I was wondering if a thin sheet of steel / alloy would work ?
my random question for the day - is there an easy way of getting a washing machine under a counter and back out without catching on the flooring ?
How far under does the vinyl go?
Couple of strips of wood to slide it in on, then pull the wood out.
Has it not got two wheels front or back?
Bit of thin plywood would do it.
sorry should have said: the vinyl goes all the way back, there are no wheels and I've got almost zero height to play with
I was wondering if a thin sheet of steel / alloy would work ?
Rub a bit of washing up liqued on the floor in line with the feet and away you go.
Wind the adjustable feet in and lower it enabling you to lift it and pull out? That's if they are adjustable like mine?
Even if you get it in the feet will dig holes when it's been run, I feel your pain after moving mine about last weekend
No substitute for tiles
Tip from a floor layer a know spray furniture polish on floor before you put it in. Tryed it and it works
I wouldn't risk it, stick some ply under it, lined up so the back legs drop off it in the right place. Vinyl is terrible for tearing.
I had exactly same problem - my solution was to slide under the feet very thin bendy plastic dining place mats.
Unit the slid out gently and feet couldn't dig in.
Worked a treat - but just make sure the mats remain under the feet as you haul it out!
Slide it in on ice cubes then let them melt.
i did this with sheets of card when i did this last year
well it seems I'm not alone then... cheers guys
how does this sound - I'm thinking about getting a thin sheet of stainless (say 0.5mm to 1.2mm max) and cutting 2 long strips about 2" or
3" wide, then screwing these strips to the floor down the sides (in line with the feet)
do you think this would work or would the machine move around too much when its running ?
I had some vinyl left from fitting the floor. Cut a piece the same size as the WM, put it underneath UPSIDE DOWN with a coating of furniture polish inbetween. Slid in/out lovely....
When I fixed then for a living I used to hate vinyl floors usually because people stopped at the front of the opening.
Agree with a previous post re washing up liquid but i would suggest roccking the machine side to side and front to back before attempting to move it
to break the seal that develops over time.
I then bought a piece of thick polythene that was longer than the standard worktop is deep, that I kept rolled up in the van for just this purpose. I
would slide it under the front legs as far back as I could then use the washing up liquid trick under the front legs while lifting the back ones to
get all 4 on the sheet then slide the whole thing out on the polythene.
Tore a couple of floors early on befor ei Learnt these tricks.
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Originally posted by Vindi_andy
When I fixed then for a living I used to hate vinyl floors usually because people stopped at the front of the opening.
) I have learnt from personal experience so whenever I fit a floor I always "flood" the flooring into the opening.
The latest hate in terms of flooring is laminate because people (my dad) dont move the appliance and then floor up to it and then ask you to repair
their machine as a favour and you cant get the flippin thing out cos the floor is 8mm higher then the floor in the opening 
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Originally posted by Hurdsey
Rub a bit of washing up liqued on the floor in line with the feet and away you go.
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Originally posted by Vindi_andy
When I fixed then for a living I used to hate vinyl floors usually because people stopped at the front of the opening.
well that shouldn't be an issue this time at least, I'm getting all new flooring to add to the all new appliances...
(this house is costing me a flipping fortune just now - it put a second car sized dent in my kitcar budget
[Edited on 24/7/2013 by mcerd1]
never tried it but how about sitting it on cups like you put under bed wheels
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£28,000 insurance claim cost me about £1000 in excess n food etc living in a hotel for 9 weeks.
It happened 2 weeks after we finished the renovation too....
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never tried it but how about sitting it on cups like you put under bed wheels
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Originally posted by jossey
£28,000 insurance claim cost me about £1000 in excess n food etc living in a hotel for 9 weeks.
It happened 2 weeks after we finished the renovation too....
ouch
it happened to one of the GF's friends last year too - it was a ground floor flat that they'd just spent ~£20k sorting.
a flat 4 floors above them had re-plumbed and connected to the wrong drains (old edinburgh tenements with lots of redundant pipes)
they said the claim was for over £56k in the end and they ended up renting another flat as it took 6 months to sort