Water issues continued:
Last Friday I noticed water around my washer. Not uncommon for that thing but it was enough to investigate. I will say that in the 2 years I've owned a front load washer, it has been the worst thing ever invented (right along with the lawn mower and car wash).
I removed the back and followed a hose with my hands. Inspection confirmed a wear mark in the hose. Of course, now I had to take the whole thing apart to find a part I had to order. Fast forward a week and I get the part. Not a moment too soon as I have no clean underwear or socks, and I have a geriatric dog that wets the bed.
I get it put together and start on laundry. I come back down to 20 gallons of water in the basement. How the heck? Of course, now I have to watch and see. I find out that the door is leaking (60 gallons later).
At this point, you have to take it all apart to get at the hinges to adjust, then put the face back on, then the door. In other words, it is trial and error and 30 minutes round trip to do it. I'm not about to test that theory again. Besides, I hate that washer and I do all the laundry.
I leave Abby to a mop and bucket (I was in the Marines so that is what we would use). On my way to town I called my dad. He recommended my shop vac (duh, I own two). A quick call to my neighbor to see if he had a dolly and to ask if he could get Abby all setup with the vac.
By the time I got back, 90% of the water was gone and the old washer was on the deck. Thanks to his teenage son and friend. I got the rest cleaned and the new one installed.
The next morning I go down to find 1 gallon of detergent on the floor. The bottle fell off the dryer and broke. Yes, a shop vac will clean it too.
Yesterday my wife says that no cold water is entering. The rubber stop in the valve is stck open but no water. I look up to notice I had installed secondary shut offs and, when the teenage boys removed the old washer and couldn't get cold water shut off at the box, they did the smart thing and shut off the valve above it. Crisis averted.
No, I didn't purchase another front load machine!
