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Washing machine drip pan?
I bought a Floodsaver drip pan to go under our front loading washer. It's a fold up side model so it's easy to wheel the washer into place. It broke as I was installing it. So much for that good idea. Most of the pans have lips you have to lift the machine over and they seem to be made out of chintzy plastic. So I'm thinking of making my own out of 1/2" or 3/4 plywood with that rubber shower liner glued inside it. I can leave the front lip off until the washing machine is installed with the front rubber liner just lying loose, then install the front piece after the machine is in place. It will drain thru the floor to the basement drain. Initially I thought I could build the box and then fiberglass and epoxy it but I'm thinking the rubber shower sheet material will be quicker, easier and just as effective. Opinions?
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House or apt? If it were a house, I'd strongly consider re-doing the laundry room with sealed floor and drain in the middle.
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No way. I just refinished the nice original fir floor in the room. Hence the pan.
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What about getting a washer that doesn't leak?
Never had a washer drip pan... guess if I were to actually plumb in a drain, I would likely just build a tile containment.
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Yeah, the rubber should work.
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That's what I thought... now I have three kids.
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thats exactly what i was thinking.why do you need a drip pan.well if you have a harley davidson washer then i understand.
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Or a British washer. On second thought, the British washer would have an electric short and burn down the house, avoiding the need for a drip pan in future.
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why dont you just fold up a piece of gal sheet & attach it to the base of the washer ?
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x3... but EVO motors don't leak.
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After giving it more thought. I ended up ordering one of these. I think it will be much stronger and more durable than the Floodsaver and better than the cheap crap ones at the big box stores. I did think about a metal one and 30 x 30 galvanized pans are readily available as rabbit cage bottoms at a good price but I decided the fiberglass was more sightly and wouldn't rust.
Toteline® Fiberglass Dryer Pans and Trays 30 x 30 x 1 1/4 | U.S. Plastic Corp.
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Just to close this out. The Toteline tray from US Plastics arrived today and we installed it. It's a hundred times stronger than the drip trays sold at the big box stores. It's fiberglass cloth and resin. Just drilled a hole thru the bottom for a drain. The sidewalls are not tall enough to install a drain if you need to do that.
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