Appliances installation.
 

Hello -

I apologize I ahve not done too much research on this.

Our washer/dryer/fridge is getting delivered this weekend. the delivery guy will install for free but I am told the boxes dont come with some items that they will need in order to install. We bought the applicances from Lowes and the sales guy said I have to have the accessories brand new otherwise they won't install due to some safety liability issues. Following are the items
- Ice maker connector $13
- Washing machine connector $20
- Power Cord $20
- Some aluminium thingi (i believe dryer exhust?)) $11
- Safety gribs $5

All these are Lowes prices. I know may be theyy are not much but are there any places I can get them for cheaper?

Thanks!

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Probably won't find them elsewhere cheap enough to offset the hassle of making sure you have the right parts.

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Ice maker connector likely already exists in the house (cold water feed- just screws into the back of the fridge)
W/M connector - 2 flexi pipes and maybe the drain hose also just screw on.
Power cable (for dryer?) and vent - figure out where the outlets are for length. (vent might already exist.)
Don't know what the safety things are though!
They are all pretty standard/generic parts, try amazon/ebay for cheaper.

I had a fridge from Sears - they connected the existing ice feed no questions, but if there is no existing feed, they would have to connect to a water suppy. The thing wraps around a pipe and you tighten it till it pierces it. I'm not convinced a delivery guy would do that for you!

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Thanks. Seems like if some things are there then install is pretty straight forward?

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Go to the post office and ask for a free mover's pack. Round here they contain a 10% off Lowes coupon.

Cardpool sells Lowes gift cards at 6% off face value.

Navigate to Cardpool via TopCashBack for another 2% cashback.

That's 18% off everything at Lowe's right there.

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Honestly, if you are even slightly handy, ie can wire a plug, you can do it all yourself. Hence, to save money buy online, and the parts come a week later. Not that its expensive anyway.

My concern is, if the ice feed is not there already, you have to find a cold water pipe to attach to, which might mean making holes in walls etc. ( The fridge/freezer will work fine without the ice connected).

Dryer vents I have done are a PITA because you have to work behind the machine, inside the space it goes in, but the connecton itself is easy.

I am assuming your house has places where these appliances used to be? What about a cooker?

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It's a 1977 house. I am sure it has All places and connections ?

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Thx.

How do I get 2% ?

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If all if those type appliances were previously installed in the home, you shouldn't have any problems except possibly for the water line coming out of the wall for the refrigerator since previously (within the last 10-20 years) only top line refrigerators had ice makers and water dispensers and older houses may not have had that water outlet installed. Even today, low end refrigerators don't have ice makers and water dispensers.

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Make sure the washing machine lines are burst proof and find out how often they recommend replacing they.

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You did add a '?'. The drier is usually where you get burned - they can be 120V, 240v, or gas + 120V. Connections may or may not be straightforward.

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Also the depth of the dishwashers can vary. In my last place, I replaced my Whirlpool dishwasher with a KitchenAid washer only to find out that was about 1" deeper. I had to remove a 3/4" brace between the back wall and open frame (luckily the frame didn't move) to fit the KitchenAid washer in to the hole and even then the KitchenAid was about 1/4" too deep so it wasn't a perfect fit.

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Go to TopCashBack and create an account.

Search on their site for the site you want to buy from (in this case, Cardpool), click the link to get to Cardpool and do your shopping. Later check back with TopCashBack and you should see a credit for this.

Cashback portals can be a bit finnicky and not 100% reliable. I use them a lot and everything works well most times but sometimes it does not. I try to help things by clearing cookies etc. before starting the shopping process, and then taking and keeping screenshots as I go.

There are other gift card sellers out there. Gift Card Granny is a good search engine for this. There are other cashback portals out there. EVReward does a reasonable job of keeping on top of what's offered.

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Good tip.

The Lowes Movers Coupon is available online as well... 10% for a maximum of $5000.00 spent. I have used this myself.. Saved around $350.00 buying materials for my new front porch decking.

http://www.lowes.com/cd_Lowes+Moving...moving-_-l-_-l

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Up until the last mover's pack I requested, the envelope contained an actual card coupon to use in the store. I have successfully used a number of these at Home Depot (closer to my home) as they will accept competitor coupons.

The latest mover's pack I obtained however had a flyer with a code on it to use at Lowes website for them to e-mail me a coupon. It says that the coupon can only be used once (it has a bar code on it). I am assuming though that Home Depot's systems can't read/log bar codes from Lowes coupons, which means that they don't apply such a restriction themselves on number of uses.

The other troubling thing is that Lowes can presumably track how many 10% coupons you are applying for over time (and restrict this). If you happened to change your e-mail address over time though (which people tend to do) then this might not be an issue.

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Yeah... I went with the online one as the Post Office packs around here no longer contain the coupon.
It is a one-shot deal, as you say, so it is important to use it when making a large purchase in order to get most benefit.

Not sure how restrictive they will be. When you sign up you give a "moving date estimate". I have "moved" 3 times :p

Two other benefits you can get from them... 5% on all purchases if made on a "Lowes Card" and 6 months interest free credit on purchases over a certain amount (not sure of the figure). It says you cannot combine offers, but I got the 10% coupon and the 6 months interest free with no effort on my part.
I would imagine that Home Depot offer a similar scheme.

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I should also add (can't believe this hasn't already come up really), that Lowes sell Sprouts.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_359192-30348...ductId=3611900

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Burpee?

Might have to give those a try, cos the HEB ones have a totally different effect....

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Yeah, we had that as well. When we got the new washer/dryer/fridge at home I did them myself, and I did put new new pipes/connectors on everything (apart from the drier outlet slinky pipe thingy) and it was very straightforward - only tool needed was a spanner/wrench. Just make sure you check for leaks on the gas line before you use it, and don't "kink" the metal pipe. As someone else mentioned, make sure you change the water hoses at the recommended intervals (speaking from soggy footed experience!!). The burstproof pipes are worth investing in.

