The next day, Tuesday, I place an order for the washer and dryer online at the website of one of the big box stores. The delivery date was set for July 12, so I had to find some way to manage laundry for a week and a half. My neighbor across the street graciously allowed me to dry the two loads that I had had in process when the dryer went out. I only have a small drying rack in the laundry room, and it certainly couldn't handle a full load of laundry. I wandered around the house considering my options and came up with this:
Finally, this past Friday my new appliances arrived. I was very much looking forward to having my dryer back. Line-dried towels tend to be scratchy and knit tops tend to lose their shape. This time we decided to go with a gas dryer, and when the delivery man brought it in, he asked if I had the hose for the gas hook-up. Well, it seems they failed to tell me I needed that when I ordered it (they were supposed to let me know). And, by the way, it needs to be installed by a certified plumber, which the delivery man was not. Great....I have my new washer and dryer, and the dryer still doesn't work.
I decided to schedule my regular plumber instead of having the box store's installer. We haven't had much success with those guys. So, it looked like I would have to wait until the following Tuesday. I went back to my neighbor across the street, who had said to bring my laundry over for drying when I needed to. I told her what had happened, and then repeated the story to her husband when he came to see what was going on. He had connection to a plumber, gave him a call to set up something for that same afternoon, and then went to the store to get my hose as I didn't have the car at home that day. What great neighbors!
The dryer finally is working, and on Saturday, as I did a load of laundry, we realized that the delivery guy didn't level the washer well. My dear hubby put that to rights and we tried to do a rinse and spin cycle to test it out, as the instructions said. Push the on button, push the rinse and spin setting, and then push start. Nope, it would only do the whole wash cycle. Okay, so I call the service number in my appliance info, and tell her what is going on. First she starts asking me this series of questions: did I use to much laundry soap? too much softener? is the load too big? and by this point I am getting a little frustrated and repeat the problem. So, she says, the washer isn't rinsing. No, it won't do just rinse and spin. So, it isn't spinning. Sigh, no it will only do the wash cycle, not just the rinse and spin. Let me set up an appointment with a technician. Thank you.
We will get the quirks work out yet, but in the meantime, I can do my laundry. Happy sigh!
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