Very glad someone is still using this thread. My stackable w/d in 2nd floor condo is older Maytag workhorse INSIDE CLOSET. Most stacked laundry centers are 27" wide and mine was installed by removing side wood strips but not actual door frame. Never a problem for many years. 3 nights ago felt carpet was wet outside w/d closet and found out washer had water underneath it. I had NOT done any laundry for past 2 weeks so figured it was leaking just from residual water in pump (now assume it would've leaked sooner if pump) or from leaking water intake hose (can't move unit to look even if I knew what to look for or outtake hose/pipe has clog/blockage. Had to turn off water at main since can't turn off at machine because it's BEHIND stacked units. Dried water on floor under washer in closet and eventually no more water leaking under washer. Now stuck between repair man and plumber deciding which one will come out to investigate. Don't even know if 30 year old Maytag workhorse parts are available. Some tell me to just get new stackable laundry center but not to expect it to last more than about 10 years. Found out this isn't unusual conundrum because by the time the repair man checks it out & say's it's the plumbing and I have plumber come out to see it water outtake is blocked I'll have spent half price of new stacked laundry center. Have to turn water main back on tonight because I need to collect much more water to flush toilet, wash hands, etc. Never saw example of how much water it takes to flush a toilet but need a lot more. After I turn on main for short time to collect more emergency water I'll see it washer leaks again and hopefully that will tell repair man and plumber which one has best informed guess if it's washer failure or outtake blockage. I know most people are going to tell me to scrap the old stacked w/d but it's been without any problem & it's a solid built pair of appliances. Am I soliciting advice in error when it comes down to my uninformed analysis of whether to money at repair of either machine/outer hoses and/or plumbing outtake blockage? And NO....once service and/or plumbing people hear it's stacked w/d they don't call back or tell me they don't send 2 people for initial call but can't tell me how one person is going to pull out very heavy laundry center to assess problem. GE stacked laundry centers don't get best reviews but they're the bulk of the market if you want at least average 3+-4 stars from all sales/review places. If anyone has advice on this situation please let me know. Have the feeling people who frequent this or "appliance" discussions will be of the mind to just get a new unit and dispense with all the guessing between repair man, plumber and myself isn't worth it given the age of the units even though I'll never get one that's a long term workhorse like my old Maytag laundry center. Maybe I just have to accept built in obsolescence of never appliances, HVAC, etc. and get on with it. But, but, but....sigh.

My family and I rent a condo at Hilton Head in the summer and we loved their GE stackable that was in it. You know it takes a beating with renters who don't care and yet we returned this year and I know this is silly but I was looking so forward to using the stackable again. It was so quiet!! They owners had a sign up to use only two tablespoons of detergent and that is what we did and things just got so clean. The only thing negative is that it is so far on the ground to get things out of the washer. I ended up sitting on the floor to pull things out. Maybe you could put a stool in front of it. A friend of mine has a GE largest capacity and she hates it but she thinks if you get a smaller one you are better off because she believes the large capacity contributes to them getting out of balance easily. I've had a problem with my Maytag doing that as well.

A friend of mine bought a full-sized stackable LG washer/dryer set for his two-bedroom condo. The installer came in to do some measurements before bringing the machines up to the condo. The installer determined that the machines would just barely fit into the laundry closet. One unanticipated problem - the dryer-vent outlet at the back of the dryer is a bit too low for the lowest possible position for the dryer vent pipe. The vent pipe goes down a recess at the back of the laundry closet. The bottom of this recess, however, is about 1 inch too high to allow the vent pipe to connect to the dryer's outlet. My friend's previous dryer apparently had an outlet that was high enough for the vent pipe. Lowering the bottom of the recess will cost who knows how many dollars. I wondered, however, if it might be possible to raise a stacked washer/dryer pair without compromising stability. Any ideas?

I look at the builder's s doorway design and hear the voice of Dr. Phil saying: "What were they thinking?" :>) A compact set --- meaning one with 24" wide washers and dryers? -- would definitely be the easiest solution for getting a washer and dryer into that closet. Another alternative would be a stackable set. That could offer the opportunity for room for storage cabinets and storing ironing boards and such In response to pllog's suggestion, it seems to me that, with that 5¼" width of door jamb and casing trim, which are probably 5 inches thick, there might not be enough space to angle a 27" wide dryer past the door framing and around most 27" wide washing machines in that closet. A lot of washing machines these days seem to be 30" deep or more, some as much as 33" deep. That may not leave room to push an angled dryer past the doorway enough to clear the depth of the door casing before the back of the dryer hits the sidewall. John might want to check this out with a couple of pieces of cardboard cut into rectangles to match the depth and width of the machines he was looking at. (Dimensions can be found online). There might be more room that I think. One possibility for full size side-by-side units that does comes to mind is a Speed Queen set. From recently helping a friend maneuver a set through some narrow doorways in his old house, I learned that Speed Queen washers are something like 25.6" wide (more than an inch narrower than most other full size washers) and mostly 28" deep or a little less. The SQ dryers are the standard 27" wide (that is nominal -- the actual standard is more like 26.8" wide.) If it does not quite fit past each other, he might try temporarily dismounting the right side door stop. With that removed, there might be enough room to squeeze a Speed Queen dryer past the doorway of that laundry closet while clearing the washing machine. Maybe even enough to angle it and still have enough room to turn it straight to push it to the back wall. Maybe your builder would be willing to remove and then replace the door stop for you if you need to do that? As for the suggestion of lifting the dryer, it seems to me that a dryer is sufficiently bulky and awkward that it would take two people to lift and maneuver it over and around the washing machine. To me, it does not look like there will be enough room to manage that in that particular laundry closet. Maybe Jakvis (who is a pro) has dealt with situations like this and can shed more light on another solution?