Hi....just moved into new apartment and I just can't live with the draconian communal washing schedule in my building. Once every 15 days and my washing day is on Mondays!
I got permission from the apartment manager to have a washing machine in my apartment but there seems to never have been a washing machine fitted...wondered if anyone knew anyone reliable, good, and charges fairly to install a washing machine.
If I bought a machine at i.e. Fust, could they handle the installation of the plumbing/hook up? I would appreciate advice from anyone who's gone through this.
Thanks!
If I bought a machine at i.e. Fust, could they handle the installation of the plumbing/hook up? I would appreciate advice from anyone who's gone through this.
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Try asking Fust, maybe they in best position to advise you whether they can install one of their washing machines......
Typically, shops like Füst will connect up pipes for your washing machine (often free), but they expect you to have water inlets and outlets prepared. Do you have these? If desperate you could drape pipes in and out of your sink but they would need to be securely held down unless you want to water-spray your kitchen
I think I am responsible for getting the inlets and outlets installed. The apartment manager will not let me connect the pipes out of my sink.
Very wise. I guess you'll need to find a plumber then. I'd like to suggest one, but haven't had a need for a plumber yet. You might get a recommendation from someone on this forum.
you could also ask Fust for a recommendation for a plumber, but I don't know if they'd rip you off...maybe ask the house manager who they recommend - if you use their plumber then they can't complain if it goes wrong...
With the water pressure that can come from a washing machine outlet, I'm not surprised at the agents postion re discharging the waste water into the sink. You would need to have the sink waste tapped into, and a connection made there. Problem with that though is where do the pipes go? also most would require a heavy duty cable socket and fuse installation, which probably isn't there either.
I would contact your caretaker or agent and ask who the plumber or electrian is that they use for the building, and have them do the install work, that might safe you hassle later should there be any issues.
We've got a normal sized washing machine in our bathroom. The inlet pipe has an adapter which fits on the bath tap and the outlet is draped into the bath. No dramatic spraying of water - it just kind of belches and gurgles out and down the plug hole.
The outlet pipe is slightly weighted at the very end which probably prevents it rolling around in the bath but aside from that there are no special modifications.
No fuss, no mess, no drama.
Thanks for your responses. I have contacted the building manager and got in touch with the plumber they use. I let you guys know what kind of estimate I get. I hope it's not astronomical.
One thing you should consider is if you get a load of work done to plumb in your washing machine it will probably all have to be made good again when you leave your apartment.
This was a factor for us and was actually recommended by the guy at Fust which prompted us to take the drainage-into-the-bath option.
A bath is a deeper/wider/longer beast than a kitchen sink, a bath also has a larger waste/trap and bigger diameter evacuation piping than a kitchen sink so is able to cope with the water volume much more ably. Therefore it is always a much better way of having a washing machine in your own place without having a hard fix.
True, but if the OP contacts the agents, and their contractor does the work, then it can be acceptable... always get the agents/ownser permission before undertaking anything to do with the plumbing or electrics.
I think their letter said that I had to get a plumber to install the pipes. But I will confirm with the building manager, just to make sure. If I could just take the drainage into the bath route, that would be much less expensive.
To install a washing mashine you need a water connection, a waste connection and what is missing up to now, electric. Most mashines need 1x380 volt and that is found almost only in the kitchen, in flats (cooking plates etc.) .
If I was you, I would mesure the kitchen eliments and if you have one next to the sink which is 60cm wide, take it out and put the wash mashine in its place. (Most wash mashines are 60 wide, 56 deep and 84 high.)
If your kitchen is not more than 15 years old it should be no problem.
Take a photo of the kitchen with you and ask " Fust" for an offer.
Salut zamma