I'm not sure you're ready to select appliances just yet. You might have some other homework to do first.

You may well have vibration issues with this. How's the construction of the building? Do you own the building? If not, you'll probably need permission to do this for a number of reasons, not to mention vibration issues affecting the building and other residents, liability for damage from water, fire, etc.

Are you thinking of an electric dryer or gas? You should spend the money to have electrical and plumbing run to the location with the shutoffs there. If it were my building and you ran an extension cord, I'd evict you. How do you plan to vent the dryer or are you going with condensation?

Keep in mind that there could be shared breakers between units so your increased electrical needs could affect others so you need to work with your contractors and landlord (unless you own it) for the proper plumbing, for waste and water, electrical and venting needs. If you're going with an electric dryer, do you have 220v available at the position you want it? You can't just run an extension cord to the stove. If you're going with gas, do you have the gas lines run?

You probably need to contact your insurance agent since most renter insurance policies might not cover the washer/dryer liability. If you flood the building you will affect other units most likely and you will be held responsible, same for fire liability. Do you have a direct wall outside for venting the dryer? If it's a brick building or concrete they likely won't want you just punching a hole through the wall.

If time is an issue, remember that front load machines take a lot longer than top loads for doing a cycle so this could impact your laundry scheduling. You would probably adjust easily, but a heated cycle on a front load can be 2-3 hours for the wash cycle. If that's an issue, you may want to consider a top load, which you may have to consider anyway.

During your remodel, your contractor could give you some guidance on beefing up the structure to eliminate vibration if the contractor is experienced in this area. Find out before you choose the contractor.

Maybe you've considered all this already, but you haven't indicated anything to so suggest. Before worrying about a model to buy, I'd suggest looking into these aspects and make the arrangements for permission and possibly permits needed if any so you can then have this out of the way. Otherwise you might wind up with a couple machines sitting in storage that you can't use.

BTW, FYI, you're finding out about dryers with the peeve you suggested. The normal guideline for sizing a dryer is to double the capacity of the washer, so for instance, if you have a 3.5 cf washer, you should have at least a 7 cf dryer. The extra room is for tumbling and air flow. In the combo units, if you do a full load, you have three options, remove 1/2 the load and dry them separately; do only 1/2 load at a time (which you probably wouldn't need to do large loads anyway, right?); or take an incredibly long time to dry and it could be very tangled and wrinkled.

One last suggestion: Consider carefully the types of cycles you will need, whether you will need a heater and how big of loads you will be doing. If you often do just a shirt and a pair of pants, many FL machines seem to have trouble with balancing this from what I've been reading.

Good luck!

My two other cautions, that I forgot, are

Do you have any sort of an "association" rules that could impact this?

Since models change so much, picking a model now could well be obsolete in two years when you're actually ready to buy. So it's a good idea to get the homework done first, then start looking at features needed and wanted, budget, etc and then select from what's available then.

Might be a good idea to go to some stores and do some measuring of the units so you get an idea of sizes needed while you're doing the remodel so you have adequate space allocated. Don't forget room for maintenance, venting, plumbing, electrical, etc.

Sounds like you have quite an exciting project coming up!

Oh...... forgot to clear up something......

I will not be getting a Dryer at all. So unless it a Washer/Dryer Combination, forget about my buying a dryer at all.

Thanks.....

--Charles--

Just curious... (all right then, nosey!) why no dryer? Going to line dry everything?

"cynic":

(01). Shirts and Sports Jerseys will be Hanged Dry (on Shower Curtain Rod in the Bathroom..... unless needed, and then I'll just dry the shirt that I want to wear, and the rest of them will still be hung up to dry).

(02). There is a Dryer downstairs (like there is a Washer..... difference is..... I am "NOT" going to be dragging multiple baskets of laundry up and down stairs all the time everytime I have a big wash day to use the Washer and Dryer downstairs..... that explains the desire to have my own Washer...... with my own Washer, I can wash clothes "AT WILL" when I am at home (even late at night when I am sleeping), which will make it easier to keep the laundry up without allowing it to pile up all the time (no matter how late). It takes nothing for me to go downstairs (EVERY NOW AND THEN) with just a one basket of laundry or a couple of items that I just washed on occasion. I have a "BIG" issue with doing that entire evening or spending what little free time I have at the laundromat).

(03). I can go to the laundromat early the next morning if I have a lot of laundry to dry. But remember, that is to DRY ONLY (not "wash and then dry"). I plan to wash in my own home using my own machine.

Besides..... at the risk of getting off the subject a little bit, I was the one who has paid to have the rest of the work done on my place when it was getting done. That's why the desire to own my own Washer (and I don't want a top loader either).

Any Suggestions???? Or care to help????

--Charles--