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
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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JohnB
washing machine due to a shortage of floor space. We bought a
Maytag Model SE1000 with electric dryer installed in 1988 or 1989.
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
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.]
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.