If she just wants the units to be higher, not many things easier than

Nov 12, 2019
11:17:32am

BYUFBDAD All-American

building a platform for the machines to sit on. Adding drawers would get more difficult, but everybody I know that has the pedestals with drawers has nothing but lint, dust bunnies and the plastic bag with the owner's manuals stored in there.

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I'm not trying to be cheap, but holy cow washer/dryer pedestals are expensive!

Windward_Coug

11/12/19 11:14am

First off, you bought the wrong washer and dryer.

Ragnar Danneskjold

11/12/19 11:16am

Steel tariffs passed along to you the customer.

Blueto

11/12/19 11:16am

Uh, they have always been this expensive.

Ozymandias

11/12/19 11:21am

Look for used ones, I sold my LG ones on Offer Up

permiso

11/12/19 11:16am

If she just wants the units to be higher, not many things easier than

BYUFBDAD

11/12/19 11:17am

This ^ Build the platform high enough to put baskets under

groy

11/12/19 11:19am

Exactly right. A few homes ago, I built a platform similar to the one in the

BerkeleyCoug

11/12/19 11:22am

That looks complicated

TNT

11/12/19 11:34am

May be a stretch for my DIY skills, but I think I'll give this a shot. Who cares

Windward_Coug

11/12/19 11:40am

tell her she still has to bend over anyway if you spend the $700

USMCdad

11/12/19 11:19am

But if he's paying $700 for pedestals, isn't he the one bending over? 😉

CougBlu

11/12/19 2:32pm

RE: I'm not trying to be cheap, but holy cow washer/dryer pedestals are expensive!

kccougar

11/12/19 11:20am

Should come with your Disney+ subscription

TNT

11/12/19 11:20am

Washer/dryer pedestals are the biggest scam since 1 hour martinizing.

neboutefan

11/12/19 11:20am

Holy 1st world problems! ha ha

mulletino

11/12/19 11:25am

I never try to be cheap; it just happens

bruincoug

11/12/19 11:25am

I built one for $60-70 in lumber & supplies--not quite as fancy, but ok for

The Farm

11/12/19 11:29am

The lesson here for young single males is women are $$$$$$$

TNT

11/12/19 11:31am

because Apple makes them.

hxmCougar2000

11/12/19 11:31am

So, I might be unloading two LG pedestals. Red, though

CosmoK

11/12/19 11:35am

RC Willey sold some to me for 50% off when I asked

cougarnerd

11/12/19 11:36am

They are way overpriced. That said, I'm glad we got them, it makes doing laundry much easier.

Cosmodiar

11/12/19 11:59am

Look up IKEA hacks. There always seems to be one that will work:

Thrill

11/12/19 12:15pm

When I built my house I had a platform built for my washer and dryer to sit on.

CoachSpeak

11/12/19 12:22pm

You could offer to do the laundry from now on.

The Llama

11/12/19 12:22pm

How finished does it need to look? It's extremely easy to build your own

ryebrye

11/12/19 12:41pm

Build a table put them on it put baskets under the table.

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