When we replace appliances on our rentals, I always have the supplier install them, in the (probably incorrect) belief that I'll be able to divert liability for any subsequent leaks/shocks/explosions! They always insist on using new equipment/connectors. I think thats just standard.

Out of interest, what required a power cord? I thought appliances were sold with those already fitted?

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One shot unless you use a different e-mail and physical address. :sneaky:

I wouldn't want to waste a credit pull on a Lowes (or any other retailer) card. I save my credit pulls for bigger benefits (travel-related cards) and get a discount better than 5% by buying gift cards online for that retailer (as per my earlier post).

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Be careful on the type of dryer exhaust pipe. Ours was installed by the people we bought from (can't remember if it was Lowes or Best Buy) with a flexible pipe (supplied by them) which ended up being part of a class action lawsuit as the dryer stated it had to be a rigid pipe.

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Yeah, I think most of the dryers say that now as the flexy hoses collect the lint more easily and can cause fires. Worth getting the vent pipes cleaned regularly as well, as the in-machine filters still let a lot of stuff through.

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We've had to buy power cords for a dryer a couple of times because there are different types of outlets for dryers - some are 3-prong, some are 4-prong..and I think there are 2 different types of 4-prong. Hubby has put them on himself and we've not had an issue....yet.

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Ha,I never knew that - ours is gas, with a standard 110v power line to handle the control panel. That nice 240v line in the laundry now looks after my UK power tools!

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That is right. no more lowes coupons. However when i updated my address on USPS for mail forward, I did get 10% Lowes coupon.

At the moment this is how I am doing it.
10% Coupon
5% Cash back from Discover
5% Additional ShopDiscover cash back
20% off

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I am not sure of the inclusions. I bought the unit online and went to the store to check on delivery. At that point in time the sales guy said I may need the cord

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Home depot has a kit for cleaning the exhaust duct pipe, each kit has 8ft of rods and a brush that fits in a drill chuck (aproximately $20). I bought two kits to cover the 15ft to the top of vent pipe on the roof. Combined with a shop-vac seems to have done a good job.

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Will check that out! :)

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This is the ice feed?

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That's it. The brass nut attaches into the back of the fridge, and you have Ice and filtered water for ever:)

You dont need to buy the connector the Lowes guy told you about.


edit to add - Somewhere behind that wall is the stop tap to turn the water on! In my last place it was under the sink in the spare bathroom. It should be fairly obvious.

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Yeah, I've got that too - works well. Slight problem after doing it this spring though, in that it wouldn't vent at all. Couldn't work out why - thought I must have broken one of the joints on the vent pipe inside the wall, so started removing strategically placed rectangles of drywall from where I thought the problem was. All the pipe looked solid, so very confused. Eventually found 2 screw heads which didn't seem to do anything, and realised there was some sort of in-pipe valve very close to a series of right/left/right bends that had I'd somehow managed to jam closed. Went back to HD and bought an extra set of extension rods so I could pass them all the way through instead of in and out from both ends. A bit of jimmying and all was well again. Now my rods have a "do not pass" tape marked on them that will keep them a few inches shy of the valve from each end. And my walls have a couple of not quite invisible mends in the drywall....

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I think right under the connector seemed to me there was a lever. I am sure it was on/off.

I also walked past where the washer will be. There surely also was the aluminum duct or whatever it's called.

Still confused about power cord. I would have thought paying 650 bucks would come with power cord!

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I think the power cord is supplied with the appliance but the 220v connectors can be different and suspect that is what they are charging you for or maybe the different 220v connectors are already attached to power cords so they charge you for the cord and connector and they just attach the cord to the unit.

The appliance manufacturers don't know what type of connector you have so they don't supply the connectors and probably refuse to pay retail price that the store charges since they could get them and attach them for 1/4 of that price if they were all standard.

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Yorkie, this shop is in the west Galleria area (corner of Hillcroft and Harwin) and I go there for all my adapter and 220-volt stuff: http://www.eastwestintl.com/220_volt...lectronics.htm I don't know if that will help you, but they have, or can get, anything.

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Thanks for that - not seen that place. Think I'm sorted for now though - I have 220/240v outlets in garage and laundry, and I had the builder run an extra one to the entertainment center for my UK voltage Bose. That one is now redundant as the stereo finally died last month :(. I've also got a couple of pretty scary old transformers that first saw service on the running lights on Noahs Ark....:unsure:

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The other place you may get adapters on the cheap is at an R/V store. I picked up a male to female 50amp adapter with built in GFCI for 9.99 at Holiday World - Home Depot equivalent was almost 30 bucks.

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Washer

http://www.lowes.com/pd_407168-149-WF363BTBEUF_4294857975__?productId=4009949&Ns=p_pr oduct_price|0

In the specifications it says Power Cord and Fill and Hoses included YES
I dont see anywhere the mention to Washing Machine connector. So I guess I have to buy it?

Dryer

http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?...llow&cId=PDIO1

Power Cord and Venting Sold Separately. So I would need it for Dyer?

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On the washer, if it says its included I wouldn't have expected to need to buy it. Not sure what other connector there can be other than power and fill/drain hoses. Ours came with the grey rubber fill hoses, and I replaced them with the burst-free stainless steel mesh covered ones (at my own cost).

On the Dryer it says "Power Cord and Venting Sold Separately - No" To me that implies its included (ie not sold seperately), but could be a mistake or ambiguous.

I guess the only way to know for sure is to ask the store. Or buy all the hoses you think you may need before delivery, keep the receipt and return them if you dont need them.

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Ah double negative. I will go buy it and return. Thanks.