Before Installing YourPedestal
IMPORTANT: If your washer and dryer are already installed, they must be uninstalled.
If you need to uninstall your washer or dryer, see your Installation Instructions that came with your model for tools required.
Uninstalling Your Washer
WARNING
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and uninstall washer. Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.
1. | Turn off the hot and cold water faucets. | ||
2. | Unplug the power supply cord or disconnect power. | ||
3. | Slowly loosen the fill hoses at the faucets to relieve the water | ||
4. | pressure. Use a sponge or towel to absorb the released water. | ||
Remove the hot and cold fill hoses from the back of the | |||
5. | washer. Drain the water from the hoses into a bucket. | ||
Squeeze the ears of the drain hose clamp with pliers to open | |||
| and slide the clamp down the hose. Disconnect the drain | ||
| hose from the washer and drain any water in the hose into | ||
6. | a bucket. |
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Pull the washer away from wall so it can be tipped on | |||
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| cardboard cut from |
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| the pedestal carton. |
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| Lay the washer on |
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| its back (make sure |
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| that the power | 12" |
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| supply cord is not | (30.5 cm) |
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| under the washer) so |
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| that the cardboard is | 15" |
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| under the entire | (38.1 cm) | |
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additional small amount of water will drain out of the washer
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. Go to “Installing the Pedestal” section.
Uninstalling Your Electric Dryer
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2. Unplug the power supply cord. Disconnect wiring if dryer is direct wired.
WARNING
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and uninstall dryer.
Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.
3.Pull the dryer away from the wall enough to loosen the vent clamp. Loosen the clamp and gently remove the exhaust vent
4.from the dryer exhaust outlet.
Pull the dryer away from wall so that it can be tipped onto its
5.back.
Protect the floor with a
large piece of cardboard cut from the pedestal carton. Lay the dryer on its back (make sure that the power supply cord is not under the dryer) so that the cardboard is under the entire lower
6. back edge of the dryer.
Go to “Installing the Pedestal” section.
Uninstalling1. YourGas Dryer
2 Unplug the power supply cord or disconnect power.
. Turn off the gas supply.
WARNING
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and uninstall dryer. Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.
3.Pull the dryer away from the wall enough to loosen the vent clamp. Loosen the clamp and gently remove the exhaust vent
4 from the dryer exhaust outlet.
. Disconnect the flexible gas supply line from the dryer. Put a piece of tape over the open ends of the gas line connection
5.fittings.
Pull the dryer away from wall so that it can be tipped onto
6.its back.
Protect the floor with a
large piece of cardboard cut from the pedestal carton. Lay the dryer on its back (make sure that the power supply cord is not under the dryer) so that the cardboard is under the entire lower
7. back edge of the dryer.
Go to “Installing the Pedestal” section.
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