Roughly how much room do you require for a stackable w/d. Do you find adding the clothes to the washer hard on your back?

Roughly how much room do you require for a stackable w/d. Do you find adding the clothes to the washer hard on your back?

Thank you sloane.

renov8r: I am not sure if your question was for me, or if I understand it. My washer is not currently stacked, it sits on the floor. If I stack the dryer on top it will still be on the floor- so no difference for my back. BTW I dont bend over, I squat- better to work the glutes and quads!

Sloan529, *that* is a fantastic way to do a stacked pair. The dryer does not have to be dismounted for servicing the washer. Traditional stack sets are a huge pain for servicers.

What, if anything, did you do to the counter in-between to handle the added load and vibration the dryer is going to cause? Otherwise, yeah, looks like a clever way to allow access to the washer without unstacking the dryer. Or being able to replace one or the other in the event of failure.

I had Maytag Neptune stacked unit at my last house and I loved it... left it when we sold the house, I wish I could of used it here...

I must say it's pretty much love for me with my new stacked Speed Queen (purchased and used since May 2012). Its simplicity, reliability and speed is enduring to me. It's stacked in a closet on a wood floor and doesn't walk the floor. Some vibration but not overbearing. Prior to the SQ I too had a stacked Neptune-12 years and it was still going in spite of bad bearings when it was taken through the door. GL.

This post was edited by SparklingWater on Fri, Jan 18, 13 at 17:18

Getting stuff out of the dryer has never been a problem. I'm 5'11" and the center of the dryer door is at eye level. I just reach in and pull everything out.

When we bought our current house, it was shown floor-standing washer and dryer in an alcove by the back door to the back deck. PO took her appliances with her.

The alcove was big enough for just 2 items. But there was no utility sink anywhere in the house. Obvious solution--a stacked w & d would give me space to have a sink installed.

I LOVE the stacked unit. I'm 5'6" and don't find the washer too low, or the dryer too high. And the fact that in my case they're convenient to the line I have strung on the deck is a huge plus. Having moved from a house where the laundryroom was in the basement, and the bedrooms on the second floor, I discovered something. I LOVE doing laundry--what I hated about it in the other house was the constant lugging loads up and down several flights of stairs.

If a stacked pair works for you, it can be a real space saver. I have a suggestion--if you have a friend with a stacked set, why not ask if you could come over and do a couple of loads, just to get the feel of it. And DO make sure you get all the specs before committing to buying the set. You have to have the right outlets in the right places--and if needed, it's better to have the electrical work done before the set's delivered (they didn't tell me the dryer only came with a 4' cord when I bought--so my poor electrician had to work around the already delivered washer and dryer to move the outlet up about 6 feet from where it had been previously.

Thanks all for your feedback. We are not starting our project until the spring at the earliest so I have time to mull. My current set can be stacked, or since they are 10 years old, I could get a new stackable set figuring they will give out soon.
I have an option to move the laundry up to the second floor, where the bedrooms are, that I am also investigating but I think that makes the project costs out of reach.

We inherited a stacked system when we bought our house. Oh, how I hated that washer and dryer. I found it very hard to get everything out of the dryer (I'm 5'2") and for some reason I found the motion of moving clothing up (vs. to the side in a traditional setup) to be really hard on the shoulders. I should add, however, that this was 11 years ago and I think the set had a few years on it before then, so the situation has probably improved since then.

I'm 4'11 and remember using stacked washers and dryers in college. Not fun. I couldn't see anything so I just had to 'feel around.' Luckily my boyfriend and now husband is 6'.

The 10+-yo one-unit stacked washer/dryer in our rental condo is leaking water from inside the front loading washer. After researching on Lowe's per another post on gardenweb, I decided to replace it with a similar unit with a top-loading washer and upper dryer with "no" electronic panel since over the years many have reported a recurring problem with any washer/dryer units with costly and unreliable electronic panels.

Note: it was via gardenweb that for our home I chose a very reliable Speed Queen top-loading washer with no electronic panel, which has done a great job over the past 10+ years. I would've liked to have purchased the Speed Queen one-unit stacked washer/dryer, but it has an electronic panel with poor reviews all on the electronic panel.

Though Lowe's has a multiple-manufacturer appliance rebate through 7/11/18, it only gives a $50 rebate with minimum two appliances. Luckily found the same below unit on Costco with a $200 rebate plus only $79 for extending the 2-yr manufacturer warranty to 5 years.Whirlpool 3.5CuFt Capacity Washer and 5.9CuFt Capacity Dryer Electric Stacked Laundry Center in White

Item # ‌1226196‌

Will post an update after a year or so.