Drain Pans
Oct 30th 2014 | 4:24 am
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Re: Drain Pans
They're an American thing it seems. Every apartment we viewed had one, as did many of the US homes we viewed where the washer wasn't in the basement. Frankly, they're just a complete pain in the arse and allow US appliance manufacturers to continue to make crap appliances rather than implement sensors to prevent internal leaks (as ze Germans manufacturers have done).
Oct 30th 2014 | 4:41 am
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Re: Drain Pans
They're an American thing it seems. Every apartment we viewed had one, as did many of the US homes we viewed where the washer wasn't in the basement. Frankly, they're just a complete pain in the arse and allow US appliance manufacturers to continue to make crap appliances rather than implement sensors to prevent internal leaks (as ze Germans manufacturers have done).
Oct 30th 2014 | 5:33 am
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Oct 30th 2014 | 5:42 am
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Re: Drain Pans
It doesn't make much sense. A hose breaking or the drain backing up is much more likely and if you turn and off the water valves, the packing can leak but that is away from the pan. I don't know who thought of that idea but didn't think about dishwashers which can leak as the seals lose flexibility.
Oct 30th 2014 | 5:42 am
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Re: Drain Pans
I completely agree. They're a complete con. I want the one in our home removed ASAP. They are nothing other than a total pain, especially when you want to move the washer.
Oct 30th 2014 | 6:18 am
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Re: Drain Pans
So what IS it? The one I found online was a sort of plastic thing. never even heard of them before.
Oct 30th 2014 | 6:58 am
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Re: Drain Pans
Oct 30th 2014 | 7:04 am
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Oct 30th 2014 | 7:08 am
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Re: Drain Pans
Dyson did make washing machines. They did not have an overflow protection built in from a quick google search. Guess only real appliance companies do that.
UPDATE: I was wrong. Dyson built in a leak sensor: http://www.washerhelp.co.uk/reviews/...01-review.html
UPDATE: I was wrong. Dyson built in a leak sensor: http://www.washerhelp.co.uk/reviews/...01-review.html
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Oct 30th 2014 | 7:09 am
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Re: Drain Pans
I thought the drain pan was necessary for a laundry room upstairs, and not needed for downstairs laundry.
Oct 30th 2014 | 7:13 am
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Re: Drain Pans
Either way, like I said, I have absolutely no idea why these things exist. It seems to just imply that washing machines here are crap and are going to leak. That's like going back to the 80's in Europe.
Oct 30th 2014 | 7:16 am
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Re: Drain Pans
They were very common in the homes we viewed in New England unless they were in the basement.
Either way, like I said, I have absolutely no idea why these things exist. It seems to just imply that washing machines here are crap and are going to leak. That's like going back to the 80's in Europe.
Either way, like I said, I have absolutely no idea why these things exist. It seems to just imply that washing machines here are crap and are going to leak. That's like going back to the 80's in Europe.
Oct 30th 2014 | 7:19 am
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Re: Drain Pans
They were very common in the homes we viewed in New England unless they were in the basement.
Either way, like I said, I have absolutely no idea why these things exist. It seems to just imply that washing machines here are crap and are going to leak. That's like going back to the 80's in Europe.
Either way, like I said, I have absolutely no idea why these things exist. It seems to just imply that washing machines here are crap and are going to leak. That's like going back to the 80's in Europe.
