Removing old dryers

[SEFlaundry]

I am in the process of remodeling. replacing most of my dryers. My question is, I have old... Hughs dryers that are 38 inches wide and 36 inches deep with the motor removed. My frint door is only 34 inches wide. How the heck do these things come out??? How the heck did they get them in??

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[BCW]

Probably by removing the door, jam, and frame. Or--- noticed any big repaired holes in the building near the vicinity of your dryers? Tom

[vernonmaytag]

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I am in the process of remodeling. replacing most of my dryers. My question is, I have old... Hughs dryers that are 38 inches wide and 36 inches deep with the motor removed. My frint door is only 34 inches wide. How the heck do these things come out??? How the heck did they get them in??

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Figure out how wide the doorway is if the door jam comes off. We had the same problem with our new 30 pound stack, the back door was big enough, but the door from the front to the back was just too narrow, but was wide enough when we pulled the door and jam out. When it went back in place, you can't tell we had it off.

[epic02]

They Built the laundry around them [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
Kenny

[galaga]

Can the glass be removed?
If it can,call glass company,they will move it and put it back,make sure if they break it,they will replace it.
This happened to me more than once,50# dryer,Milner washer,OPL machines,dryclean machine ,water storage tank,always have problem to move in or out of laundromat.
We removed glasses a few times,hired glass company removed a few times, not too expensive,$100-300.
We had to take the door and the wall out to get a dryclean machine in and put the wall and door back in the same day,it was pain.That was the last time I did any dryclean machine's installation....

[Adamski]

SEFlaundry,

Sounds like it's time to put a wider door in your building. Perhaps your customers would benefit by the installation of an additional entrance even. You appear to have 3 options.

You can install an electric bi-parting set of two doors with 2 sidelights. Rough opening is 10 ft wide X 8 ft high. This allows a 9 ft wide X 7 ft high opening for moving equipment in and out. Under normal customer use, the doors open to about 4 foot wide by 7 ft high. This is a great option that your customers will appreciate. (Higher vend prices?) I have two entrances and these electric doors cost me about $7,000 each set installed and they replaced the manual doors which are described next.

Your second option is to install a set of 3 ft wide manual doors - one swinging in and the other swinging out. With this system, you want the dividing mullon to be made so it is easily removed. (Any glass company can do this) When moving equipment in and out, you open the two doors and remove the dividing mullon giving you a 5.5 ft wide X 7 ft high opening. Minimum rough opening is 6 ft wide X 7 ft high but it's better to add a 2 ft wide sidelight on each side so you can put in electric doors at a later date.

Your third option is to install a quality roll up service door in your back room. I have an 8 ft wide X 9 ft high, manual (chain) operated door adjacent to my water heater and storage tank. Do not buy a cheap roll up as the springs are constantly breaking. This door should cost about $1,500 plus installation. This is a nice feature for any laundromat too but it doesn't help your customers at all (no vend price appreciation).

Since you're replacing most of your dryers anyway; why not spring for a little more money and put in that new electric door too? By the way, I hope you're not buying those expensive stacked dryers.

Larry [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[MGS]

We had a similar problem, had to remove pulleys from the back of the machines.