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Been doing a huge amount of work around the house lately in the holidays.

Currently power washing the pavers out back and filling the joins with sand. Should be more fun tomorrow.

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[–] gressen@lemmy.zip 114 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Should the dryer be upside down?

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 131 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I come from the land down under - its actually the house thats upside down and I rotated the image.

[–] gressen@lemmy.zip 68 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Ok, then tell me why is the washing machine upside down?

[–] HowAbt2day@futurology.today 92 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within OPs laundry room?

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 54 points 2 months ago

So I can reach the controls

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's not. The dryer need to be installed 'upside down' so the heat radiates down (from our perspective) to the northern hemisphere.

[–] Myr@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It's so he can reach the controls while it's mounted! I guess anyway - Idk why really.

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes thats correct, the official instructions tell you to mount it upside down and the kit it comes with only works one way.

I've always found it irritating on others I've done over the years but there ya go.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Never seen this done before. Glad to hear it’s a supported configuration.

[–] siigna@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same. I was genuinely scratching my head before I came to the comments. Reaching the controls didn't even enter my mind 😂. I've seen stacked/combo units before, but never a wall mounted dryer.

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 48 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Maybe this is less dull than I thought - perhaps mildly interesting?

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

Definitely qualifies in my book

[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 months ago

We dull men are fascinated by your mounting the dryer, well done.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 5 points 2 months ago

The dryer is mildly interesting maybe, but your original post on the shelves (good job, by the way) qualifies for this community lol

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Does this mean before you had it mounted it was actually upside down? Like the controls and all the text was upside down?

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[–] Evilschnuff@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As long as the heat dissipation still works correctly this way

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The exhaust vent can be angled right towards the window, or alternatively, ducted out the window.

[–] Defectus@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Good that it's not a model with a reservoir. Probably wouldn't have worked as well

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[–] Maiznieks@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's alright, it's in Australia

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[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

My first thought as well

[–] sausager@lemmy.world 94 points 2 months ago (8 children)

I've never seen a dryer installed upside down before.. woah

[–] annndy@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s Australia and super common in apartments here. INB4 everything up side down, down unda 😉

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait, so it's not a joke? Are all dryers upside-down mountable, or is it a special type?

[–] annndy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I dunno about all driers, maybe not heat pump ones which have a reservoir for the steam / moisture to collect? But standard driers, yeah. Usually done in apartments with limited space for wall mounting above a top load washer (which are very common here), and let you reach the dial.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Yeah, this seems like it would be potentially an issue if the idler wheels aren’t designed to support the drum weight like this.

Edit: looks like there are a couple brands that allow this, Electrolux being one.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Seems like a bad idea, but maybe it's kosher if the manufacturer says so?

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[–] Flocklesscrow@lemmy.zip 52 points 2 months ago

All the dryer-blood is rushing to its head

[–] Wren@lemmy.today 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can we see your cat, please.

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Wren@lemmy.today 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

She's beautiful, got like a mona lisa look. Thank you.

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Cant wait for the follow up post where things keep falling off the shelf into fresh cat shit.

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OP can avert that catastrophe with a covered box

I've got a nice kind that you roll to the side to collect the clumps

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[–] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is that drier made to be hanged like that or have you improvised?

I have a condenser drier but it does have a hose outlet to connect it to a drain. I wouldn't trust it to be on its head though

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 29 points 2 months ago

Made for it - comes with a kit to wall mount if required.

[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pretty cool. I hope the vibrations wont lead to a problem tho.

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 14 points 2 months ago

It doesnt really vibrate much, simple belt driven barrel and a heating element.

The thing is 40kg fully loaded so it would take a fair whack for it to come off the mount which is supported across 3 studs.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 12 points 2 months ago

The best thing is that now the room works both ways up in freefall.

[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I absolutely hate putting shelves up. Something about the amount of measuring required, and it’s so unforgiving if it’s even slightly wonky.

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 10 points 2 months ago

The wall on the left is out of level by about 15mm bottom to top. However I have a laser level and it makes life very easy when needing to do any of this stuff.

[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 2 months ago

Second vote for a laser level. It’s still miserable, but easier.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 2 months ago

I didn't know you could mount a dryer on the wall, and I really didn't know you could install it upside down. This is an educational day.

[–] Krill@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Is that a condensing dryer? Or vented?

[–] bootstrap@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Good ol' vented - didnt know condensing ones existed

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[–] HurricaneLiz@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

That's really exciting to me! Not dull at all! Congrats! I'd leave the post in this community tho, plz mods don't delete it just bc I'm excited by space-saving stuff 😂

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