several years ago, I bought a used washer that "wobbled" around. In looking at an exploded diagram of the machine, I saw the part that keeps this from happening. Sorry that I don't remember the name. But, I bought the replacement parts, took the machine apart and fixed it. No more wobble. It wasn't hard but cumbersome due to the limited space in the laundry room. I didn't want to drag the thing outside for repair! Those with walking machines and a little DIY in your blood may want to try this.
I would rather blow the control board after I secretly find a Speed Queen to replace it with. A woman’s work is never done…
Packy - some of us have a good reason for these seemingly stupid rules.
kyrsyan
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I already told family that the next machine was a Speed Queen if I can find one. I'm done with this nonsense.
CaryC
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Odd. ......... same rule in our house.
Cary tell us true, is this one of those things that men create so that they don’t have to do something?
CaryC
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Telling you true with my hand in the air - "I don't do it right." According to SB.
I mean I've offered to wash the clothes while SB has been sick. She will holler from her death bed, "Stay out of the Laundry Room." So I've threatened her back with, "You can't stop me!" She'll yell back, "You don't do it right."
With my hand in the air. So help me.
Different strokes for different folks!
Well normally, I like to fix things, be frugal and all that jazz. However, I am absolutely POSITIVE this washer is hardly worth repairing because it drives me freaking crazy! Takes five years to wash anything and, well, the Production Control Department (me) frowns upon the waste of time. If I have to do laundry all day because a machine is slower than molasses, what’s the point? It’s twice as slow as a “real washer” so it’s just not worth rehiring the machine to waste my time.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Sounds like there’s something wrong with it the tub actually. Sounds just like what our old washer was doing right before the things that hold the tub in place snapped off. A week later I had my new speed queen in place.
I see turmoil in paradise!!
CaryC
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So long as SB stays healthy we're all good. LOL