Saturday, March 3, 2012

washers & dryers

The tale of the washer/dryer closet goes back to last spring and summer. When we first bought this condo it came with a stackable washer/dryer however we knew up front that it was broken. It was old and pre-historic and had crazy buttons all over it for mysterious washing settings I never even knew existed.

My brother graciously offered to help us fix it at the time so we wouldnt have to buy a new one - YAY! However, after he got it working and we began to use it regularly we discovered the dryer was staining our clothes - BOO! After a while of this we decided it was time to move on to a new washer/dryer that actually did what it was supposed to - clean clothes - rather than the opposite - dirty and ruin everything.

Once it came time to purchase the new washer/dryer we decided to completely fix up the W/D closet as well. After removing the old appliance we discovered that the sneaky tilers that had installed the tile floor must have completed the tile grouting AFTER the washer/dryer was installed - there was a large area under where the washer/dryer sat without grout at all - nice - very quality work.

Justin & his Dad took on the job of re-grouting and sealing all the tile, patching & sanding the drywall, fixing the dryer exhaust vents/outlets, installing new baseboard, installing beautiful new french doors, and painting the interior of the closet. Then we spent a significant amount of time shopping around for a new washer/dryer (that would fit such a tiny closet space). We finally landed on a Whirlpool Duet Stackable unit. The day they delivered/installed it, we were on pins & needles waiting to see if it would fit in the closet - it DID end up fitting (with about 1/2" to spare - yikes!) Anyway, the whole project probably took about 2-3 months. Justin was a champion and stuck it out without me - at the time I was crazy busy with work and had absolutely no focus for house projects. I'm so lucky to have him!

Here's some photos of the lovely closet transformation... it's so nice to have reliably clean clothes again!

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