Picking your brains for Front Loader Selections
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Giving up my front loader for a Top loader... what do you think?
Comments (4)Sharon, Just did the exact same thing myself! My new Maytag Bravos was just delivered today and the first load of wash is running now. Our Whirlpool Duet front loaders were 8 years old and we were looking at replacing the pump in the washer. They were actually on the pedestals as I had back surgery a few years ago and could not bend down that low to lift heavy wet clothes. The pedestals did help with that a lot. The problem is that when they are on the pedestals they shook the house. Our laundry room is on the second floor and I thought it was going to shake the floor boards loose. We adjusted it to a level position several times but couldn't control the shaking and moving inches across the floor. Anyway, I did a lot of research, read all the great advice on this forum and decided to go with the Bravos, after looking at the Cabrio, Oasis, GE Harmony, now known as the Profile and Fisher Paykel. I went He instead of a traditional top loader for several reasons. 1) the water and energy savings and 2)not having the agitator, which I had liked with the front loader. It was a tough decision. I went with the Bravos as Consumer Reports rated it #1 and I learned that Maytag, who was just bought by Whirlpool, still uses more stainless steel and less plastic in their machine for now. I do know the Oasis has a brand new model out that is supposed to try and correct all the trouble they were having, but I was afraid to try it. I preferred the control panel of the Bravos over the new control panel on the GE Profile/Harmony that just came out. And the FP did not have the same large capacity. Anyway, we'll see how it goes and I'll post later on and let you know how the laundry came out!...See MoreNeed to pick your creative brains!!!!
Comments (1)Julie...I am not sure I understand the idea of a Christmas 'card' in the front yard..could you explain a little more what you are trying to do? pm2...See MoreYour experience-tankless plus front loader
Comments (6)I have a tankless with an HE toploader. A tankless water heater adds a few seconds of time to produce full-hot output, but the physical distance between the heater and the usage point is much more relevant, same as with a traditional tank heater. The GPM rating of the tankless is not relevant to the washer itself, and is also meaningless in regards to the tankless unless another figure is included, which is the temperature rise the unit can produce at that stated flow rate. Tankless water heaters are sized/rated according to the temperature rise they produce. Cold/unheated water goes into the unit, hot/heated water comes out. The difference between the input temp and output temp is the temperature rise, a measure of how much heat the unit adds to the water flowing through it. For example, consider a unit rated for 60°F rise at 5 GPM. Input water of 65°F flowing at 5 GPM would exit at 125°F. If the input water is colder (45°F) and flowing at the same 5 GPM rate, the output will be only 105°F. Likewise, if the flow rate is slower, the temp rise and output temp will be higher because the water is flowing through slower and is exposed to the heat for a longer time. My HE washer has a flow rate through its internal water valve of about 2.2 GPM. I doubt any HE washer nowadays has valves that allow a 9 GPM flow. The concern in your situation is the length of the supply line between the heater and washer, which must be purged of standing cold water before hot water arrives at the machine. That standing water, of course, flows right on into the machine when it's turned on. Since HE machines use so little water, that could be an appreciable amount of the total fill. The circulation pump assists by creating an active flow within the hot supply lines of the household plumbing infrastructure, thus effectively reducing/eliminating the standing cold water in the lines. How much it helps the washer depends on where the circulation pump is located in relation to how the household pipe infrastructure branches to the washer. Circulation pumps are often run on a timer for economy. If circulating continuously, the tankless would be activated constantly, and the household plumbing infrastructure would effectively be functioning as a heating radiator. Some pumps can also be activated manually via switches located near usage points (bathrooms, kitchen, laundry). In that case the pump is turned on a couple minutes before hot water is needed to get the line purged. Timer operation is of course more convenient and automatic....See MoreMyfampg can I pick your brain?
