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Post by katlady on Apr 4, 2024 16:24:49 GMT
I just found out about this the other day. Apparently it is not unusual to find a dryer hung upside down in Australia. www.gatheringwalls.com.au/post/positives-of-a-wall-hung-dryerFor our Australian peeps, is your dryer hung upside down? Non-Australian peeps, would you like an upside down dryer? I guess this is one way to “stack” the machines if you need to. It also puts the controls down lower and easier to reach. I don’t even know if American dryers can be hung upside down. |
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Post by gar on Apr 4, 2024 16:43:25 GMT
Interesting. Mine is stacked on top of my washing machine but obviously the controls are up at the top. I can reach them easily enough but might be even better lower down. I’ve never heard of one actually being hung upside down 🙃
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Post by gillyp on Apr 4, 2024 16:48:50 GMT
If you'd posted this the other day, I'd have said it was an April Fool. I've never heard of such a thing and the thought of a heavy machine, full of wet (spun but still wet) washing tumbling around being suspended on the wall gives me the heebie-jeebies. Looking forward to what our Oz Peas say!
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Post by naby64 on Apr 4, 2024 16:50:29 GMT
I'm anxious to hear about this. Not that I need the solution but I just saw a picture of this exact thing this morning. Can't remember where I saw it though and don't know if it was in Australia or not.
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Post by sueg on Apr 4, 2024 20:30:06 GMT
I am currently visiting Australia and we have stayed in two different serviced apartments with in room laundry facilities. In both cases, the dryer has been hung above the washer, upside down.
I think my sister also has hers wall mounted the same way. I can’t remember now what we did when we lived here (it’s been 15 years) but I think we did the same
ETA: Apart from my sister, in all cases the washer has been a top loader, so stacking isn’t possible. I guess it’s done to save space.
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Post by papersilly on Apr 4, 2024 20:44:21 GMT
i can just hear my husband saying "that will void the warranty". lol
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Post by Judie in Oz on Apr 5, 2024 6:28:21 GMT
My dryer is hung upside down. We have a top loader washing machine, so there was no space for it to go except on the wall. The reason dryers are often hung upside down is so that you can reach the control panel. Most dryers are made so that you can reverse the control panel to read correctly.
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Post by lg on Apr 5, 2024 6:57:09 GMT
Aussie pea here - we used to have an upside down dryer. A lot of the older style dryers (the ones that fill the room with condensation!) even came with two stickers - one for if the dryer was right side up, and one for if it’s upside down.
Dryers that have a water collection point obviously cannot be upside down or the water doesn’t collect so I see less these days… mostly the cheaper models are like this.
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Post by Zee on Apr 5, 2024 7:17:20 GMT
Well I never! The things you learn here!
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Post by alsomsknit on Apr 5, 2024 11:46:14 GMT
Never heard of such a thing.
The machine looks small. How would laundering bedding work? Laundromat? I can’t imagine this holding more than a double sized blanket.
Ever so grateful for my ugly but large laundry room.
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Post by gar on Apr 5, 2024 12:50:15 GMT
Never heard of such a thing. The machine looks small. How would laundering bedding work? Laundromat? I can’t imagine this holding more than a double sized blanket. Ever so grateful for my ugly but large laundry room. I'm sure that isn't the only size machine available. |
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Post by Judie in Oz on Apr 5, 2024 15:52:47 GMT
Never heard of such a thing. The machine looks small. How would laundering bedding work? Laundromat? I can’t imagine this holding more than a double sized blanket. Ever so grateful for my ugly but large laundry room. Most Australians with a yard hang washing on the line to dry. I would never dream of putting a blanket in a dryer. There are only a few months where it's harder to get items dry on the line. I have a large-ish industrial-sized washing machine, so I can wash blankets and doonas easily. (Those in units often don't have a choice to line dry though.) |
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Post by hjs on Apr 6, 2024 4:55:48 GMT
I have had several sets of stacking washer/ dryers, both in Canada and in the US, and the controls for the dryer have been at the bottom of the dryer, so easily accessible. They were made that way, and are not upside down.
I do have one friend that has a stacked washer/dryer and the controls are on the top end - fortunately she is taller than I and can reach thise controls - I would be very annoyed at having to use a step stool to reach ! I think the designer/ construction workers that renovated her place just were not thinking when they purchased those appliances. I have always picked out my own, and have chosen ones made to stack with dryer controls within reach.
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Post by workingclassdog on Apr 6, 2024 5:29:27 GMT
Wow.. the things I learn from the Pea Pod... I'm just shaking my head.. lol
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Post by KiwiJo on Apr 6, 2024 8:51:02 GMT
I think that most dryers that are available as wall-mounted here (NZ) are fine to be either way up. So they can sit on the floor, a bench, or on a front-loader etc with the controls at the top, or they can be flipped upside down for wall-mounting, with the controls at the bottom. The warranty wouldn’t be voided because they’re made that way; they come with a wall-mounting kit so it’s all safe and secure.
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Post by gar on Apr 6, 2024 9:42:14 GMT
I think it’s a great idea! 😊
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Post by alsomsknit on Apr 6, 2024 12:37:32 GMT
Never heard of such a thing. The machine looks small. How would laundering bedding work? Laundromat? I can’t imagine this holding more than a double sized blanket. Ever so grateful for my ugly but large laundry room. Most Australians with a yard hang washing on the line to dry. I would never dream of putting a blanket in a dryer. There are only a few months where it's harder to get items dry on the line. I have a large-ish industrial-sized washing machine, so I can wash blankets and doonas easily. (Those in units often don't have a choice to line dry though.) I forget about line drying. We actually have a post set up that will accommodate four 30 foot lines. Due to allergies, they can’t be used. Our bed linens are laundered frequently to keep allergy symptoms to a minimum, too. |
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Post by hannahruth on Apr 8, 2024 15:46:07 GMT
I think that most dryers that are available as wall-mounted here (NZ) are fine to be either way up. So they can sit on the floor, a bench, or on a front-loader etc with the controls at the top, or they can be flipped upside down for wall-mounting, with the controls at the bottom. The warranty wouldn’t be voided because they’re made that way; they come with a wall-mounting kit so it’s all safe and secure. I could have written this word for word but I’m in Australia. I have a dryer that is wall mounted with a metal bracket from the manufacturer and there has never been an issue with it. as above, the majority of the washing I do is lined dried I rarely use the dryer and if I do it is in the depth of winter.. |
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Post by busy on Apr 8, 2024 15:58:37 GMT
Australian and New Zealand peas, I’m assuming Fisher & Paykel is one of the brands that you can get wall brackets for.
It made me wonder if we can get them in the US and nope… I checked the dealer ordering system and the wall brackets are not available for sale, even to authorized dealers and servicers, in the US.
The brackets sold in NZ and Aus also look rather different from each other. Now I want to know the whys of all of it!
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Post by melanell on Apr 8, 2024 20:47:44 GMT
I never heard of that before! I do have my washer & dryer stacked, but even at only 5'5" tall, and with the controls at the top of the dryer, I can still reach them just fine. I cannot SEE the controls, though; however because we used to have them side by side, I know by memory how to set the different loads, and so it all works out for me. I've also never seen a dryer mounted to a wall like that. Very interesting.  I do have a ventless dryer, which I find people sometimes see as an oddity. |
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