rainy day rigging

[imagineero]

We had two big rain days in a row and worked through. Couple inches both days. Got wet as hell, boots sloshing full of water, rivers running down and inside our clothes. Third day was rain again and none of the boys wanted to come. Couldn't blame them, and almost glad they all said no because it meant I could pretend I really wanted to go to work in that crap for a 3rd day. Nothing like the feeling of sliding into sopping wet chainsaw pants and boots at 6am in fall before stepping out into a deluge and a stiff breeze.

So I got to take my washing machine out. We bought a new machine a few weeks ago but havent been able to get the old one out. To get it into our tiny laundry took 3 guys, one on each side and one under the machine. It's a heavy duty and heavy weight thing. No room for guys in the laundry, so one on each side and one under the machine, we slid it in and sat it on top of the sink. With room for only one guy in the laundry, i pretty much just slid it off the edge of the sink and let nature take its course.

Getting it out was a different story. Had a couple friends round and we tried lots of ways of budging it... but no room to get 3 in the laundry. The machine sites only a couple inches on each side from the sink and hot water heater. The sink isnt strong enough to stand in. We tried it a few different ways on different days but no go. I was thinking about cutting it up with a grinder, but what a mess!

So I pulled the vent out of the ceiling and fitted a stay in there. Couple pulleys for a 2:1, and a progress capture redirect at the top. had one guy hauling rope from the kitchen while I lifted. I got under it and pushed it to the side while he lowered. Job done.

 

[hunthawkdog]

you make me proud to be a treeman way to geter done

 

[Grouchy old man]

Yeah but it looks like it would have been easier and quicker to just unhook the drain on that slop sink and remove it so you could slide the machine out.

 

[imagineero]

Yeah but it looks like it would have been easier and quicker to just unhook the drain on that slop sink and remove it so you could slide the machine out.

That was my first thought too. We're on the second floor of an apartment, and everything is concrete. The fittings are all concreted in, and there wasn't any way to remove the sink without destroying it. We only rent, so destroying the sink didn't seem like a great idea. The second option was to remove the hot water heater, which only has a few fittings and seems to be just sitting there. I couldn't find a way to drain the water though, and was worried when disconnected it would flood the living room.