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hugo7
I'm getting myself in a muddle here.

We need to replace our integrated washing machine. Ideally using the existing door.

My question is: what do I put underneath?
- Today, underneath the cabinets it sits on a rotten lump of 45mm chipboard.
- On top of the chipboard is sheet of ply and foam - ply to stop the machine falling off the edge of the rotten chipboard and the foam for vibration.
- the ply and foam mean the feet (which are broken anyway) are at their shortest
- replacing the chipboard with something new means we don't need the ply
- The kitchen floor is higher than the concrete under the cabinets, but lower than the chipboard.
- the available height between the new kitchen floor and the underside of the cabinet is 890mm.
My instinct is to get a peice of 25mm moisture resistant mdf - ie to make the washing machine's ground level roughly the same height as the main floor. Mdf should help with vibration and be solid and withstand leaks, etc.

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NotThamesWater in reply to @hugo7

Isn't tricoya the wood(ish) product of choice for that sort of thing?

Anything you put there will rot eventually though - water will pool there, because gravity, and take forever to dry, because air.

Just treat it as a temp bodge until you do the floor again / properly.

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hugo7 in reply to @NotThamesWater

Thanks for mentioning tricoya.

We've recently had the whole ground floor floor redone. The self leaving only goes partially under the cabinets - see pic. It won't be redone while we live here (unless something macro changes to make extending better than moving)

My other thought was to get some of those vibration pucks. I've put them under our outdoor tumble dryer to keep it off the ground. The problem is that if you need to move the machine it'll get stuck or drop off them.

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