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mcerd1

posted on 23/7/13 at 06:16 PM Reply With Quote
OT - Vinal floors and washing machines ?

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 ?





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loggyboy

posted on 23/7/13 at 06:23 PM Reply With Quote
How far under does the vinyl go?





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nick205

posted on 23/7/13 at 06:24 PM Reply With Quote
Couple of strips of wood to slide it in on, then pull the wood out.






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coozer

posted on 23/7/13 at 06:39 PM Reply With Quote
Has it not got two wheels front or back?

Bit of thin plywood would do it.





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mcerd1

posted on 23/7/13 at 07:08 PM Reply With Quote
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 ?





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Hurdsey

posted on 23/7/13 at 07:08 PM Reply With Quote
Rub a bit of washing up liqued on the floor in line with the feet and away you go.
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Chris_vrs

posted on 23/7/13 at 07:23 PM Reply With Quote
Wind the adjustable feet in and lower it enabling you to lift it and pull out? That's if they are adjustable like mine?





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mark chandler

posted on 23/7/13 at 07:27 PM Reply With Quote
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

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adam1985

posted on 23/7/13 at 07:38 PM Reply With Quote
Tip from a floor layer a know spray furniture polish on floor before you put it in. Tryed it and it works
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JoelP

posted on 23/7/13 at 08:47 PM Reply With Quote
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.






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dickie b

posted on 23/7/13 at 09:50 PM Reply With Quote
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!

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owelly

posted on 23/7/13 at 10:10 PM Reply With Quote
Slide it in on ice cubes then let them melt.





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Grimsdale

posted on 24/7/13 at 07:29 AM Reply With Quote
i did this with sheets of card when i did this last year
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mcerd1

posted on 24/7/13 at 12:04 PM Reply With Quote
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 ?





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bartonp

posted on 24/7/13 at 12:20 PM Reply With Quote
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....
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Vindi_andy

posted on 24/7/13 at 01:36 PM Reply With Quote
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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mcerd1

posted on 24/7/13 at 02:04 PM Reply With Quote
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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]





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Vindi_andy

posted on 24/7/13 at 02:21 PM Reply With Quote
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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jossey

posted on 24/7/13 at 04:16 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Hurdsey
Rub a bit of washing up liqued on the floor in line with the feet and away you go.


Yup same as we do some water n washing up liquid under it.

To get it out squirt some under the washer then mop up when you get it out...

We are talking washing machines still ye?





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jossey

posted on 24/7/13 at 04:24 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
quote:
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]


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Mcerd1 this is my dent left in my Kitcar budget...

£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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jacko

posted on 24/7/13 at 04:51 PM Reply With Quote
never tried it but how about sitting it on cups like you put under bed wheels
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mcerd1

posted on 25/7/13 at 07:44 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
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





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Vindi_andy

posted on 25/7/13 at 11:04 AM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by jacko
never tried it but how about sitting it on cups like you put under bed wheels


Unfortunatley the cups dont work as they are still 4 single points. Personally the best is a thin sheet of polythene and if, unlike me, you are only moving the one, leave it under the machine when youve slid it back in.

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jossey

posted on 25/7/13 at 06:47 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
quote:
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



Wowwww 56k





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