My (rather old) washer blew through to me a weeks that are few (evidently it has been unbalanced for some time. Was included with the accepted destination and I also never ever thought an excessive amount of the vibration until it absolutely was far too late.) and have always been getting a brandname brand new set delivered to my brand new set (Washer HERE, GAS Dryer HERE) from Sears on Thursday.

They wanted about $80 plus parts to put in them (I forget if it absolutely was each or even for both) and I also declined having just disconnected every thing myself, we figured it could be effortless adequate to put up this new people. I am maybe not especially handy but I am at about replace-my-own-ceiling-fan, remove-and-reinstall-my-own-garbage-disposal level.

I am maybe maybe not overly concerned with the washer, but I became reviewing the manual for the dryer on the internet and it offers me only a little stressed. It discusses having to purge the fuel line of air twice, utilizing teflon tape (I didn’t see any proof of that regarding the old install), etc.

And so I wanted to pose issue- is this a thing that some body inside my level are designed for myself or is there enough gotchas that i ought to cough the money up?

EDIT: I succeeded today thanks in big component to your solution right here- many thanks.

I wound up buying ‘yellow’ gas-approved teflon tape and an innovative new gas that is flexible (to be safe. It had been $30 though!). And a new dryer vent hose (also pricey) since evidently we required a steel one additionally the existing one ended up being foil.

It had been about as simple as We hoped.

1. We connected the (new) exhaust vent hose making use of the stress coupling bands ( perhaps not yes the best term) that was included with it on both edges- wall and appliance. The manual demanded never to make use of a foil vent, so a metal was used by me one. (regrettably, the absolute most metal that is flexible we found pushes the dryer down too much through the wall surface for my requirements- i can not shut the doorway to my washing case now. Topic of another post i suppose. I’ll try a “periscope” dryer vent.)
2. We connected the gas that is new towards the valve in the wall surface, employing a layer of yellow teflon tape on the threads (even though the Residence Depot man appeared to think We’d only require it regarding the appliance side)
3. We connected among the couplings that are removable the gasoline line to your straight back associated with the dryer (again, used tape and even though maybe not necessary)
4. Fired up the gas for a brief minute to purge the line
5. Loosely threaded the gasoline line into this coupling, additionally making use of tape as suggested; purged once again
6. Tightened by having a (newly purchased) pipeline wrench.
7. Switched on the gasoline and listened & smelled for fuel at both connections – quiet and odorless

Took possibly half an hour, nearly all of that right time ended up being invested wrestling the stress couplings and looking to get the threads to take- ended up being wanting to be really mild.

Dryer began appropriate up no nagging issues and it also (therefore we!) survived two test lots.

Therefore, went well, i came across it not too difficult and would try it again. Thank you for assisting me personally build my skillset!

(Incorporating the photo that is requested even though it’s a bit belated. Note that we covered the hard-gas-line’s opening with painter’s tape and stuck it on/around the valve and that means you can’t notice it, but it is here. Wished to protect it from all of the lint and dirt going swimming down there.)