Hello all I have had the Asko washer for years. Mine has the exra door. I got mine from local dealer. ordinarily it wasnt a stock item. Luckily for me someone returned it. Salesman said the lady didnt like the long wash times. Smile. Mine too is in a tight converted 1/2 of a very small bedroom with a toilet, bidet and little corner sink. I always prop open the outer door with a rubber bumpy ball and the inner door ajar. Oh the laundry washer pans ,nice ones anyway, wasnt available so I had one in heavy aluminum, made up and welded from a metal shop. I've had the same fill hose that came with it, Havent had a lick of trouble with the fill hose.My regular laundry older set is in the basement and there I have the stainless steel braided hose. I love my Asko. I love the way it heats its own water. We plumbed both hot and cold anyway. Had to replace the motor several years ago.We sent for it and installed it ourselves. Mine empties into the little corner sink or outside during the drier weather to water lawn etc. Hubby drilled a hole in floor to crawl space then drilled thru the house brick. this is behind shrub. We used that 1 1/4 " sump pump corrugated hose I rather had a solid pvc pipe going thru the small crawl space run but the hole in floor is close to a stud etc. The outlet hose fits neatly into a pvc pipe thats prob 18 inches tall under sink. so I can easily switch back and forth. Another house we have both Asko washer and dryer stacked. That washer hs no outer door Unfortunately the other nite while sko baby was running I heard a pop ,like the sound of a "circuit breaker tripping" So Im sad and will have to ask this forum what it might be Course I checked the circuit, no it was not tripped. Unfortunely being 220 I cant jut check the receptacle with a nite light etc. Jean Just chiming in with my opinions and observations.

You did an amazing job, beautiful kitchen. You couldn't have posted this at a better time. I am right now priming my kitchen cabinets and getting them ready for paint. Problem is, I haven't picked out a paint color. I went by SW and found Alabaster. I am really leaning towards this color and then you posted. Do you think Alabaster is a bright white or a creamier white? Thanks

Thank you for your help! I think we have almost solved the problem. Rather than backbeveling, we decided to try the cardstock shims first. It never occurred to me that the part of the face frame where the hinge installs might not be perfectly flat and smooth after 80 years of hard usage. And I just sanded all the paint off it 2 weeks ago. But it is very wonky and uneven. It is definitely 'sloped' on the face frame. Sooooo, I simply hung a hinge all by itself (no door) on the face frame as a test. Guess what? The hinge wouldn't close! But the shim worked!! The catch (no pun intended)? Now some of the doors won't close because they are "too big" after adding the teeny weeny cardstock. So we need to plane them down a bit. Is it hard to plane for a tired, wimpy gal like me? TheHusband is worn out with rewiring our old house, and I can't get him to plane the doors. Do I start planing in the middle of the door? Or at one end? Hmmmm. Maybe it would be less work to backbevel them (rather than make shims, and then plane.) Do you think it would work equally well? Thank you again so very much!!! Francy

You may absolutely purchase Ikea cabinets without doors either online or in person, whichever you prefer. Each cabinet is really a collection of, say,10 items, each with a part #. At the store, a kitchen person will add the cabinet you want in a Harlig door, for example, and then go in and just remove the door, leaving the other 9 items in your cart. If you go this route, double check size, configuration, and frame color (birch or white) while they're typing it in. Mistakes happen. If you're doing this online, simply select the item you want in the configuration you want, and click on the "Show dimensions, weight and article numbers" link. Then copy each article number into the search button at the top of the page, and the item will appear. Buy it online. Repeat with the next 9 part #s. When you come to a door, just don't buy it. GW is great for some types of info, but you should really check out the Ikeafans web site for more guidance. In order to use Barker doors, you will need the measurements for the doors. You can find these on the Ikea web site if you look hard enough, or you can check out the Ikeafans link below. You'll have to look up info on hinge cup cut out size and location. Barker will cut them wherever you want them, but you need to know what to select/ask for. It is worth comparing the cost of a Barker Cabinet vs. Ikea/Barker Door. For ordinary cabs there's not that big a savings to be had with Ikea. For tall pantry/oven cabinets, or corner cabinets, the difference is substantial. Also, when ordering through Barker Door, make sure to take note of the maximum door width that differs among styles. Good Luck! Here is a link that might be useful: Measurements