HOUSING CONSTRUCTION ISSUES

Some houses have issues that can't be discovered until after you move into them.

 

When we first saw our new house, we made an offer.  A month later, we moved.  After all our belongings were in our new house, we hooked up the washer and dryer. 

 

That's when we discovered that we had an issue.  Even with the dryer pushed as far back as possible, the front of it extended a couple of inches into the path of the laundry room door.  The door was constructed so that it swung into the laundry room.

 

The problem:  It wouldn't close because the dryer was in the way.

 

So, I stopped by an appliance store to see if they sold dryers with differing depths.  They were all the same.  We were potentially doomed to watching television with a noisy washing machine only about ten feet from our ears. 

 

Unacceptable.

 

Then I thought, maybe the door could be replaced with one opening into the living room instead of into the laundry room.  I pointed out our issue to our realtor and asked if she knew of any contractors she could recommend.  It just so happened that her son-in-law was a contractor, so she recommended him.

 

Chad came over, introduced himself, and in no time at all he resolved our issue.

 

The laundry room was built with the door swinging into it.  The dryer, unfortunately, extended into the path of the door.

This was the best we could do in closing off the laundry room to the rest of the house.

Our realtor referred us to Chad.

Chad replaced the original door with one that swings into the living room.  He also replaced the original hollow-core door with a solid-core door to provide better sound insulation from the washer and dryer.

Issue resolved.