URGENT - integrated washer advice needed

boufje

Hope this makes sense - I am hoping to redo my kitchen in about a years time, and get an integrated washing machine (ie in a cupboard), but my current freestanding washing machine broke today - after 7 years.

If I buy an integrated washer in anticipation of the new kitchen, can it just "sit' where the exisiting free standing one is? ( don't really care how it looks, as it is only an interim measure) or does it need special plumbing?

The alternative is to go for a really cheap beko washing machine and freecycle it when I get the new kitchen. I am ordering from comet as i want it to be fitted at the same time.

Your advice will be massively apprciated as am desperate to order ASAP so i can get it delivered on saturday, as I don't have a car

mopsey

You can just sit the integrated one in place until you re-do your kitchen, however it will need to be sat on a plinth when it is fitted permanently.
Also be aware that there is limited space behind most integrated appliances so if there is some water pipes etc behind they will need to be re-routed otherwise the machine will not push back far enough for the fascia to be in line with the other doors.
Hope this helps.

mopsey

Just re-read your original post.
These machines do not sit IN a cupbpard. They sit BETWEEN the cupboards just like your old machine.
The gap, when you do your kitchen needs to be 600mm.