Washer/dryer in cabinet... how do I make this happen?
So I found a product called
https://www.accuride.com/cb1332-light-duty-slide-for-tall-pocket-doors-with-hinges
And they make pivoting hinged doors for cabinets.
Only issue is, whenever I talk to cabinet distributors they always want to supply their own "hingeware" without having similar options to this type of product.
But I feel like some people out in the world have these kinds of doors AND in their laundry space.
What are your thoughts on a washer/dryer cabinet?
Have you used an accuride pivot pocket door?
I know this is what we want to do for our new laundry space in our bathroom so we can hide them away and pretend it's just basic bathroom vanities. It's just a matter of finding out how to get there...
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scottie mom
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Comments (18)Thanks to all of you for the additional thought. We bought this house at the "dried in" stage, so we're sortof stuck with the way they designed the rooms. There is a huge "playspace" above the 3 car garage, but it has no windows and is in an "out of the way" space. It has sloped ceilings and a dropped floor...... you can tell it's not my favorite room. LOL. Anyhoo, I'd have loved a laundry room on the 2nd floor. But since there isn't a good spot to have it there, I'll have to just do the 2 sets on the main floor and make the kids tote their things around. Same goes for having a laundry room by our master. OUr closet isn't large enough for me to want to put it in our closet. And the only other nearby room is dh's study (which I already tried to steal for an even larger closet.... he said "NO". he, he. :o) gs~ I don't know of any downsides to having a stackable near your bedroom. You can just do the laundry when you aren't trying to sleep. :o) I'd put one in my master closet if I had the space. Wouldn't that be awesome?! Solie~ Yep, we're having 2 dishwashers in the main kitchen. There's a kitchenette on the 3rd floor for the bonus room and guest suite up there. We'll have dishwasher drawers for that one. Thanks for the thought.... we definitely have backup problems with our current house and only 1 dishwasher! rhome~ You are so funny.... needing room for beds. LOL! You know, I'm with you. I've always wanted a huge laundry room. Call me strange.... I love laundrymats (maybe because I don't have to use them anymore?.... ha, ha). I love to be in the laundryroom and hear the hum of the machines. I always have to be working or doing something with my hands it seems, so even watching a movie I have to iron or something. Thus the tv in the laundry room. I KNOW I won't be watching the ones in the other parts of the house. It's just not really my thing. Okay, I got way off topic...... Salena, I hadn't thought about w-d-d-w. Good idea. I think I'll do it that way! :o) Thanks. Allison~ Good reminder. Can you imagine me getting the room all set up and realizing the doors are all wonky and wrong, and I can't get the clothes into the next machine. Yikes. Thanks. ;o) Gardenspice~ I love machines under the counter. It would be awesome to have the extra counterspace, since it's too tight in the room for the island I hoped to have. I chose machines that are extra tall (dh and I are both fairly tall), so I know they won't fit under a counter. And my cabinetry budget is already thru the roof with 2 kitchens and umpteen baths. But I will think on that. It would give me the extra countertop that I'd love to have. Hmmmm...... Thanks everyone. I'm happy to finally get 2 sets of machines, however they are set up. Wish I could do the 2nd set by our master, and a 3rd set upstairs for the kids. But I'm not complaining about the 2 sets on main floor. It will still be a treat. :o) Just for fun..... here's the fabric for the roman blinds in that room. Cabinetry will be kindof a sage/olive with a dark glaze rubbed into the distressed wood. Machines will be red. HOpefully it won't look like Christmas in there. :o)...See MoreStacking washer and dryers of different makes
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PROPatricia Colwell Consulting
4 years agoDewayne
4 years agoWe’ve demoed our bathroom and plan on putting the washer dryer in the space shown in the picture. Its a 40” deep x 90” wide space. The washer/dryer we’re getting are 33” deep and 27” wide.
Our initial plan was finding flipper closet doors. But hafele seems to be the only seller. And its like $1500 per hinge not including $1000 per custom door. Then do a floor to ceiling 30” closet on the left. Washer in the middle. Dryer on the right.
So then we thought about getting a three stacked closet door that ran 90”. 30” doors each. But then we would be sacrificing the use of one of the 30” spaces at all times. The closet space on the left would constantly be blocked by the doors if we did laundry.
But then we saw cabinet doors that had flipper hinges. And figured thats the best solution for us. We’d get a basic 40” deep x 90” wide countertop and mount it an 1” above the washer dryer. And just look for 30” cabinet doors and 3 sets of hinges. And maybe install upper wall cabinets for additional storage.
acm
4 years agoUser
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThat requires custom steel framed supports. And completely custom 3 door 90“ surrounds. The $1500 hardware needed to do this properly is the least of the issues here. The future neglected maintenance that causes the flood or fire is going to be even more costly.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
4 years ago Helen
4 years agoI don't understand what the issue is.
I live in a high rise condo and almost everyone has stacked washer dryers (ventless) which are concealed behind some kind of cabinetry if people choose to put them in their bathrooms. Obviously the specifications are provided to the cabinet maker in terms of depth and clearance requirements but this kind of installation in cabinets is done all the time with no particular issues.
My stacked unit is in my closet which has sliding doors but my cabinet guy built my media center/room divider which I designed. It has those kinds of doors which fold back. The design of the front of the doors can be anything you want. The actual hardware used to achieve my folding doors is something I left to him but I am quite certain that it wasn't $1500 just for the hardware.
Open and closed - television which is difficult to see is mounted on a swiveling "stripper pole" so that television can be viewed from both the office/den area and the living room side.
erinsean
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4 years agoL thomas
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