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Have a newly installed 3831 front loader with a dryer on top. the washer spinning at 1200rpm shakes the whole house. have checked the leveles and everything seems fine..any ideas
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There's a few things that cause this and there may be no easy answer. Is the washer on the second floor? Is the washer on a ceramic tile floor? ...wait a minute, you said it vibrated the whole house so this makes me think the floor has some "give". If any of these there is no easy fix. I've seen ONE thing that does work though. It's a pedestal that spans under the washer AND dryer, one long one which distributes the weight and vibration. I don't know where to get one but I do know they are out there. One of my customers had one and I took notice because the floor was ceramic tile and the washer wasn't vibrating all over the place. It was very stable.
make sure the unit is totally level on all4 corners if this dont cure it make sure there arent any shipping bolts toward the bottom that were supposed to be removed after installing that are still on them they will have a yellow or red tag that will say remove after shipping hope this helps
You don't specify if you own a top load washer or a front load. I'm sure that the noise is present when the machine goes into spin cycle. One thing that you might try is to put the machine on neophene pads. You can find these at most hardware stores and if your machine is on a wooden floor, it can really help, especially if it's a top loader. Neophene is a great sound insulator.
Hi you must make sure its level in all directions. ie front to back and side to side. Alos dont overload it. If its on a wooden floor it will vibrate. A concrete floor is the best
It might not be the leveling of it. Front load washing machines have a lot of power when they go into their spin cycle. Depending on your floor and if the washer is upstairs it is going to shake and make a ton of noise. When I worked for Sears as a tech I had to explain this to a lot of people that just got their first front loaders. Some of them would say that it sounded like a plane was flying threw the house when it would spin. Others said it was like an earthquake. Front loaders don't work good in mobile homes either. Not saying that you have one. Anyway, when these go into spin the have so much force coming from them and all that force goes straight to the floor. If your floor is weak or that washer is in a spot where it is weak it's going to shake. The best thing to do is go under the house and put in a support beam right under the washer. This will get it to lighten up a bit and maybe even fix all together. Give that a try and see how that does. Let me know if you have any other questions and let me know if this was helpful for you. Good luck.
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