Hi all, Hope you can help or at least put my mind at rest...
I have a 3 story town house and as such have a lot of space on the top floor in the bathroom and a walk in wardrobe... however my kitchen is a little on the small side... about a month ago i came up with the idea of putting my washing machine on the top floor in the bathroom. The thought behind this was that rather than loading firty clothes into a washbasket. Taking them to the bottom floor and washing them and then drying them and taking them back upstairs I would simply undress into the washing machine and then put it on when its full.... brillient plan i thought..
So i went about adding the pipework and all was well... I carried the washine machine up the 2 flights of stairs and installed it...
Now my problem is.. that although the washing machine functions totally well and my idea works fantastic... the entire room shakes like a nutter when the machine is doing its spin... its so bad that when you are sat in the lounge (2 floors down) you can hear it clearly and i also sware the wall is moving.... I have balanced the machine and its level ... there seems to be nothing i can to do stop it shaking so much...
Im worried that after a few more uses the plasterboard is going to start coming off the walls... or the joists will shake loose and the washing machine will go through the floor....
Am i worried about nothing and this should be fine? what could i do to stop it shaking? sit it on rubber maybe?
anyhelp/advise would be great.
I have a 3 story town house and as such have a lot of space on the top floor in the bathroom and a walk in wardrobe... however my kitchen is a little on the small side... about a month ago i came up with the idea of putting my washing machine on the top floor in the bathroom. The thought behind this was that rather than loading firty clothes into a washbasket. Taking them to the bottom floor and washing them and then drying them and taking them back upstairs I would simply undress into the washing machine and then put it on when its full.... brillient plan i thought..
So i went about adding the pipework and all was well... I carried the washine machine up the 2 flights of stairs and installed it...
Now my problem is.. that although the washing machine functions totally well and my idea works fantastic... the entire room shakes like a nutter when the machine is doing its spin... its so bad that when you are sat in the lounge (2 floors down) you can hear it clearly and i also sware the wall is moving.... I have balanced the machine and its level ... there seems to be nothing i can to do stop it shaking so much...
Im worried that after a few more uses the plasterboard is going to start coming off the walls... or the joists will shake loose and the washing machine will go through the floor....
Am i worried about nothing and this should be fine? what could i do to stop it shaking? sit it on rubber maybe?
anyhelp/advise would be great.
