You can end inconvenient trips to the Laundromat by hooking up a washer and dryer in your kitchen or bathroom.
Although one would be hard pressed to find anyone who actually enjoys doing laundry, people who live in houses or apartments with washer/dryer hookups sure have it good; just ask anyone who doesn't. If you're one of these unfortunate souls, don't despair---an end to your weekly Laundromat excursions may soon be in sight. All you need to make it happen are a few inexpensive parts, a sink and enough space in your kitchen or bathroom for a washer and dryer.
Instructions
Hooking Up the Washer
1. A typical garden hose can be used to extend your washer's cold water hose.
Insert the "male" end of a short garden hose into the end of your washing machine's existing cold water hose. Twist the connector clockwise to tighten it.
2. Remove the washer's hot water hose by twisting the connector counterclockwise. If it's too tight to turn by hand, use a wrench.
3. Replace the hot water hose with a hose cap and tighten it. Because you'll be using only the cold water intake, a hose cap is necessary to prevent leakage from the hot water inlet.
4. Unscrew the sink faucet's existing aerator with a wrench, turning it counterclockwise. Replace it with a sink aerator adapter and tighten it.
5. Attach the "female" end of the garden hose to the aerator adapter, turning the connector clockwise to tighten it.
6. A hose clamp will keep the washer's discharge hose and its extension securely together.
Slip a hose clamp over the end of the braided tubing before inserting a few inches of the washer's discharge hose into the tubing. Slide the hose clamp over the section of joined hoses and tighten it with a flat-head screwdriver.
7. Insert the end of the now-extended discharge hose into the sink's drain. Attach it to the intake hose with a twist tie or duct tape to prevent the pressure of the discharging water from causing it to jump out of the sink.
8. Manually adjust the temperature of the wash water at the faucet.
Set the machine's wash and rinse cycles on "cold." Turn on your sink faucet to your desired wash temperature and you're ready to do your first load of laundry.
Setting up the Dryer
9. Grasp the handles of your dryer's exhaust hose clamp and squeeze them together, pulling the hose from the back of the dryer as you do so.
10. Slide the clamp over the end of the extended exhaust hose, squeezing the handles together to broaden the opening.
11. Slip the end of the exhaust hose over the lip of the dryer's exhaust opening. Squeeze together the clamp handles to move it down the host and over the exhaust opening. Release the handles to secure the hose.
12. Drape the dryer's exhaust hose out of a window and plug in the dryer's power cord.
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