Why is the washer always on the right?
Michael Press
placement of the machines.
Every house I've lived in has the washer to the right of the dryer.
Sometimes the dryer door even opens to the right, getting in the way
of transferring clothes from the washer to the dryer. The machines
are put this way because the water and drain hookups have been
installed on the right, and the dryer 220v outlet on the left.
Seems to me the it would be more convenient for right-handed people to
have the dryer on the right - you can use your favored hand to toss
the clothes from the washer to the dryer.
Are the hookups always installed in this way?
Is that law or convention?
If the hookups are between the machines (as they are in my house), are
the hoses/wires made long enough to switch sides?
Thanks,
Michael
m Ransley
like. You can get longer hoses.
ns
nothing in the building code (in your words: law) to dictate this set-up. I
think that it may have been a builder-specific convention.
Also, I'm not sure what kind of hook-ups are there between the washer and
dryer: each is a separate entity, that can and should work on its own, so
you can mix-and-match between makes and models.
Whatever you do, try and keep the dryer exhaust pipe as short as possible,
with a minimum number of bends.
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L Beck
Interesting. My washer is on the left. In fact, thinking back, I can't
remember a house I've lived in that it wasn't on the left. My dryer door
opens down. Convenient because it catches what doesn't hit the door when I
toss the damp clothes in.
Art
dryer is on the left. Some dryers have doors which fold down. I prefer
those.
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Gary
CAStinneford
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> I'm about to buy a new washer and dryer and I'm pondering the
> placement of the machines.
>
> Every house I've lived in has the washer to the right of the dryer.
> Sometimes the dryer door even opens to the right, getting in the way
> of transferring clothes from the washer to the dryer. The machines
> are put this way because the water and drain hookups have been
> installed on the right, and the dryer 220v outlet on the left.
>
> Seems to me the it would be more convenient for right-handed people to
> have the dryer on the right - you can use your favored hand to toss
> the clothes from the washer to the dryer.
>
> Are the hookups always installed in this way?
> Is that law or convention?
> If the hookups are between the machines (as they are in my house), are
> the hoses/wires made long enough to switch sides?
I have one house where the washer is on the left and one where the washer is on
the right. In both cases, the setup is such that the dryer is on the outside
wall and the venting is the shortest possible which makes sense.
JohnB
washing machine due to a shortage of floor space. We bought a
Maytag Model SE1000 with electric dryer installed in 1988 or 1989.
Minnie Bannister
cannot. The plumbing and dryer vent in our current house are arranged so
that the dryer has to be on the left -- meaning that one has to move the
wet clothes "around" the washer door to put them in the dryer. We solved
the problem by stacking the dryer on top of the washer: the stacking
components came with the appliance.
MB
On 03/24/04 08:58 am m Ransley put fingers to keyboard and launched the
following message into cyberspace:
chicagofan
>
>>Seems to me the it would be more convenient for right-handed people to
>>have the dryer on the right - you can use your favored hand to toss
>>the clothes from the washer to the dryer.
>>
>>Are the hookups always installed in this way?
>>Is that law or convention?
>
>
> Interesting. My washer is on the left. In fact, thinking back, I can't
> remember a house I've lived in that it wasn't on the left. My dryer door
> opens down. Convenient because it catches what doesn't hit the door when I
> toss the damp clothes in.
Same here... never had a washer on the right, and my dryer door drops down,
so it's not a problem either way. Except I agree, being right handed, this
works best for me, having the dryer on the right.
bj
jim
the right.. the washer had/has the plumbing right behind it... and the
dryer, gas had the gas line right behind it and the dryer vent is to the
right of the dryer( it would have been inpossible to run a vent to the
outside if the dryer was on the left..... on my parents house the washer
and dryer are the same.. wash/left then dryer/right......
all houses i see with a washer and dryer set up they have the same......
i am sure that some older houses that have the washer and dryer set up
in their wash room/garage they will have various setups......
gina
into the washer... I have the dryer vented right up and out of the
house, but the washer hookups are more in the center of the room. I
wish there was a way to reverse the door, but I don't know of any.
Wish it would've had the drop-down door like the ones mentioned, I
hate when the socks fall on the floor!
Edwin Pawlowski
"gina" <ginam...@hotpop.com> wrote in message
...
> I hate that too. My Maytag dryer is on the left, but the door swings
> into the washer...
My Maytag opens to the left. (hinge on left, latch or right)
Some newer models can be changed from one side to the other.
