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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 19:17:26 GMT -5
LOL I'm in the same boat with my washer and dryer. The washer is a 15 year old front loader with only 2.6 cu feet capacity. The dryer works fine, but all the knobs are broke off and I have to use a pliers and DS isn't the most careful and has cut off most of the plastic that you need to grab with the pliers so it's sometimes a challenge turning it on. I've pretty much promised myself a new set with my tax refund no matter what. We'll see if I keep my promise or keep holding out. why not finance with 12 or 18 months same as cash so you don't have to wait?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2015 20:06:22 GMT -5
LOL I'm in the same boat with my washer and dryer. The washer is a 15 year old front loader with only 2.6 cu feet capacity. The dryer works fine, but all the knobs are broke off and I have to use a pliers and DS isn't the most careful and has cut off most of the plastic that you need to grab with the pliers so it's sometimes a challenge turning it on. I've pretty much promised myself a new set with my tax refund no matter what. We'll see if I keep my promise or keep holding out. why not finance with 12 or 18 months same as cash so you don't have to wait? Because I'm in no hurry. I've talked myself out of buying a new set for several years now. I can wait a few months.
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Post by alabamagal on Jan 2, 2015 20:48:12 GMT -5
I trade yours with mine! My dryer broke about a month ago, and we are moving this month. Really bad timing for us.
I chose not to get a new dryer, at least one of the houses we are looking at comes with W/D combo (nice ones!)
At my old job, we have a group that sells commercial cleaning services and we have commercial grade laundry machines in the area right next to my office, so I just brought my dirty laundry to work. But it is only DH and I in the house with DS home from college - I told him to do his laundry before he came home and when he went back.
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Jan 2, 2015 20:54:10 GMT -5
Swasat, I'm going to start saying that as my new greeting to people. I have the same set and they're still going after 10 years. Our dryer needed a new heating element but DH was able to fix it himself. He KNOWS what he's doing.
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Post by swasat on Jan 2, 2015 22:55:04 GMT -5
Swasat, I'm going to start saying that as my new greeting to people. I have the same set and they're still going after 10 years. Our dryer needed a new heating element but DH was able to fix it himself. He KNOWS what he's doing. ArchietheDragon, did you hear that ?? At least SOMEONE knows what they are doing with thier dryer ....
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Post by taz157 on Jan 4, 2015 16:28:31 GMT -5
Did anyone end up buying a washer/dryer? DH and I decided against it for right now.
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Post by garion2003 on Jan 5, 2015 9:47:10 GMT -5
I feel bad now, I saw the thread title and immediately thought of my 97 year old grandmother.
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Post by swasat on Jan 5, 2015 10:25:44 GMT -5
Did anyone end up buying a washer/dryer? DH and I decided against it for right now. Not yet. Its not that simple for me. I have to get the laundry room flooring replaced too. So I want to get everyting done at the same time: 1) Unhook and haul the old set away 2) Install new flooring 3) hook up new set. The second step is what we are dependednt on Home Depot or Lowes for. Do not want to install flooring ourselves. So need to do a bit more researcha nd haagling with HD or Lowes. :/
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Jan 5, 2015 11:43:05 GMT -5
HD and Lowes usually offer some good deals around tax refund time. And they usually have giftcard deals too (like an extra 10% free). April is Earth Week or something like that and again has good deals on energy star appliances.
Honestly, from a utility standpoint, changing out appliances is not earth shattering. You will see some savings, but it may take 15 years to recover the cost of the appliance. Just don't go into it thinking you will save $1000 on your utility bills this year alone from changing over (can you tell I get complaints like that frequently?).
As for the agitator, I like it. Especially with washing diapers now. But I've never used a machine without one. Is it really that much better? All I've heard are bad stories about the front loaders not getting clothes clean enough, being finicky about detergents, getting smelly, etc. Seems like a lot more work than my old top loader.
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Post by swasat on Jan 5, 2015 12:20:25 GMT -5
Sam_2.0, I don't care about the utility bills. What I want is a big enough washer/dryer that will make doing laundry easier, faster and less like a half day chore! I have used front loaders and top loaders w/o agitators before and I always liked them. Not sure about the maintenance aspect of it, but I haven't herad bad stories from people I know who own them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 19:29:30 GMT -5
I'm happy that you got what you wanted and that it is making your life so much easier.
But, wow! Almost $1000 for a washer. I thought mine was expensive a couple of years ago at $600. Then $500 for the dryer.
Along with the catfood, I'll probably be using a Laundromat in my old age.
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Post by taz157 on Jul 1, 2015 20:04:06 GMT -5
Congrats on the new washer and dryer! And just as a side note, we also decided to buy a new washer and dryer about 2 months after we said that we'd keep what we had. Also, we had decided to part ways amicably too!
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Post by swasat on Jul 1, 2015 20:29:58 GMT -5
I'm happy that you got what you wanted and that it is making your life so much easier.
