How to install a washing machine

When a long-awaited washing assistant appears in your house, problems immediately arise: where to place it, how to install the washing machine correctly so that it works properly and fits into the interior.

The nuances of installation in different rooms

In a modern city apartment there are not so many suitable places to properly install and washing machine connection. Quite often unforeseen difficulties arise.

1. Lengths of filler hose not enough for the correct connection with the plumbing system of the apartment.This can be solved in two ways: purchase a hose of the required length or lay a plastic pipe, which experts consider the best option.
2. To ensure safety from unwanted leaks, all connections to the sewage and water supply must be made hermeticusing silicone sealant and special windings on the threaded connection.
3. For modern machines you need to install individual sockets with a large supply of power and grounding.

All these nuances must be considered when choosing a place where the installation of a new washing machine will be carried out.

Accommodation in the bathroom

Installing a washing machine in the bathroomWe consider it acceptable not only for city apartments, but also for country cottages. Especially if there is no special room where the laundry is located separately. We will describe in detail how the correct installation of the washing machine is done in the bathroom with connection to all communications.

Choose the appropriate place is necessary, based on the following considerations.

1. The machine should be in such a place that its measures were maximally ensured. safe operation.
2. Mechanical damage to the unit must be eliminated completely: the top cover should not be put heavy objects, after all, it is under it that all the electronic filling is located, which the slight deflection of thin metal can incapacitate.
3. Immediate reach (length of water inlet hose) must be all communications: plumbing, sewage, special outlet for connection.
4. Household appliances must organically fit into the interiorand not look like a black sheep.

How to properly install the washing machine with your own hands, you can learn from this video:

Connect to the sewer

To effectively and safely drain the waste water from the washing machine, it is necessary to replace the old siphon under the washbasin with a new one that has special tapwhere it is connected hermetically drain hose.

We provide water to the machine

Any home master can easily do this operation by himself:

• we remove the flexible metallized hose of a supply of water;
• in compliance with all safety measures against possible leaks, we wind the tee fitting with the outgoing shut-off valve;
• install the resulting system to the installation site;
• we connect the inlet hose to the fitting tap, tighten the lock nuts to ensure a reliable connection.

Now your assistant is provided with a water supply. with own tapwhich overlaps in emergency cases.

Important! When connecting to communications, all connections are made with maximum reliability - access to eliminate leaks is significantly difficult.

Many homeowners, when installing a washing machine to significantly save space, push it under the sink in the bathroom. This is an original idea, but with this arrangement you need to pre-pick the car in height so that it fits in the right place.

Accommodation in the kitchen

Installing a washing machine in the kitchen performed as in any other place, but you must follow certain rules.

1. This room is designed for cooking, all households are gathered here, so the use of various washing powders, additives and flavors must be done very carefully. Keep They are better in the bathroom, having equipped for them their own separate corner, along with detergents for the bathroom.
2. As a rule, this household appliances can not be located close to the oven or gas stove - electronics does not like high temperatures, which can not be avoided during cooking. The front panel of the unit spattered with grease does not adorn the room.
3. When installing the machine, it is necessary to take into account that in the spin mode it creates, albeit small, on prestigious models, but vibration, therefore it is necessary to leave the sides minimum clearances.
4. For embedded equipment, it is necessary to provide a convenient, and most importantly, secure connection to all communications and a separate connection to the apartment mains through a secure socket.
5. Regardless of the type and model of the washing unit, the hatch for loading laundry should open completelyto place bulky stuff. After the washing process, the door must be open for some time to allow the drum to dry out from the inside.
6. It is categorically unacceptable to use the top cover of the machine as a working surface, even for easy cutting of salads. Firstly, unhygienic, secondly, it is fraught with negative consequences for electronic equipment.

After all the work is completed, a test run of the washing machine is done in order to visually see thatthat the unit installed in the kitchen is functioning properly.

Advantages and disadvantages of a kitchen installation

Models of machines for installation in a kitchen set may be less than their counterparts, this is their positive qualities:

• similar set of modes and functionality when small dimensions;
• there is an opportunity to significantly save space;
• various color solutions enclosures to order;
• embedded panels of adjacent modules partially reduce noise and vibration when washing;
• there is a real opportunity to install household appliances in the immediate proximity to communications.

The disadvantages include:

• more high cost;
• small drum volume, in comparison with analogue;
• mini-washer has weaker technical characteristics;
• a lockable door sometimes prevents adequate ventilation;
• only units are suitable for this location with front loading;
• under this type of home appliances purchased separate module.

If the kitchen area is rather small, then there is no possibility to install a washing machine in it - it is difficult to carry out normal repair and lubrication /bearing replacement.

In this case, install a typewriter in the bathroom. with top loading: it is much more economical in the sense of space.

Installation on the floor of wood

In the case when the washing machine is to be installed on a wooden floor, it is necessary to think about the thorough preparation of the chosen place. When you have decking everywhere high strength wood, then problems with the placement of the unit will not arise, only adjust the level of the horizontal position with the help of the legs. If the floor is quite old, then there are two ways to solve this problem:

1. Concretes part of the floor in the place of installation of the machine, provided that the rearrangement will never be.
2. We make a low, very durable podium, install the unit on it.

The second option is considered budget: it does not require a lot of time and financial investments, and in terms of reliability it is not at all inferior to the first. To implement this option, you need certain materials and fairly simple work:

1. We determine the place, and at the corners of the perimeter we drill holes where we insert a piece of an old small-sized metal pipe. Immediately we concrete for the strength of this foundation.
2. From above we lay a sheet of multi-layer durable plywood, fix it in the corners, check the horizontal position by level.
3. On plywood we lay out a rug from rubber, we put the machine, we check the horizon. If necessary, we align the legs, then fix them with special nuts.

In this way, it can be made inexpensive, but quite strong pallet to accommodate your assistant.

Dryer plus washing machine

Installation of the drying machine produced by a certain method, because it must be placed on the washing machine, or rather, above it. There are a few types of attachment:

• using a specific mount included with the machine;
• by means of a corner or a strong wooden bar;
• as a bookcase in a specially equipped niche made of any durable material;

It is necessary to calculate the load on the wall so that all safety measures and fixing rules are fulfilled 100%. Do not start the units at the same time - for safety reasons, they must work separately.

In addition, if the drying machine is purchased later washing, then it must be picked up by dimensions, given that it should not be more.

Each user may have his own placement option, which is relevant for his apartment, but one thing you need to know for sure: it’s better to install a drying machine together with by specialists from the service center. Then the guarantee of safe operation of household appliances located one above the other will be fully provided.