Fun with appliances and tight space continued...

So the installation is not finished. Why? Well before they left, the Lowes guys said we'd need a 6' dryer cord to reach the plug from the other side of the closet. So I had Aaron pick one up on his way home. Only problem... the cord we already had that didn't reach WAS a 6' cord. We would need an 8' to 10' foot cord. So Thursday morning, I went on the hunt. I found some 10' online, but they weren't UL listed and well, Aaron wasn't gonna touch them with a 10' pole. I scored a big goose egg calling around to all the local specialty stores and a couple of those guys even told me that 10' dryer cords don't exist!

Finally, some kind soul on Facebook posted a link to a 10' dryer cord at a supplier I hadn't seen before. The description did not say it was UL listed, so I called them up. A very nice man confirmed it for me - it was UL listed! It could be ours for just $30 + shipping.

I told Aaron of my success, thrilled to have found a solution. Which is when he said he'd rather move the plug. Which involves electrical work AND drywall. Ugh. So right now we've got the washer/dryer set up in the middle of the closet - it had to be done, I was out of socks.

It's half-in, half-out of the closet so Aaron can move around behind it.


And the garage door JUST clears it, so you have to skirt around it to get out that way.


Did I mention that we still don't know for sure that we'll even be able to get the closet doors back on? And that was sort of the whole purpose of getting a pair instead of just replacing our washer...