But, wow! Almost $1000 for a washer. I thought mine was expensive a couple of years ago at $600. Then $500 for the dryer.
Along with the catfood, I'll probably be using a Laundromat in my old age.
We paid less, WAY less The model(s) were on sale for $799 each at Best Buy about 3 weeks ago. Then on top of that we had $300 Best Buy gift card that we got using our Visa rewards. So we paid $1300 total, bringing it down to about $650 a piece. I am pretty pleased
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Post by bean29 on Jul 1, 2015 20:56:15 GMT -5
Last fall I finally bought a new washer and dryer. I bought smoke gray Samsung Front Loaders. They are supposed to be largest capacity on the market. Best Decision (along with Samsung French Door Refrig purchased a few years ago) ever. Not only do I do less loads of laundry, it has a boat load of built in cycles and my family has now figured out how to select a cycle and start the machine.
For unclogging the vent go on amazon or ace hardware's website and order a Lint Eater Rotary Dryer vent cleaning system. Someone here highly recommended this and the extension (I am pretty sure I ordered 2) and it really works. My new dryer has an indicator light that the vent is clogged, I tell DH, he attaches to his drill, and unclogs the pipe.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jul 2, 2015 12:20:24 GMT -5
We ended up with a Samsung too. Washer only. We're waiting on the dryer to die because we didn't want to shell out more in April/May. In April, the washer died, we spent a ton at/on WDW and my phone died. In May I had my gall bladder removed. Still no bills from the gall bladder surgery although the bills from March when I ended up in the ER from it are paid.
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Post by kittensaver on Jul 2, 2015 12:49:51 GMT -5
You gals are making me JEALOUS! I have 30 year old Maytags that REFUSE to die. I keep resisting replacing them because I'd rather plump up my Car Fund - my Escape hit 203,000 this morning, and I know it's only a matter of time . . .
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Jul 2, 2015 12:53:59 GMT -5
Last fall I finally bought a new washer and dryer. I bought smoke gray Samsung Front Loaders. They are supposed to be largest capacity on the market. Best Decision (along with Samsung French Door Refrig purchased a few years ago) ever. Not only do I do less loads of laundry, it has a boat load of built in cycles and my family has now figured out how to select a cycle and start the machine. For unclogging the vent go on amazon or ace hardware's website and order a Lint Eater Rotary Dryer vent cleaning system. Someone here highly recommended this and the extension (I am pretty sure I ordered 2) and it really works. My new dryer has an indicator light that the vent is clogged, I tell DH, he attaches to his drill, and unclogs the pipe. Lint Eater rocks!! Reminds me we need to do that again. Probably this weekend, if it ever stops raining.
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Post by bean29 on Jul 2, 2015 13:15:15 GMT -5
Sam! It probably was you that recommended it. Thank you!
We had a big exhaust fan thing in the basement that was supposed to push the lint out to the back side of the house when we moved in. It was a big fail, so DH moved it to vent across the garage, that didn't work, then DH moved it again to vent out in front of the house near the front door, and it was still getting clogged. This is the only thing we tried that works to fix the stupid placement of our laundry room in our house in the front behind the garage (pretty common in our area, so lots of people must have issues with clogged vent pipes). Last time I told DH the pipe was clogged, he got out the Lint eater and his drill and went out in the rain and took care of it. I guess since it is a Man Tool it is COOL!
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Post by greeniis10 on Jul 6, 2015 13:16:26 GMT -5
I, too, recently bought a new Samsung washer and I love it! I had to, though. My Frigidaire died, but it was getting old. The Samsung works great and I'll buy a Samsung dryer when my old one dies. Does everyone's new machines play lovely music That took a bit of getting used to. Mine plays a whole song when the load is finished. I know I can probably change the settings, but it's kind of fun.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Jul 6, 2015 13:24:31 GMT -5
My washer is in the basement so unless I'm down there for something, I don't usually hear it. That said, I did hear it this weekend but it wasn't a whole song.
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Post by Bonny on Jul 6, 2015 17:25:39 GMT -5
I, too, recently bought a new Samsung washer and I love it! I had to, though. My Frigidaire died, but it was getting old. The Samsung works great and I'll buy a Samsung dryer when my old one dies. Does everyone's new machines play lovely music That took a bit of getting used to. Mine plays a whole song when the load is finished. I know I can probably change the settings, but it's kind of fun. LOL, we called it the concerto. Yes, it gets old after a while. You can turn it off.
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Post by Anne_in_VA on Jul 6, 2015 19:08:03 GMT -5
I really want to have the gas run to my kitchen and get a gas stove. We currently have an electric cooktop and a separate wall oven. Hate both! One of the hinges on the cooktop is broken so it's really hard to lift and clean.
We're to redo the kitchen in a couple of years, so I'll live with them for now, but I really want a new gas stove!
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