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could wall brackets support a tumble dryer? what could?
Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:02 pm
by Mr_blue
it is normal to put a fridge on top of a freezer.,
i want to put a tumble dryer on top of a fridge AND freezer. a kind of a three stack. obv it needs to be safe!
i appreciate this is not normal. but i had in mind industrial sized and strengthed wall brackets that the tumble dryer could live on. i have a small house and acheiving a floating tumble dryer would be a good solution if its possible.
very grateful for any knowledgeable answers
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:58 am
by lockie
Can your walls support the weight should be your first consideration,then what type of brackets and fixings.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:56 am
by handyman
will the tumble dryer not be too high up?
Are you talking about a single unit of a fridge freezer, or a seperate fridge and freezer?
tumble dryers are very light and could easily sit on top of another appliance if required. You can get a moulded joining unit (bnq have them) that stops the tumble dryer slipping off the appliance below, but this unit is normally for stacking a tumble dryer on to a washing machine, you would need to check if it would be ok. This is ok when its 2 units, dont know about 3 units.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:42 am
by big-all
the controls would be 2.4m off the floor the drum would be 2m off the floor
in my humble opinion not a very good idea 2 high yes not 3
i would be looking to move a cupboard up to that height to store the things you need one or twice a year
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:39 pm
by Hitch
big-all wrote:the controls would be 2.4m off the floor the drum would be 2m off the floor
in my humble opinion not a very good idea 2 high yes not 3
i would be looking to move a cupboard up to that height to store the things you need one or twice a year
Put the tumble drier upside down
Drum still 2m, but controls only about 1.6m
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:41 pm
by Hoovie
you been on the Brothers Cider again, Hitch??
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:46 pm
by Hitch
Not touched a drop since yesterday afternoon.
I was serious.....
If its a simple tumbledrier, i cant think of anything in them that need to be up a certain way... It might look very strange, but you could reach the controlls easier.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:05 pm
by handyman
I have seen a tumble dryer with the controls at the bottom.......think it was probably at a campsite, so it would be Miele dryer then.
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:01 pm
by big-all
Hitch wrote:Not touched a drop since yesterday afternoon.
I was serious.....
If its a simple tumbledrier, i cant think of anything in them that need to be up a certain way... It might look very strange, but you could reach the controlls easier.
would the outlet hose still work !!!!!
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:11 pm
by Hitch
Depends what sort of drier it is i suppose. No hoses on the one we had
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:07 pm
by marc1106
"i want to put a tumble dryer on top of a fridge AND freezer. a kind of a three stack. obv it needs to be safe! "
in the words of john Macenro
" YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS"