installed A Combo Washer/Dryer.

[traveldawg]

Many thanks to huntr70 for letting me know his shop was able to install a washer & dryer into 310GK's by removing the back W/D closet wall to vent the dryer. Thanks to that post and another PM to me about the space behind the wall I had the encouragement needed to tackle a W/D install.

The DW and I chose a Splendide combo W/D. We had a stacked arrangement in our previous RV but thought we'd be OK with the combo this time. We only "full time" 3 to 6 months a year but we thought we'd still be OK.

I raised the water supply valves to a spot above where they were originally installed for easy access. And I did have to remove the back closet wall to positioned the dryer vent and then cut it to fit again with the venting installation.

Here is the closet with the rear wall removed. Notice the free hanging insulation; it wasn't really doing anything so I fastened the reflective foil to the front cap and pushed the insulation against the wall too.


Here is the closet with the insulation fixed, the water supply raised higher and the drain pipe left exposed for the washer drain connection. I cut the back wall to allow the dryer venting. When I raised the water supply I removed the flex hose GD used and installed PEX all the way up to the valves.


Here is the finished product.


One more thanks to the folks who encouraged me and said this could be done.

[huntr70]

It looks great!

Glad it all worked out for you.

[BB&LAB]

Looks great. We like ours, but wish the valves and dryer vent were installed higher such as you were smart enough to do.

[Nuffsaid]

Do you know how much the combo unit weighs? Are you happy with how it performs?

[traveldawg]

It weighs 147 lbs. Haven't tried it yet with a load of cloths but it did OK on the test run (empty) - no leaks. Hurray!!

We had a separate washer dryer in our previous rig. It wasn't the fastest thing in the world, but it they got the job done. We're pretty sure this will work out OK for us.

[clgronau]

Do you remember your measurements? I’m going to install my vent tomorrow. Do you have any outside pictures of the vent as well? I just took my back wall down and my insulation is the same as yours was. Thanks for any help!

[traveldawg]

I'll try to get a photo of the vent location on the outside of the rig tomorrow.

The center of the vent on the rear is 22.5" from the floor, so I planned the top of the outside vent to be around 22" from the floor so I'd have a slight downward slant to the vent hose. I almost went too low. There was a horizontal aluminum support in the wall and I just cleared the top of it for the 4" vent hole. Actually I had to reposition and drill about 1/2" higher than planned.

I cut a horizontal slit in the interior wall luan to check for vertical studs but never considered any horizontal supports. So I'd recommend probing all around the hole for aluminum studs and supports before making the vent hole.

[clgronau]

I just finished my install. I’m glad I moved the the hose prep as my drain wasn’t even attached to waterless vent. I would of had a huge mess. Thanks for our reply!

[traveldawg]

clgronau, I'm glad it worked out for you.

[1984fireball]

Oh Boy! Thank you for this post! It looks like I will be taking out our old combo (which works really well, just small loads, we hit the laundry mat for loads of towels or bigger things) that the dealer said he would not give us any extra for the W/D combo.
Thank you for the pics!