Ed
Des Perado
house so long now, I can't remember the placement in my earlier homes.
I live in Canada, so that might have something to do with it. Many
things are backwards up here.
Des
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Tony Hwang
Hi,
I am in Calgary, as far as I remember washer was always on the left of
dryer. Also dish washer in the kitchen was at the right side of sink.
Then garburator is mounted always on the right side sink(sould be on the
left?)
Only logical in my mind.
Tony
Tony
HA HA Budys Here
flush in reverse...
PhotoMan
> My washer is on the left.
My washer is on the bottom.
Tom Miller
Washer is on the left, dryer on the right. Dishwasher left of sink.
And my wife and I are both left handed.
gina
hmmm... I must've just got lucky to have mine on the wrong side, maybe
it was on sale :P
EmbErna
I've lived in three homes that had W/D.
One had the washer on the left of the dryer,
one had the washer on the right of the dryer, and
one had the washer below the dryer.
Go figure!
mikey.
Travis Evans
> I've lived in three homes that had W/D.
>
> One had the washer on the left of the dryer,
> one had the washer on the right of the dryer, and
> one had the washer below the dryer.
In our current house, the washer is *opposite* the dryer (meaning they
face each other). :-)
The other two houses I've lived in have had the dryer to the right of
the washer.
--
Travis
[Remove all three q's to demunge my email address.]
Lurker
restroom is
always closer than the women's restroom. Well, where we live, this does
seem to
be the case. However, in California, this trend did not seem to apply.
(along I-10)
Sort of like an acquaintance of mine a few years ago who responded to such
questions
with "Which side of the tree did the squirrel run up?" or, "How much does a
pig weigh?"
My personal preference is "Why did your parents name you xxxx?" Some
families do have
a reason, but my best guess is most did it because of ????????????
"Tony Hwang" <drag...@shaw.ca> wrote in message
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Brian Henderson
wrote:
>Interesting. My washer is on the left. In fact, thinking back, I can't
>remember a house I've lived in that it wasn't on the left. My dryer door
>opens down. Convenient because it catches what doesn't hit the door when I
>toss the damp clothes in.
Same here, exccept for my washer and dryer are now on opposite walls
in this house (makes transferring easy, just twist at the waist and
move 'em over).
Seems rather strange to have the washer on the right of the dryer.
>
"Des Perado" <mc...@995.ca> wrote in message
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> My washer is on the left and dryer on the right. I have lived in this
> house so long now, I can't remember the placement in my earlier homes.
> I live in Canada, so that might have something to do with it. Many
> things are backwards up here.
> Des
or the corealis effect :)
Jim
>To the best of my knowledge (always open to new surprises!), there is
>nothing in the building code (in your words: law) to dictate this set-up. I
>think that it may have been a builder-specific convention.
>
>Also, I'm not sure what kind of hook-ups are there between the washer and
>dryer: each is a separate entity, that can and should work on its own, so
>you can mix-and-match between makes and models.
>
>Whatever you do, try and keep the dryer exhaust pipe as short as possible,
>with a minimum number of bends.
>
>"Michael Press" <michaelpr...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> I'm about to buy a new washer and dryer and I'm pondering the
>> placement of the machines.
>>
>> Every house I've lived in has the washer to the right of the dryer.
>> Sometimes the dryer door even opens to the right, getting in the way
>> of transferring clothes from the washer to the dryer. The machines
>> are put this way because the water and drain hookups have been
>> installed on the right, and the dryer 220v outlet on the left.
>>
>> Seems to me the it would be more convenient for right-handed people to
>> have the dryer on the right - you can use your favored hand to toss
>> the clothes from the washer to the dryer.
>>
This is an old thread but I thought I'd add my weight to it: The
condo I live in has the washer on the left hand side as you seemt o
prefer. The hook-ups are set this way in all 22 units in the
building.
The only other place I've lived in with a washer-dryer hook-up the
washer there was also on the left. Maybe it's a regionalt hing as to
which way they go. (I live in So. Cal.)
Our dryer lid drops down, so it doesn't much matter which side it is
on. The washer lid opens to the left, that is the hinge is ont he
left side, so this is conveneint in order to fling stuff fromw asher
to dryer (I wonder why they don't hinge the thing so it open to the
rear...be ambidextrous that way.)
Jim P.
EggRaid
"Jim" <pen...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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Hee hee...
