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Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  This "odor thing" w/ front loaders has me so curious.....I mean, why would front loaders cause an odor and not top loaders? I wonder why....? Wouldn't they both just drain out their water in mostly the same way? |
The rubber gasket on a front loader is about five inches wide, and has indentations/ribs & valleys, that hold water. It you keep the door closed that water just sits in there and starts to smell bad, especially if you have hard funky well water to start with.
The simple solution is to leave the washer door open, so that air gets in and dries it out. You dont have to leave the door wide open. My laundry is stacked in a closet I built, and I can only leave the washer door just cracked open, otherwise size constraints it wouldnt allow the closet door to close. Cracked open is enough to keep the gasket dry & smell-free.
Because my laundry area is literally right outside my bedroom door, in my tiny one storey home, I do an odd load of laundry many times throughout the week. If i had a set day where i did all my washing, i would just wipe the gasket out with a dry absorbent towel.