Glad my Christmas shopping was done, I didn't expect to go out and be part of the shopping crowd again. Then suddenly our dryer "died" with a bang, halfway through a load.
Here it is on the right. We had bought it new when we purchased the house 32 years ago. (December31 will mark our 32nd anniversary of moving in.) It used to be in the basement, but we moved it upstairs into a new laundry corner when we built an addition 13 years ago. It survived the move and went on to serve us well - without a repair - for almost 32 years. We bought it - an Inglis Liberator - together with a washing machine and stove, both of which have been replaced.
Don't expect that kind of service from a new dryer, salespeople have been telling us. Thirty years ago, dryers were made of steel. Now they are made of aluminum and plastic.
So Terry and I are out in snowy weather, traipsing around stores, shopping for a new dryer. There are several we like...
We prefer white - colored appliances are trendy, but then the color goes out of style.
We have discovered that our biggest problem is finding one the same size as our old Inglis. Dryers are bigger these days.
Ours will have to fit behind the doors of our laundry area - with additional venting space near the wall. We have also been checking reviews online. Good Housekeeping has a useful checklist of things to consider when shopping for a dryer. Thanks to it, we took our tape measure along shopping with us.
Although we live in a metropolitan area of a million people, when we find one we like - and that fits our space - it will probably have to be delivered from Toronto. And Christmas (with its holidays) is fast arriving. To be prepared, I'm looking up addresses of laundromats in the area... in case I need to do laundry before a new dryer arrives!
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