Easiest Way to Remove a Washing Machine Over the Drain Pan
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2023
- The easiest, fastest and simplest way to remove or install a washing machine in a spill pan without breaking the pan.
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You saved me from a ton of frustration. I thought this was impossible.
THANK YOU!!!
Glad this could help you. Thanks for watching
The PVC rollers are BRILLIANT. Thanks so much for the tip. Do you have a recommendation for what kind of pan to use for a front load pedestal machine with a drawer in front? I want to be able to use the drawer.
Thanks for watching. You'll need to measure the distance from the floor to the bottom of the drawer to determine how much clearance you'll need then look for a pan where the lip if lower than that clearance. If you have very little clearance, where you can't locate a pan that will work, the only option you have would be to have one fabricated. You can contact an HVAC/Mechanical company near you to make you one out of metal or you can do an online search for "custom washing machine pan" for a list of companies. Another option, if a stock pan is close but the clearance is just a slight bit off, is to install some vibration pads under the washing machine feet which will slightly raise the machine up, which may give you the clearance you need. Hope this helps and good luck with your project
@@thewoggerswaydiy this action is going down today once the handyman gets here. PVC pipe is cut and ready. A proper drain pan has been purchased. 🤞
This is brilliant thank you so much for sharing!
You are so welcome! Good luck with your projects and thanks for your kind words.
Thank you very much for your video! It was very helpful in multiple ways and I really appreciate the way you simplify your explanation on things, to simplify the understanding of your content. 👍
Glad it was helpful!
THANK YOU!!!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching
Thanks!
You're welcome and thanks for watching.
Thanks a lot buddy. Big help. Satisfied customer from South Jersey
Glad to be of help.. have a water ice for me... well, maybe next summer
Nicely done 🙏
Thank you 🙌
Brilliant!
I have my moments. Thanks for watching
Great tips. Thank you. Were PVC pipes used while building the great pyramids?
HaHa... Yeah, I remember those drawings in school about them moving the blocks on rollers.. it's also what I imagined when I was doing this video
congrats on your new page!
Thank you so much 😀
Excellent video!
Thank you! Cheers!
This is a tip I need. I am getting a pan soon and was researching how to easily install it.
Glad I can help. Good luck with your project and thanks for watching
Great Video!
Thanks!
Great video!! I have single family house without floor drain! Trench pan water pipe where to connect for drain? Or should I make a platform higher the actual floor to connect existing kitchen or house drain pipe?
Hey... good job...I basically did the same thing...I used a couple of my wife's biscuits... but they broke the washer... next time I'll use your method for sure... Thanks.
Biscuits are for gravy, not washing machines. lol Thanks for watching
Brillant😮
I have my moments. Thanks for watching
Great Video Bro! I have a bit of a dilemma I'd like you're opinion on..
I ordered one of these drain pans from Amazon that was supposed to beat my Washer/Dryer delivery by two days (My washer is a little bigger than normal, so I couldn't just grab on at Home Depot or Lowes).
Anyway, as luck would have it, the Washer/Dryer was delivered today 1 hour before my frain pan got here, so I came here to your video to find out how to do what you just showed.
Your point about not being able to drain (since I don't have a drain and really really don't want to run a drain NOW, made me think about other options.
What do you think about an water/leak sensor that would tell me if there's a leak? I'm assuming I can buy one relatively cheap? The Delivery guy said they also make a leak sensor that will actualy shut the water off, but I haven't gotten to Googling that yet.
I'd love to hear your take on all of this.. 🤔🤔
Water leak sensors are a great alternative if you don't have a drain. There are a ton of them out there and I'll put a link at the end of this reply for the ones I have. They are like a small puck that just sits in the tray and when water gets in the tray and hits the contacts under the sensor it goes off. You can get ones that act by themselves.. similar to a smoke detector.. where the puck sends out an screeching alarm, or like the ones I use, which have a base station that I have located centrally in the house so I can hear it, no matter where the sensors are located. Since I have a sensor in the pan under may water heater in the garage and one under the kitchen sink, I may not hear the sensor itself, but I will hear the base station. I had a small drip under my kitchen sink one night, which I would not have noticed for quite some time, but the base station alerted me in the middle of the night and water damage was averted. Here's the link to the ones I use. It comes with three sensors and one base station. Good luck with your project. (if the following doesn't come through as a clickable link you can just copy and paste it into your browser.
X-Sensor Leak Detector: leak sensor
Thanks for the great tip and informative video!
I’m in a similar situation with a place I just bought; 2nd floor unit with no drain. How would you best recommend to make a drain into the drip pan? I’m thinking of cutting into the wall to T into the drain line
If you can access a drain line and the skillset to do so, I say go for it. if you have the opportunity to tie into a drain it's always better than just relying on noticing water in the pan before it overflows, because it never happens when you're in the laundry. It always happens when you're away for the weekend. Good luck with that project and comment how it turns out.
