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No Plan Survives Contact with the Enemy
Jan. 11th, 2021 08:41 amWe went to an appliance retailer down the peninsula yesterday for a new washer and dryer. We've used them before and they generally have good selection and reasonable prices; not as good prices as Buy-More*, but a much greater variety to choose from. The wife had, as usual, taken the lead on doing research and had identified a few brands/models for us to investamigate. We Had a Plan.
The enemy is our house.
Not really... but we live in a small flat in San Francisco. It has significant space constraints. Some of those are imposed by the 1915 construction and some by the renovation the previous owner did (e.g. the stove). In this case, we have two major issues: space and setup. The size turns out not to be a big deal; the current appliances are still thankfully a default width and depth. But to vent the dryer, we had to put it on the left and the vent goes straight down so it can go out. That means that we require a model that can vent straight down (most don't) and that the doors on the washer and dryer can be reversed from the default (most don't these days).
Of the models we had targeted as good value and a price point we could manage, none of the washer/dryer sets had both. So... we dim summed it, getting different brands. Not ideal aesthetically I suppose, but there it is.
The washer should be delivered Wednesday. The dryer wasn't in stock in their warehouse and will be a month or so, but since our current dryer still works that wasn't a problem at least.
* Okay, Best Buy. We just finished S1 of Chuck.
The enemy is our house.
Not really... but we live in a small flat in San Francisco. It has significant space constraints. Some of those are imposed by the 1915 construction and some by the renovation the previous owner did (e.g. the stove). In this case, we have two major issues: space and setup. The size turns out not to be a big deal; the current appliances are still thankfully a default width and depth. But to vent the dryer, we had to put it on the left and the vent goes straight down so it can go out. That means that we require a model that can vent straight down (most don't) and that the doors on the washer and dryer can be reversed from the default (most don't these days).
Of the models we had targeted as good value and a price point we could manage, none of the washer/dryer sets had both. So... we dim summed it, getting different brands. Not ideal aesthetically I suppose, but there it is.
The washer should be delivered Wednesday. The dryer wasn't in stock in their warehouse and will be a month or so, but since our current dryer still works that wasn't a problem at least.
* Okay, Best Buy. We just finished S1 of Chuck.
