From: "R. Kannan" 
Subject: Re: Are Front Loading Washers Very Noisy?
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:32:09 GMT

Hi,

I am also in the market for a front loading washer / dryer. I do see that
noise is a big factor in these washers. Our laundry room is in the first
floor over the basement. Does anyone have experience in the following?

1) Whirlpool Duet Washer WHW9200S & dryer GGW 9250S/9250P
Seems to be reasonably priced for a 3.8 Cu.ft capacity in the washer (
$1000)and a 7 Cu.ft dryer.  Dryer talks about reversible side swing door.
Not sure if it can be installed to swing one way or the other. The washer
door seems to swing to the left which may not be convenient in our laundry
room.

2) Kenmore HE2T washer.
How is the performance & noise on this washer?

TIA for any help

Rich wrote:

> "mike_0_007@hotmail.com"  wrote in
> news:1170681563.768021.125230@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
> 
>> 
>> suggest you buy from somewhere with a liberal return policy, as you
>> are gonna have NO luck with one of those beasts on the second floor.
>> Pictures will be falling  off the walls downstairs. A cement block
>> under it won't help. Google is your friend, this has been discussed
>> endlessly.
> 
> I have an upstairs laundry area with a Maytag Neptune (an early one with
> all the fixes done to it) and it doesn't shake anything off of any walls
> downstairs.
> 
> I know the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'data' but I though I would just
> rebut your assertion that it shakes the house down.   It doesn't.
> 
> The spin cycle is louder than that of the equivalent toploader, but that's
> why our laundry area comes complete with a set of doors.
> 
> 
>