Absorption pads question (re: washing machine)
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:59 am
I'm thinking of getting the Absorption Pads for our washing machine, but first I want to make sure that they'll help our problem.
We have a Sears Kenmore washer, built sometime in the 1990's. On the spin cycle, it shakes--HARD. I know nothing's wrong with the washer, because I have a friend who has one of these washers, and he has the same complaint. The spin cycle is so hard, in fact, that it actually wears out our clothes faster.
Needless to say, this thing is a monster in a mobile home!
I even wonder if it might be the reason we're having some problems with our furnace, because there is only a thin wall separating the two.
We can't afford to replace the washer, but I was hoping we could reduce the vibrations.
The washer repairman said that we should reinforce our laundry room floor with plywood, but I wonder if the absorption pads would be a better idea. Our back door couldn't open, if the floor were any higher! And it'd be hugely expensive to have a handyman add to the floor AND cut into the wall to adjust the door frame, before reinstalling the door!
So my questions are:
1) The absorption pads page says these pads won't stop the washer from shaking, but it will reduce vibration going into the floor. So will the washer shake more or less than it does on a solid floor?
2) If the pads won't work, would it work if we just had plywood placed on the half of the floor where the washer/dryer are, in order to leave the door free to move on the lower (original) part of the floor?
Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated--thank you!
We have a Sears Kenmore washer, built sometime in the 1990's. On the spin cycle, it shakes--HARD. I know nothing's wrong with the washer, because I have a friend who has one of these washers, and he has the same complaint. The spin cycle is so hard, in fact, that it actually wears out our clothes faster.
Needless to say, this thing is a monster in a mobile home!
I even wonder if it might be the reason we're having some problems with our furnace, because there is only a thin wall separating the two.
We can't afford to replace the washer, but I was hoping we could reduce the vibrations.
The washer repairman said that we should reinforce our laundry room floor with plywood, but I wonder if the absorption pads would be a better idea. Our back door couldn't open, if the floor were any higher! And it'd be hugely expensive to have a handyman add to the floor AND cut into the wall to adjust the door frame, before reinstalling the door!
So my questions are:
1) The absorption pads page says these pads won't stop the washer from shaking, but it will reduce vibration going into the floor. So will the washer shake more or less than it does on a solid floor?
2) If the pads won't work, would it work if we just had plywood placed on the half of the floor where the washer/dryer are, in order to leave the door free to move on the lower (original) part of the floor?
Any suggestions or advice would be appreciated--thank you!