Ingenious! What are your thoughts on adapting this method for tall, washer/dryer combo units? Particularly in tight closets where supply/drain hook up will be totally concealed by the unit.
should work.. the trick on those stackable units is getting in behind to unhook everything when taking them out.. or hooking it all back up when putting it back in. Hate those little closet spaces for them.
Most leaks are caused by hose failure. A pan without a drain will do little unless you install a automatic shutoff value with moisture detector for the hoses that connect externally to the machine. If one of those hose fails that would be continuous full pressure water in your house. In addition install an automatic power shutoff with a moisture detector for the hoses inside your machine. These hoses would be equivalent to a full cycle of water including a fill wash and fill rinse all over your house. Even if you had a drain in your pan at a minimum you should change your external hoses every five years and have a tech check the internal hoses every five years.
Agreed. auto shut offs are the way to go. the pan will help when the machine develops a leak or maybe the hose fitting, but still better than nothing. I have moisture detectors in my laundry room, under my sinks and in the pan for the water heater. Thanks for watching and the comments.
Very helpful. Just wish I had PVC anyway lol.
We have a pipe through the bottom of the pan that is secured and now need to figure out how to do this withouy hitting the pan edges, pipe and hurting it or the feet.
Is the pipe extending up through the floor into the pan and protruding up to prevent using the PVC rollers?
@@thewoggerswaydiy yes but I was able to finagle it into place now. I didn't have any spare PVC big enough so I used a heavy roll of gardening paper as one roller, then I used 2x4 wood on it's side inside the pan to 'catch it' on the way into the pan, then was able to slide it tilted far enough back for the feet to pass over the pipe. so all is well now. those pans aren't cheap, especially the metal ones so was trying to find a safe way to get it in without damaging it.
Please show if you have a drain hole with PVC fitting. Not sure if the rollers or bottom of machine will damage the fitting. P.S. Your Top Loading machine looked really light, my new Samsung front loading could be doubled the weight of your machine.
No, I'm just really strong. Haha. Your drain fitting shouldn't get damaged unless it's really sticking way above the pan, but then it's not going to be doing much good if it's sticking up. Like any drain it needs to be down at/below floor level. Also, drains are normally positioned in the center or near the rear so they shouldn't obstruct the roller and get damaged. I've never had a drain get damaged. Thanks for the question. I have to go to the gym now and work on my super human strength.
you just saved me a big fight with my wife
Uncle Bryan, the marriage counselor... I'll add that to my resume.
WHAT IF THE PIPE IF COMING STRAIGHT OUT THE WALL ?
are you referring to the drain pipe? I'm hoping it's at the bottom of the wall right at the floor, otherwise it doesn't do anyone any good. I that's the case you'd have to drill a hole on the side of the pan to connect a fitting which you'd then connect to the wall drain pipe. You'll most likely need a custom pan with taller sides since the off-the-shelf plastic ones normally don't have a large enough side wall to support such a fitting.
Question: when putting it back, would it work to first put the washing machine on the pan and then roll the whole pan+washing machine back into place?
If you have a clear unobstructed path the slide the entire set together you can do that, but the pans are not usually super thick or strong so be careful you don't break them. Also, if you have a drain you need to connect the pan to, then you won't be able to do that. Thanks for your comment and appreciate you watching.
Video - How To Lay A Pan On The Floor - +9mins 🤣😂🤦♂️
If the video was about installing a pan, then yes, 9+ min is waaaay too long, but fortunately, that's not the content of this video.. this is how to install or remove a washer over the pan without damaging the pan. Thanks for watching and good luck with your projects.
You gotta shorten the video. This should be 3 minutes max, thanks.
skip forward, playback at 2x speed. you have options. let him make his videos how he wants. the content is good.
But then you don't get to look at my pretty face long enough. Good luck with your projects.
Here we go again with another video that this person saw on someones videos and now he is making a video about it. Why do people like you only show "how to:" but do it on easy washers. What if the washer in a drain pan with a built in counter top? Or don't have room or space to pull it out? This is crap.
Sorry you feel that way, but this is not from me watching on someone else's video, this is how I've been doing it for years. No one process is going to work for every situation. This is just one way for a situation where it works. Just FYI, for the last 15 years in business I've never run into a washing machine with a built-in counter top. If I had, I'd probably figure out a way to accomplish this task and make you a video. Just like I haven't made a video on how to install/replace a frost free hose bib, because we don't see them here in Vegas. This is just a solution for a situation where this is applicable. Thank you for watching and good luck with your future projects.