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We had our old washer starting to leak so we decided to replace them with some new front loaders. I couldn’t bring myself to pay $200 to raise them up so I took a look around my basement for leftover material. I was able to build this for $30 :-) Nothing real fancy, just something that looks nice.
-- Brandon, Maine, www.maineweddingtrellis.com
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Scott Bryan
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#1 posted 1674 days ago
Brandon, that is a nice platform that you built. It is a wonderful use of “scrap” materials and, not only looks better than the pedestals that are commercially available, but it costs significantly less.
Well done!!
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Bill Akins
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#2 posted 1674 days ago
We did the same thing last year, bought front loaders but i made something similar. Yours look alot better than mine.
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mtnwild
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#3 posted 1674 days ago
Great idea, never thought of that. Thanks for sharing. Think my laundry room will be a little nicer someday.
-- mtnwild (Jack), It's not what you see, it's how you see it.
JamesRyan
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#4 posted 1674 days ago
I think your “nothing Fancy” and mine are a little out of tune.
Nice work
Dusty56
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#5 posted 1672 days ago
that is perfect ! what did you use for framing ?
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Brandon
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#6 posted 1672 days ago
I built the entire thing from 3/4” plywood aside from the wainscotting and the trim.
-- Brandon, Maine, www.maineweddingtrellis.com
bensaw
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#7 posted 1619 days ago
Let’s see….it’s a basement. It’s a corner. Nobody will ever see it. But of COURSE it needs to be trimmed out!
Mark Shymanski
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#8 posted 1589 days ago
An interesting coincidence, the project for this weekend is to build a platform for our new W/D coming on Tuesday and we live in Brandon, Mb.
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Geedubs
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#9 posted 1366 days ago
I did the same thing (actually somewhat similar in appearance) a few years ago. I could not have been happier with the results and I am sure the same is true for you. Good thinking.
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a1Jim
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#10 posted 1366 days ago
Looks super
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SteveW
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#11 posted 883 days ago
That really looks nice, and takes advantage of the front loaders as well.
You’ll like not having to bend over when reaching in…
thanks for sharing,
-- On the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop! SteveW
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