Lynnzer
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I recently had a new kitchen installed with the new white goods to suit. My old washing machine and tumble dryer were freestanding, and the tumble dryer was vented as it backs up to an external wall
The new units are integrated but the tumble dryer is a condenser type which I was pointed to as they are supposedly more efficient than vented. No damn way. They take 3 times as long to dry so must use a hell of a lot more electricity. Anyway I have a life to lead and I can't do a day's washing and get them all washed, dried and ironed in the same day.
I want to go back to vented as it's much quicker but of course what I need now is an integrated machine. No-one makes them any more. Quite why is beyond me.
So my query and the reason for posting here is can I use a standard non integrated tumble dryer but then do some alteration to the carcase to allow the integrated door to be fitted? It seems to me that the difference is only a couple of holes top and bottom of one side for attaching the door bits, ie the screw on plastic mounts.
Perhaps an aluminium bar behind the facia that the screws go into would do the trick to give sufficient strength. Any ideas fellas, and lasses of course.
The new units are integrated but the tumble dryer is a condenser type which I was pointed to as they are supposedly more efficient than vented. No damn way. They take 3 times as long to dry so must use a hell of a lot more electricity. Anyway I have a life to lead and I can't do a day's washing and get them all washed, dried and ironed in the same day.
I want to go back to vented as it's much quicker but of course what I need now is an integrated machine. No-one makes them any more. Quite why is beyond me.
So my query and the reason for posting here is can I use a standard non integrated tumble dryer but then do some alteration to the carcase to allow the integrated door to be fitted? It seems to me that the difference is only a couple of holes top and bottom of one side for attaching the door bits, ie the screw on plastic mounts.
Perhaps an aluminium bar behind the facia that the screws go into would do the trick to give sufficient strength. Any ideas fellas, and lasses of course.