Good Vibrations - NOT

[JMc]

This is probably going to sound ridiculous, but it is what it is... I have a concern and would like to know if it's unwarranted.

My home studio was recently relocated to a bedroom my son formerly occupied. After he moved out, I ripped out the carpet, laid some wood floors, and essentially remodeled the thing into a really nice place to work.

Here's the problem. I'm on the second floor, adjacent to the laundry room. When my wife does the laundry, I can feel the vibrations through the common floor when the thing is on spin cycle and worry about tube filaments, HDD's, etc. I feel like a human martini. So, for the time being, I've pretty much forbade laundry ops during business hours.

When we bought the washer and dryer, the tech did his best to balance the thing to minimize vibration, to no avail. Any creative solutions to this problem? Am I worrying for nothing?

[Brent Hahn]

Originally Posted by JMc

When my wife does the laundry <<>> I've pretty much forbade laundry ops during business hours.

You've got a wife who not only does your laundry but lets you tell her when she can or can't do it? Either she really, really loves you, or it's 1957.

But seriously, folks, you could make a wooden box about 4" high and a little bigger than the footprint of your dryer, get a 3" (or so) piece of stiff foam cut to fit the box, and lay a piece of plywood on top that's a little smaller than the inside of the box (so it doesn't acoustically couple), and Bob's yer Uncle. Hopefully the vent in the back isn't at the very bottom, but otherwise it should work.

[JMc]

She really really loves me. For 25 years and counting. We work together to solve problems.

And the problem is the washer, not the dryer.

Thanks for the suggestion though. It's interesting, but impractical since we're on the second floor and I have to have a catch basin under the washer to catch potential leaks, etc.

Even though the washer and dryer are only 4 years old, I think I'm gonna sell 'em and go with a Samsung WF337 washer. From everything I'm reading, it's the perfect solution to eliminate all the vibrations thanks to special technology to deal with it.

I also found a vendor that sells pads to put under the feet of the Whirlpool we have now, but I'm fairly skeptical about that solution.