Comments (4)Ok.. Here I go. Dad left when I was 2, sister 12 brother 7. Parents were married 13 yrs. Dad cheated and got GF pg so I have a half brother that is almost 2 yrs younger than me. Dad married his GF, they were married until I was 10. Dad never got me in the beginning bc I was the baby and he thought too young for weekend visits. Mom tried to get him to take me. Never would. Started going when I was 5. Dad worked all weekend leaving us with SM. SM and older sister got along great bc SM let sister drink and smoke and go out all night while me and brother were literally locked in a bedroom for hours with only rice and biscuits for dinner. No breakfast or lunch. Dad was clueless. Mom remarried when I was 4 to my stepdad. They are still married, I am 30 now. Mom never did or said anything until brother told about the abuse we indured (neglect) for 4 yrs. She stopped letting us go. When dad remarried at 40 a 29 yr old mom became furious at the affection I showed towards new sm. She was lots of fun. Taught me to drive at 13! Responsible parent? Absolutely not. I didn't realize the loyalty my mom demanded until I was 13. I went to live with dad and sm for 2 yrs in jr high. It was awful for me. I was even more neglected since sm and bd were both cops. No one ever home. We were the party house bc I was left to run wild. Got into some trouble and my mom made me move home. All through high school I would want to go see my dad and mom would get angry and tell me things like 'your dad never helps he doesn't pay child support he cheated he left US' so I would drop it. Then I started having my own issues with dad bc SM #2 felt betrayed by me since I moved back home with mom she wouldn't speak to me. I would visit and she would lock herself in her room all weekend. So I stopped going. Then at my high school graduation dad came SM did not, my Parents got into a fight. I was crying over my bff moving away and we were hugging, dad said awwwwww isn't that so sweet in a 'mocking' tone. Mom turned around and said 'she isn't use to losing people or people leaving her, that's your job!' omg!! It was awful they started screaming and going at it. I didn't speak to my dad for 5 yrs but I never heald it against my mom. SM and dad divorced and dad met sm#3. Dd was 1. I started seeing my dad in secret bc I didn't want my mom to know. Dad owed mom $25k in child support but she had to buy his part of the house when I graduated college. So when they went to do all of that basically they wipped that clean and mom had to still pay $28k to dad... Mom was furious. She had a bad attorney and dad knew the judge since he worked for the county ... Mom has lots of baggage, lots of hate, animosity. I did not realize what my mom was doing to me by forcing me to pick her or my dad until I told her I was inviting dad to dd's bday party, a party she agreed to help pay for. She simply said 'i won't be there' which then I had to not invite dad bc I couldn't afford the party on my own and needed her help. She basically knew I needed her $ and that I would pick her so that I could have this party we had already planned to split. Basically my dad was not a good dad. Not there for me. But he is still my dad. I look just like him and so she always says don't make that face you look like your father!! That always hurt me which is part of some issues I have with my self esteem and self worth. It will hurt your dd's. They will look for a way out as young adults by trying to find a man to support them so they can move out fast. That is what I did. I could not stand the constant badgering of my dad and her stories of how he left us or how he did this or that. Granted they did not start until high school. The way I have fixed it now is I just tell my mom, he is my dad and you married him, you had kids with him, you get over it. So she slowly has gotten over it in the last two yrs but she still says things about the money (which I do agree he screwed her, he screwed us) but I don't want to relive it over and over and over again. I just want to live my life now. It took only 10 yrs from the beginning of the mess for me to figure it out and I had to set very clear boundaries with my mom. Now things are fine and honestly, now I see that my dad was a deadbeat, still is and my mom was right however I still don't want to hear it. Your situation is a bit different. But do know that she will figure it out when she is an adult. Just keep doing what you are doing. Do not cut yourself off from her because that hurts worse. She will realize wow sm wasn't like what my mom said and she will probably need therapy like I have needed but she will get it and her adulthood may start out rough but in the end, her childhood will not define her. Mine does not. I do not say 'well I had a rough childhood and no one wanted me so I will go be promiscuous or a deadbeat' I have changed my yellow brick road to better fit what I want. Now my sister... She uses her childhood as an excuse for her constant mistakes... Hopefully that won't be your sd....See MoreUser
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