My washer is on the left. Workflow is left to right...seems logical to me.
er
@as.it.was.com CBHVAC
>
Some snipped
> This is an old thread but I thought I'd add my weight to it: The
> condo I live in has the washer on the left hand side as you seemt o
> prefer. The hook-ups are set this way in all 22 units in the
> building.
I just really saw it...so let me add that mine is on the left...the washer
that is, and the home we sold a while back that was only 2 years old at the
time, had it that was as well.
Most all the homes we do that are new construction, the dryer and bathroom
fan vents fall under our permits, so we do those as well, and the dryer is
normally on the right.
>
> The only other place I've lived in with a washer-dryer hook-up the
> washer there was also on the left. Maybe it's a regionalt hing as to
> which way they go. (I live in So. Cal.)
When I was in Palm Springs, the home we had in the cove before we sold it
and bought a condo prior to moving back here to NC, the dryer was on the
right...both times..
xrongor
> >> Sometimes the dryer door even opens to the right, getting in the way
> >> of transferring clothes from the washer to the dryer.
you can usually swap the door to left open by removing a couple screws and
flipping the door over. you've probably seen an upside down label inside a
dryer door at some point. thats how they get that way.
randy
John
"xrongor" <nos...@spammyspam.com> wrote in message
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Except that won't work if you have a front load washer setup..Our house had
the washer on the right and it was a PITA when putting the clothes in the
dryer..You had to lift them up and over the washers door..We ended up using
one of those flat rectangular dryer vent extensions and long hoses for the
washer and swapped them and now it's great..The doors open away from each
other..We are building a new house and the original plan had the washer on
the right and I had them swap them...Wish they would design front load
washers so the doors can be reversed but guess with the lock it would be
hard to do...
HA HA Budys Here
Hemisphere, where the washer (and toilets) go the other way!
=:-)
Lost-In-Translation
opens to/is hinged on the left as well.
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Tony Hwang
Hi,
Who said that? Whatever is convenient for you is the rule, I'd say.
What about stacking laundry set then? No dumb will put the washer on the
top.
Tony
Dan O.
> >> "xrongor" wrote
> >>
> >> Every house I've lived in has the washer to the
> >> right of the dryer. Sometimes the dryer door
> >> even opens to the right, getting in the way of
> >> transferring clothes from the washer to the dryer.
Our washer is to the left of the dryer.
>> you can usually swap the door to left open by removing
>> a couple screws and flipping the door over.
I've seen very few dryer models which will allow you to switch the
swing of its door. Some Kenmore dryer models have a door that drops
down though which may be convenient for a washer on left or right.
JFYI
Dan O.
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Jon
> "Jim" <pen...@spamcop.net> wrote in message
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> > On Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:55:14 GMT, "ns" <n...@REMOVEieee.org> wrote:
> >
> > >To the best of my knowledge (always open to new surprises!), there is
> > >nothing in the building code (in your words: law) to dictate this set-up.
> I
> > >think that it may have been a builder-specific convention.
> > >
> > >
> > >news:qn336017p7va9j66u...@4ax.com...
> > >> I'm about to buy a new washer and dryer and I'm pondering the
> > >> placement of the machines.
> > >>
> > >> Every house I've lived in has the washer to the right of the dryer.
> > >> Sometimes the dryer door even opens to the right, getting in the way
> > >> of transferring clothes from the washer to the dryer. The machines
> > >> are put this way because the water and drain hookups have been
> > >> installed on the right, and the dryer 220v outlet on the left.
> > >>
> > >> Seems to me the it would be more convenient for right-handed people to
> > >> have the dryer on the right - you can use your favored hand to toss
> > >> the clothes from the washer to the dryer.
> > >>
> >
> > washer there was also on the left. Maybe it's a regionalt hing as to
> > which way they go. (I live in So. Cal.)
>
>
> My washer is on the left. Workflow is left to right...seems logical to me.
>
> er
Having actually worked for a builder or two and a plumber, I think
that it's pretty much standard to have the washer on the left. Now if
you have a high-production builder that wants to do things
cheap-as-possible, and they have X number of plans that don't change,
you'll get a washer on the right when the plan is flipped.
Chances are there's a house the same plan as yours in your
neighborhood, except it's backwards. You go in the house there, and
you'll see that the washer's on the left instead of on the right like
yours.
Believe me, when I say cheap-as-possible, it really does make a
difference in cost in some plans whether the washer is on the right or
on the left. Besides, if the plumber had to always put the washer on
the left even when the plan flipped, he'd have to do some thinking,
and we don't want that now, do we?
~~Jonathan