Looking for washing machine with door catch on left

JooFox

Evening all,
I've been hunting for days for washing machines that have a door that opens from left to right due to our old trust AEG failing and the room it is going in is very restrictive.
Miele all seem to open this way, which is great but they are a bit big so would involve lifting over a boiler and into a tight space.
The only other one I found was a Hotpoint Aquarius but it has terrible reviews:-

http://ao.com/product/aq113f497e-hotpoint-aqualtis-washing-machine

It seems ridiculous how few machines there are, I mean if you live in a house where the only space dictates a door opening this way, unless I knock a wall down there isn't much I can do about it.

Does anyone else have any experience of finding machines that open the 'wrong' way or have reversible doors (very rare)?

I'm about ready to smash a wall down just to make my life easir so I can choose the machine I want :wall:

JooFox

Well, if anyone fancies starting up a business and creates a washing machine with a door opening cotch on the left let me know :-)

sarah1972

JooFox wrote: »

Evening all,
I've been hunting for days for washing machines that have a door that opens from left to right due to our old trust AEG failing and the room it is going in is very restrictive.
Miele all seem to open this way, which is great but they are a bit big so would involve lifting over a boiler and into a tight space.
The only other one I found was a Hotpoint Aquarius but it has terrible reviews:-

http://ao.com/product/aq113f497e-hotpoint-aqualtis-washing-machine

It seems ridiculous how few machines there are, I mean if you live in a house where the only space dictates a door opening this way, unless I knock a wall down there isn't much I can do about it.

Does anyone else have any experience of finding machines that open the 'wrong' way or have reversible doors (very rare)?

I'm about ready to smash a wall down just to make my life easir so I can choose the machine I want :wall:

You are saying that Miele are too big but they are the same size as the Aquarius? http://ao.com/l/washing_machines-miele/1-6/1/?sort=aol_saleincvat&&WT.srch=1&WT.z_PT=MDA-Laundry&WT.z_MT=Search&WT.z_RTM=Google%20PPC&WT.z_DT=c&WT.z_KT=Brand%20Type&WT.z_CN=BT%20Exact%20-%20Washing%20Machine&WT.z_AG=BT%20Exact%20-%20Miele%20Washing%20Machines&WT.z_KW=miele%20washing%20machine&WT.z_MAT=e&WT.z_AT=Washing%20Machine&gclid=Cj0KEQjw4cLKBRCZmNTvyovvj-4BEiQAl_sgQpmM6I4y7b3UwxZjFgB9z-3_6NvBgA28JR0dXq5xfhwaAoxH8P8HAQ

JooFox

Thats as my second option is to somehow lift the machine in. Again, no idea how to do this as there isn't enough room for 2 humans in there and only a 50cm access gap before it opens out.

JooFox

The ideal is a washing machine with door opening to the right that has a depth of 50cm. But that is not going to happen.