jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I mentioned a while ago about having to buy a new clothes dryer. They must have used a custom measuring tape because the 30" listed in the specs was a lot larger than the 30" of the old dryer. I wound up removing the door and all the molding, right back to the wall studs. Even then, I could not close the door to the room. I had to have the washer and dryer swap places, and that required more modifications to the various connections.

I tried to do a load of wash this morning, but there was no water. I mixed up the hot and cold water connections. I had to guess because the connections weren't labeled. I thought blue would be for the cold water. I was right, but both of them are blue. 🤣

The washer did a load of wash, and the dryer works. I have most of the molding back on the door, and I'll finish that job today. I hope I can find the hinge pins. If not, I'll have to buy new hinges. 😂

I should have been able to push the dryer into the room, connect the power cord and vent, and turn it on. There are no simple jobs. Imagine if I had to pay someone to do all of this!

muggins88 Loc: Inverness, Florida

A lot of us do have to pay someone else.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Well, I figure if I call someone, when he arrives, I will see a human being carrying tools. I am a human being, and I have tools. I don't care how long it takes me to finish a job. If I have to buy a tool, a new job is the perfect excuse.

BebuLamar

How big is the dryer really if it's larger than 30"?

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

The last house we bought had the laundry on the second floor. All the houses I had previously lived in had the laundry in the basement.

The second floor is the right place for the laundry. That's where most of the laundry comes from. Kitchen towels and a few towels from the half-bathrooms on the first floor are easy to carry up one flight of stairs. The bath towels and sheets and all the clothes are usually made available on the second floor where the bedrooms are.

We sold the house to a young couple who had lived in a small apartment. For some reason they wanted the laundry to be on the first floor. Our house had had the laundry on the first floor when it was built, but someone before us moved it to the second. So the plumbing was available on the first floor so it wasn't difficult to move the laundry (aside from specialized plumbing fixtures mentioned in a previous thread). However, a renovation prior to our tenancy involved adding a double wall oven, and to do that they stole the 220 service from the first floor laundry. So we had to run a new 220 line to the old laundry site. That's probably OK because the code now calls for a 4-pin plug for the dryer instead of a 3-pin plug so we needed a 3-wire with ground line anyway. There was a closet that the washer and dryer fit into and the old closet got made into a clothes closet in a bedroom.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

30", but there's something spooky going on. The old dryer claimed to be 30", and that fit through the doorway after I removed the door. The new one also claims to be 30", which it is, but I had to remove the molding. This is a weird house!

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

Using the carpenter ruler for one and the fishing ruler for the other?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

I'm with you there, Jerry. Years ago I put down about 340 feet of flooring. It went well except for around doors where undercutting the door frames was necessary. It was clumsy using a sawsall held sideways to do the job. About three years ago I did another room and this time purchased a multi-tool and it made a world of difference. I can't imagine doing a floor project without this tool. Sometimes the right tool makes a world of difference in how easily a project can be done.

bobmcculloch Loc: NYC, NY

Life gets complicated, similar problems, doors are now too small in this old house.

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Lots of professional floor installers have a power saw made specifically to undercut moulding for flooring. I have no idea what they cost. If I were ding it myself, I'd use the multi-tool, too.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

From what I've seen online, an oscillating tool (multitool) is perfect for that. They also make a tool to do that specific job, but it's not worth buying for one or two jobs.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

"Undercut Jamb Saw" - https://www.grainger.com/product/5LF52?gucid=N:N:PS:Paid:GGL:CSM-2295:4P7A1P:20501231&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAopuvBhBCEiwAm8jaMYgetUAFg6WQkTkGlHHy64izwTzecSU7eXmv-b61fRt2VbHpVMjeyhoCg6EQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Here's a nice tool for mixing cake batter, etc. 😂
https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-Single-Paddle-Mixer-R7135/302856668

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

I’ll tell you what else works perfectly - a biscuit joiner. Just set the height you need or add a piece of wood under it to get the correct height. When we moved into this house, I ripped out all the wall-wall, bought a pneumatic floor nailer (already had a mitre and table saw) and laid all prefinished 3/4” T&G hardwoods (Bellawood), and I had a LOT of door frames to undercut. The biscuit joiner does a beautiful job.

The hardest part of the job is carrying those boxes of 21 sq ft of flooring up the stairs. The Brazilian Cherry (1st floor) weighed ~65 lbs/box, and the Oak for the 2nd floor was ~50. Glad I did it 20 years ago when I was younger and stronger. Ouldn’t begin to do it now.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I decided I didn't want to get into the world of biscuits. I never thought of them being used to cut down doors, though. One advantage of putting down laminate or vinyl flooring is the thinness of the material.

Power tools are great! I replaced all the interior doors in the house years ago, and a power planer was perfect for making all the doors fit. My hammers have been neglected since I got nailers.

I bet that Bellawood was beautiful.