Front Loading Washer

[Bobcat45]

I forgot to say that your dryinging time is also cut which is also savings on your gas or electric and on the life of your dryer.

[Eiger0304]

I have 3 kids, who play a lot of sports. What size would a guy buy? 4.0 cu ft?? What about steam wash? Is it nice to have or don't bother.

Also, I heard these front loaders can vibrate alot. Mine will be located upstairs on a wood floor, is there going to be a problem with that?

[Bobcat45]

I don't know enough about them to recomend size. Mine is a 3.1 cf and it works for me. With 3 kids I would think if you can afford a larger one that would be better. Don't know anything about steam wash. They can vibrate alot if the load is unbalanced. They really haul azz when there in the spin cycle but I don't think its alot worse than a top loader. I would recomend getting the pedistal if your not stacking them. It brings the door to about waist high instead of knee high. Which is a pain to unload. Good luck.

[Down2Earth]

We have one of the very first frontloader maytags Neptunes i believe. No problems yet. Just to throw this in make sure you get one of those pans that go underneath your wash machine if you washer isn't in the basement. Cut a hole in the floor and tie it into the drain.

[papabear]

Im a appliance repair tech so I see a lot of machines,

1 risers are nice to bring machine to a workable level, but I have seen a lot of people build there own from wood that they can customize to suit their needs and they also absorb the vibration where as the sheet metal risers almost exagerate it.

2 a rubber anti fatigue mat under the machine absorbs some vibration if on a wood or concrete floor

3 most models have a trap before the pump learn where it is and check it periodicaly for money, socks, speedos, etc

[CrazyLabs]

Also, I heard these front loaders can vibrate alot. Mine will be located upstairs on a wood floor, is there going to be a problem with that?

Technically speaking, front loaders not in a basement should be on a load-bearing wall...something to do with the floor moving in other areas.

I have a front-load Maytag. I love it. When we first got it, I noticed that it moved around a bit when I either 1) overloaded it or 2) used too much water for the load size. But now that I have figured out the right clothes/water mix, it doesn't move at all. It's on a ceramic tile floor on our main level. I believe the wall is a load-bearing wall. It's the wall between the house and garage.

The best part about the front loaders is the drying time is cut in half. I can get a full load of 6 bath towels dry in 40 minutes.

[papabear]

yeah some do vibrate a lot that puppy spins real fast so there will be noise from that so rubber matting under the machine will absorb some vibration noise and protect the floor.