Of all the washer types, front-loaders spin the fastest to extract water from laundry. That high spin speed, combined with the tub rotation—similar to a dryer’s—can cause front-loaders to vibrate. As ...

Q Our laundry is on the second floor of a 30-year-old house. We have tried two washing machines, and vibrations from both were so severe that they caused cracks in the walls. We put plywood and a foam ...

"I heard what I thought was a car crashing into the house," Jay Kimelman said. But what Kimelman heard wasn't a wreck, it was his washing machine. He went to his laundry room and found his ...

May 9, 2007 If your washing machines often makes more noise than mating walruses, you’ll be pleased to hear that at long last there’s a solution for the vibration and noise caused by unbalanced loads ...