Adding washer/dryer difficult?
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04-07-2007, 16:18
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Adding washer/dryer difficult?
If you look back to march 21st in the posts here you will find my post about
installing a Splendide in our PT40. Item 3 is very subjective, and the opinions about washer/dryers in motor homes vary from "not on your life" to "indispensable." I think that "indispensable" becomes more common for people who spend a lot of time in their coach, but it isn't unanimous there. In our case, my wife would not consider RVing without one. We installed one in our first SOB (it was plumbed), and the next one had a factory install. When we bought the PT-40 it was understood that getting a washer/dryer into it was a requirement, and it could not be in an outside bay. I took it as a given that we could manage it, but there were several times during the install when I questioned whether it would be successful. Since PT-40 interiors vary, I'm not now going to assume that it is always possible to get one in. In order to install one you need a space that is wide enough, deep enough, and has access to water and sewer, either black or grey. You can see our coach pictures at http://www.arcatapet.net/travel/wanderlodge.cfm and you will see that we have a fairly common floorplan for a 90. I don't think there was any choice but to use the closet across from the shower/tub. The back right corner of that closet has a trace containing the vent for the blackwater tank (which also takes all of the kitchen sink output - only shower and bathroom vanity flow to grey water on this coach). Hot and cold water run along the floor behind the bottom drawer beneath the closet. The space measures out as "not enough" so the challenge was to make it enough. Removing a full-height plywood block-stop from the back of the left-hand door allowed the right door to open enough to get the unit in. Cutting off the trace at the top of the unit allowed just enough front-back clearance when it was pushed up against the vent pipe itself. Cutting a 16x16-inch hole in the closet floor made it much easier to do the water plumbing, with the cutout portion reinserted on top of cross-braces. I did most of the grunt work except the plumbing, working with a local RV place. Ended up with a bill around $1450, and I think it would have run at least $500 more if they had done it all. The end result is here: http://www.arcatapet.net/travel/images/9...g_3922.jpg It is a hard decision, and I don't know how to help you make it other than to describe what I did. The installation data sheet for the Splendide 2000S, with measurements, can be found here: http://www.splendide.com/wd2000s_datasheet.pdf The 2100 is bigger/better, but needs another inch front-to-back that we could not squeeze out. On 4/7/2007 at 8:06 PM Ryan Wright wrote: >Hi folks, > >I've been thinking about picking up a PT-40 for awhile with the >intention of living in it. As a result, the washer/dryer combo is a >necessity - and I don't want it in the cargo bay, I'd like it up in >the coach. > >Thing is, I've seen several nice coaches for sale that either do not >have this option, or have it in the cargo bay. My questions are: > >1. How difficult/expensive would this be to add to a coach that didn't >have it? >2. How difficult/expensive to move one from the cargo bay? >3. How useful is this washer/dryer unit, anyway? Does it typically work >well? > >Thank you for your assistance. > >-Ryan > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Don Bradner 90 PT40 "Blue Thunder" Eureka, CA |
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Adding washer/dryer difficult? - Ryan Wright - 04-07-2007, 15:06
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - Don Bradner - 04-07-2007 16:18
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - erniecarpet@... - 04-07-2007, 21:19
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - Leroy Eckert - 04-07-2007, 23:05
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - Henry Jay Hannigan - 04-08-2007, 05:11
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - Pete Masterson - 04-08-2007, 13:30
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - Leroy Eckert - 04-11-2007, 06:01
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - Ryan Wright - 04-11-2007, 06:05
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - Don Bradner - 04-11-2007, 08:08
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - Ryan Wright - 04-11-2007, 19:13
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - Mr. Wolf - 04-16-2007, 09:47
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - jimocon - 04-16-2007, 14:07
Adding washer/dryer difficult? - Leroy Eckert - 04-17-2007, 11:23
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