when do you start your washing machine?

[Aspergers_Aspie]

I moved into a new flat recently and was lucky enough to get some not all items from scottish welfare fund. Still things have to save up for hopefully. When is an acceptable earliest time please for me to put on my washing machine?
I sadly live right above/next to a park which early in the morning, very early and very late at night dogs bark loudly as walkers have torches and there's street lights, some people are just selfish not walking their dogs at reasonable hours, at least I am trying not to cause disturbance!

 

[Neonatal RRT]

I can appreciate you being a considerate person. However, unless that particular washing machine is unusually loud and/or you have "paper thin" walls where people next to you are going to hear everything going on, you can wash clothes whenever you are roaming around the house. The larger issue is not so much the noise these machines make, which, in most cases, really isn't that much, but rather the potential risk of water leaking out onto the floor should a drain pipe get clogged or a water seal fail. If you are at home, you can catch things quickly and clean up the water before any damage is done to the flooring. If you are asleep or out of the house, you take your chances. I have come home to a huge mess on the floor more than once, a dishwasher and a clothes washer, even an evaporation tray underneath a refrigerator. Granted, these things are rare occurrences, but something to consider.

As far as dogs go, well, if you're a dog owner, you know that dogs have to do their "duty" whenever they feel the urge, and sometimes you don't have control over that. Some people work those evening and overnight shifts and walk their dogs before and afterwards, and that means some odd hours.

 

[Outdated]

I share a wall with one neighbour and I do tend to think about the noise, I don't start my washing machine before 7:30 in the morning. I try not to make too much noise in the kitchen if I'm up in the wee hours of the morning too, those sorts of noises carry straight through when the rest of the world is quiet.

 

[AndyFBlues]

A lot of apartment buildings have written rules about what hours things like washing machines can be used. I'd first check with the building manager. Where I live, the county also has noise regulations that can be found on line.

 

[Judge]

I always make the same consideration.

I tend to do my laundry always on a Friday morning, no earlier than 8:00am.

 

[Forest Cat]

One thing that often helps a lot is to make sure the washing machine is level. Washing machines are so often out-of-level and that makes them more noisy. Also, you can buy small rubber feet pads that you put under the washing machines feet. They absorb some of the vibration.

 

[Aspergers_Aspie]

I am scared of the violence and threating offensive behaviour sometimes in my new area where I stay, it's still very deprived in parts.

This channel 4 documentary gives a paRTS:-

 

[Aspergers_Aspie]

I am scared of the physical violence and threating often verbal behaviour of a lot of people in thearea where I live now. My last flat had a lot of issues people can read about on my previous posts but wasn't deprived in parts

 

[tree]

This channel 4 documentary gives a paRTS:-

 

[Forest Cat]

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Same problem here. I wish youtube would stop doing whatever it is they are doing.

 

[Toirtis]

I typically run mine about an hour before bed (so that I have time to hang clothes afterwards), or at bedtime, on days that I will have time in the morning to hang clothes.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

One thing that often helps a lot is to make sure the washing machine is level. Washing machines are so often out-of-level and that makes them more noisy. Also, you can buy small rubber feet pads that you put under the washing machines feet. They absorb some of the vibration.

It will be noisy if the load is not balanced during the spin cycle.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Worked in washing machine factory for years on paint line.