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4.5
I purchased the combo Washer-Dryer pan after reviewing all the competing products, and it is even more well-made than I expected, and well worth the cost. The name "Duraflex" is kind of a misnomer - because this is a large pan, for both a washer and a dryer, it has a rigid backing bonded to the back of the pan, which makes it very strong and rigid, with no "flex" at all. On the back side, instead of seeing basically the underside of the plastic pan, with its contours, lip, etc. as you see with cheaper products, in this pan you see a smooth bottom, which is a sheet of hard material bonded to the plastic which stiffens it up greatly, and makes it more like a sandwich material rather than just a single layer molded pan.I am planning to raise the height of my front-loading washer and dryer by building a riser out of 2X6's with a 3/4" plywood top (which will make the riser about 6-1/4" high), instead of purchasing pedestals for my washer & dryer, and this pan will be mounted on top of the plywood as a good-looking finished surface for the machines to sit on. But it would be equally at home with the pan sitting on the floor with the machines sitting right on the pan.The pan comes with a loose floor drain type fitting which can be installed in the pan to use as a drain if desired, but it can also be used without the drain, as the user drills the hole for the drain wherever he wants it, and if he doesn't want a drain, the surface is unbroken and water tight, with a nice tall lip.A good accessory for the pan (especially if it's not drained) is a set of automatic water valves, such as the FloodStop valves. The FloodStop water leakage sensor can be placed in the drain pan, and the automatic valves will shut off the water supply before the water can overflow the lip of the pan.
