So I've finally bought my first front loader..
I've noticed that on spin dry cycle it dances around the floor like a mad man. Is this normal for a front loader? My old top loader was stable as - unless doing blankets or large items.
The manual says to buy some small rubber feet for it, then reading some reviews on them - some say yay some booo…
Google has numerous 'anti-vibration' gimmicks, but most have bad reviews ..
Anyone got a first hand working solution?
yea thanks for reply
this was a test load of a couple of tracky pants and couple of t-shirts..
was installed by appliances online - appears to be level - doesnt rock when I move it.
If I were you I would contact appliances online
Even if it looks balanced I doubt it is, mine used to do that and my laundry floor isn't totally flat since it's old with crappy old tiles that aren't even.
I had to adjust the feet on the bottom of the washer a few times before it was stable. Now I have a dryer on top of it the thing never moves.
It takes a few attempts because you need to work out which corner is too low and keep adjusting accordingly. Even a slight gap will cause your washing machine to take off as soon as it's unbalanced.
Does the washing machine itself have adjustable feet on it to stabilise it?
The other thing I do is just drop down the spin cycle. Say from 1200 to 1000.
I know my parents bought something similar to an anti fatigue mat and slapped their washing machine on that and it didnt move after that.
yea appears balanced
Alternative is you might have overloaded the machine and it is throwing it out of balance (unlikely) but try with half your usual load and see what happens.
New and installed yourself? You could have forgotten to take the transit bolts out?
I was guilty of this. 😳
na Im in Melbourne, would love to have gone out and shopped for it myself :'(
Does this mean you have checked that the transit bolts are removed, cause your response kinda sounds like you don't even know what they are…
Yea they are sitting on top of the dryer next to the washing machine :(
Miele machines have shock absorbers to temper the spinning vibrations. Other machines may have similar and if they are worn that may be the issue
yea that was 1200 more that I dont have :(
Ours is old and does this, but it didn't when new. Check as John Kimble said, the large sprung concrete weight inside that offsets the rotating drum is bolted rigid for transit so it doesn't bounce around. If you don't remove the transit bolts then the machine dances around with even a light load.
:) thanks for heads up… I'll just bite the bullet for some rubber feet.
Brand?
Photo of machine and location?
no idea why you got neg on that.
LG 9kg on wooden floor, with lyno on it.
Machine 4 hours old LOL
Against wall, but not in corner of the room, thinking of swapping sides with the dryer which is in the corner.
Dont have photos
Is this house on a slab or stumps? Floorboards or those clip on fake ones?
45yr old house :) the area the laundry is in is stumps,… the house has been extended 3-4 times including up
Daiso has some great anti vibration mat things, works great, fancier than bunnings cheap rubber mats.
Will look for them… the mates bunnings have review says dont do shiz :(
If you put a brick in it it will balance out the vibrations. Temporary solution tho…
Our Bosch front loader "walked" around everywhere when we moved into this house, even though we made sure it was level and balanced, and would end up halfway across the laundry. Got these from Bunnings https://www.bunnings.com.au/whites-on-site-100-x-12-5mm-rubb… which worked well, the machine hasn't moved since.
Thanks for the hint.
I was looking at these, but the review …
https://www.bunnings.com.au/whites-200-x-200-x-15mm-anti-vib…
Do they stick down, or just the weight holds them in place.. ?
Weight
The weight of the machine holds them in place.
kewl.. seem some that stick down, just not sure how youd go sticking them then lifting the whole machine onto them…
now to try click and collect at Bunnings :S
https://www.bunnings.com.au/tic-44mm-white-rubber-base-round…
Used these for both my dancing washer, as well as a dryer that was sitting on top. My washer spins at 1200rpm and sounds like a jet taking off and was only slightly walking. Once I put the dryer on top (with these feet under the dryer) none of them moved.
You shouldn’t need anything extra in the form of rubber feet from Bunnings. Raised floor(and by raised I mean anything that is not a slab on the ground) can sometimes cause issues.
The legs generally have lock nuts on them, ensure the locknuts are done up. Following on from that I would be trying larger loads. Anyone who has said larger loads make front loaders go out of balance doesn’t know what they’re talking about, front loaders hate small loads and customer quite often under load front loader machines.
You have a 9kg unit, that can handle 9kg of dry laundry. Check your instruction manual out and it should advise how far you can load the machine up, rule of thumb is generally almost up to the top of the opening, you want a small gap. In a 9kg machine ideally doing a towel load you should get 8-10 towels in it. I have many customer who will check in 3 towels and a few face washer but fail to understand how the machine can evenly distribute that small amount of weight eventually around the circumference of the drum, physics wins and you will end up with it out of balance and walking.
Nice info
I wasnt sure how much you could stick in teh drum, I thought leaving "air space" would ahve been advisable to allow the clothes to tumble and clean.
Again it only arrived yesterday so will hit the manual on weekend and start with larger loads….
Where is the TikTok video with you dancing 🕺 with it😂😂😂😂
Sounds like the transit bolt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_bolt) may not have been removed from the washing machine.
I had that happen when renting. The building manager / property manager / useless-man had to replace the front load washing machine, installed it himself, and made this mistake. The washing machine danced around the bathroom, taking out a chunk of drywall, even though the machine itself was way too heavy for me to move solo. He came back and removed the transit bolts and the machine stayed still.
Removing the transit bolts should have been done during the installation process.
Can confirm this is normally due to transit bolts not being properly removed.
Ours did the dance got as far as laundry door while we were out for a feed!, I took the bolts out as directed by the good woman but missed one.
Nah. Turn the legs and ensure machine is balanced. Also maybe the load is too heavy