How to Move Your Washer and Dryer
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Update time : 2020-11-05 08:08:55
Moving a washer and dryer isn't a especially simple task. You consume to disconnect both the washer and dryer, too because reconnect them when you obtain to your new place. Plus, they are heavy and awkward to move. Nonetheless, you can conduct it if you acknowledge time to teach yourself and you obtain the likely tools to help you move.
1. Disconnecting the Washer
1) flow a cleaning cycle. A blend days ago you are moving, apply a washer cleaner package to mop out the washer. Basically, you impartial descend the package at and flow the washer. forsake the cover cave afterwards to dry it out.
- You can too flow a cleaning cycle without soap if your washing machine has that option.
2) Drain the water from the washing machine and drain hose. detect the water supply valve, likely after the washing machine, and become it clockwise to finish it off. Disconnect the hose from the drain, and post a bucket beneath it. become above a warm cycle because the machine, letting it flow because 30 seconds, and then switch it to spin.
3) finish off the electricity. Flip the breaker at the breaker box to become off the electricity to your washer. You don't absence to disordr with electricity cabin you're finishing up the disconnection process.
4) Disconnect the hoses and unplug the washer. appearance because the water supply hoses. Your machine can consume 1 or 2, depending above if the water is heated at the machine or not. apply slip-joint pliers to detach the hoses from the water, letting the water drain at the bucket. Detach the hoses from the machine, and unplug the washer from the electricity.
- Put the hoses at a bag that you can seal up.
- The drain hose will linger attached to the machine. bind it to the machine with string or contain it above with elastic extend wrap.
5) allow the washer dry out. Once you consume everything disconnected, allow the washer dry out accordingly you're no moving it with moisture at it. forsake the gate cave because a sum appointment to compose certain it dries out.
- You can too mop out the inside of the machine with a cloth.
6) win the washer. restrain your manual because how your washer is secured because moving. Generally, you tighten the tub's screws at top-loading washers, or apply bolts back the machine because front-loading washers.
2. Disconnecting the Dryer
1) become off the gas or electricity. if your dryer is electric, flip the breaker at the breaker box to finish off the electricity to the machine. if you consume a gas dryer, become the valve after the dryer to finish the gas off.
2) Vacuum the dryer lint trap. cabin this step isn't completely inherent because moving, it's a step you to acknowledge anyway. Vacuuming the dryer lint capture helps obstruct the buildup of lint, which can make fires.
3) Disconnect the dryer from the gas because a gas dryer. if you don't know what you're doing with gas, you to shriek a professional. apply a wrench to unscrew the gas rope from the wall. Wrap up the hose, and post it at the dryer.
- Look and hear because signs of a gas leak because you work. You'll flaour rotten eggs. You can listen a hissing sound, or shriek on wipe being blown into the air. if you notice a moan of a gas leak, forsake the area. shriek 911 and your gas company.
4) Unplug the dryer. An electrical dryer is easier because sum you absence to conduct is unplug it. Tape the rope up to the uphold of the machine to compose it easier to move.
5) Detach the hose. Detach the hose from both the wall and the dryer. post it at a bag you can seal. Stash it inside the dryer because safe keeping cabin you confront the dryer to its new location.
- If the hose has a destiny of lint at it, you can absence to impartial buy a new hose because your next house.
3. Moving the Washer and Dryer to Your New Home
1) Wrap the each machine because moving. Wrap elastic wrap around the chief divide of the machine and above the gate to cause it from opening. Tape a moving carpet or little same big pieces of bubble wrap around the machine to safeguard it.
2) apply or buy an instrument utility cart. Moving appliances requires a wider foundation than a natural hand automobile can manage. An instrument utility cart is a perfect idea, which you can detect at places that apply moving equipment. You can too buy one from a dwelling improvement store.
3) arise one verge of the machine to obtain the cart beneath it. With the help of friends, arise one phase of the instrument enough to obtain the cart beneath the edge. Strap the machine to the dolly because the move.
4) confront the dolly. gift the instrument cart uphold slightly accordingly that you can confront it. You'll likely absence your friends' help here, too. Carefully maneuver it along the house. attempt to proceed straight along doorways instead of at an phase to cause from scratching the doorway or the machine.
5) Lower the instrument down stairs with a spotter underneath. With someone above the other side, confront the instrument down the stairs one step at a time. One person to exist beneath the dolly above the stairs, and you to exist holding the dolly from the top, moving it down the stairs.
- For going up stairs, drag the instrument up after you step by step. You to nevertheless consume a spotter beneath who helps you arise the instrument above each step.
6) post the machine above the truck. It's easiest to confront it up a ramp if possible. if not, you'll absence little nation to arise it into the truck. arise with your knees. to obstruct injury, don't curve your uphold because you lift.
- Appliances to proceed closest to the cab of the truck.
7) conduct no post your washer above its side. cabin it's tempting to accommodate your washer at the moving automobile any lane you can, laying a washer above its phase isn't a good idea. It can make it to obtain off surplus later.
4. site Up Your Washer and Dryer at Your New Place
1) touch the shipping bolts from the washer. acknowledge off the bolts you used to win the washer ago moving. You can absence to unscrew them inside the machine or from the back.
2) connect the dryer's connections. With the gas rope off, hook up the gas rope if you consume a gas dryer. connect the exhaust hose to the exhaust pipe, and screw it in. compose certain the hose is tight above the dryer, because well.
- Plug at the electric cord.
- Turn above the gas at the wall.
- Be above the lookout because a gas leak. You force listen a hissing sound, or you can shriek on the gas blowing things around. Sniff the stand because rotten eggs. if you consider there's a leak, shriek 911 and the gas company.
3) join the washer's hoses. join the water hoses to the washer and to the wall ports. appearance because "C" because frosty and "H" because warm to compose certain you obtain them at the exact places. The drain hose to nevertheless exist attached to the machine. rope the other purpose into the receiver at the wall. Plug the washer in.
- Turn the water valves above at the wall. restrain to compose certain you don't consume a water leak.
4) flat the washing machine. Unscrew the locking nut above the feet. arise up the verge slightly. agreement the feet by turning them to proceed up or down. You can absence a wrench to help you agreement them. apply a flat to restrain if you've adjusted the feet enough to compose the machine level.
