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06/27/2004 10:07:47 PM · #1 |
My wife and I will be moving in a few weeks. It will be the first time that my own apartment has had Washer/Dryer connections. I have helped other people hook up their washers and dryers before, but it's been a long time. Here is a picture of the gas flare at the point where the dryer will be connected (you can also see the metal exhaust tube in this picture). Anyone who has experience with this, or anyone who has a gas dryer - this looks pretty standard, right? It looks like just a half-inch male connector, and a standard gas dryer should hook up with no problem. Am I right?
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06/27/2004 10:15:41 PM · #2 |
| pretty basic stuff...good luck, just check for a leak after hookin up the gas... use soapy water |
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06/27/2004 10:16:09 PM · #3 |
Well it looks to me like you have two choices... either hire a professional or wind up with a smoking hole in the ground.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!! |
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06/27/2004 10:17:10 PM · #4 |
When in doubt, call a plumber...it's cheaper and easier than 911. LOL :o)
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06/27/2004 10:19:25 PM · #5 |
take their advice. someone in MA a couple of years ago had their house implode - with their daughters in it :(
Message edited by author 2004-06-27 22:19:32. |
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06/27/2004 10:26:16 PM · #6 |
Steve, the flexable metal tubing will have female flaired ends on it, with nuts which won't slip off the ends.
Do you see that the fitting in the photo is tappered on the end? When you tighten the nut it will seal this male end to the female end on the tubing. The tubing is somewhat special for gas. It is accordian like so it will bend easily and not kink. Get one plenty long so it can be connected and somewhat formed to shape and you can slide the dryer back to the wall easily. After turning on the gas, check for leaks with a soapy water solution. You also should not smell the gas. You won't have any trouble, just be sure there are no leaks.
If the dryer is not old it will have an electric ignighter and there is no pilot flame to light. Actually, I think this is a requirement now.
Good luck, David |
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06/27/2004 11:07:00 PM · #7 |
Thank you all so much! David, your answer was especially helpful. We will be buying our washer/dryer brand new, most likely, so we will have it deliverd and probably installed by the professionals. However, another question has just come up. How much room do we need behind the dryer? For example, the exhaust hose is, as you see it in the picture, coming out of the wall, and will have to make a turn to meet the dryer (unless the dryer has exhaust out the side - do some have this?). I want to make sure everything fits in my slot nicely. The depth of the spot for the washer/dryer is 35.5 inches. At the Sears website, most of them say 29 inches deep "Total incl. Rear Assembly." Does that mean including the exhaust hose, etc? Anyone want to be kind enough to go measure their dryer and see just how deep it has to be, including everything?
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06/27/2004 11:13:16 PM · #8 |
Here is what our laundry room looks like (just off the kitchen, as you can see). Depth, behind that partial wall on the left, is 35.5 inches. Width, not counting the space behind that partial wall (which I guess the dryer could intrude on just a little, as long as we can get the door open) is 56 inches. So, as all apartment laundry rooms are, it will be a tight fit.
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06/27/2004 11:19:56 PM · #9 |
Good luck Steve. Make sure that indoor drain doesn't back up else you will have a different type of problem.
Was just thinking, I had no problem when I hooked up the gas range. Never thought twice about it... but I too recently bought a new washer and dryer and paid to have them do the install. Go figure. |
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06/28/2004 08:23:28 PM · #10 |
Steve, my dryer, Maytag elect., is 28" deep and is 5" from the wall and I used rhe rear vent.
There should be no difference in a gas one. Either one will have a choice of side or rear vent. |
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06/28/2004 08:27:27 PM · #11 |
| Also remember that you don't use pipe thread compound on flared gas fittings. Also, if clearance for the vent is an issue (doesn't sound like it will be), they make a low-profile dryer vent that has "thin" 90° elbows built in. |
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06/28/2004 08:31:50 PM · #12 |
...and have someone standing by, at the ready to call 911... ;o) LOL
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