Getting a washer or fridge freezer into an LS28 stone terrace kitchen
Pudsey's older housing on the roads off Lowtown, Chapeltown and Robin Lane is stone terraces and back-to-backs, and in plenty of them the washing machine lives in the cellar or in a kitchen reached down a narrow hall. A machine weighs somewhere near 70 kilos and has no handles, so it goes on a trolley where the floor allows and is walked step by step where it does not. A photo of the route from the front door to the gap tells us which of those it will be.
Fridge freezers raise a different question. We do not carry tall or American-style fridge freezers, so the retailer's own delivery is the route for one of those. An ordinary fridge freezer is strapped in for the run, and double-door models are wider than many terrace doorways, so measure the front door as well as the gap it is going into.
Before a Pudsey appliance arrives: measure, empty, disconnect
- Measure the doorway, the hall, any cellar steps and the gap under the worktop against the size of the appliance, plus its box if it arrives boxed, and send them with a photo
- Defrost and dry a fridge or freezer the day before, because meltwater ends up across the van floor and your hall
- On the terraces off Robin Lane the van stops at the kerb outside when there is a space, so the machine is trolleyed across the pavement and in through the front door
- Have the old washer unplumbed and drained before the day, and book a plumber or electrician for anything that needs fitting at your end
- Gas cookers must be disconnected and reconnected by a Gas Safe engineer, so book them either side of the delivery
Pudsey kitchens and collection points that shape the carry
- Terraces off Lowtown and Chapeltownolder terraces where the washer often sits in a cellar or a narrow back kitchen
- Stanningleyterraced streets near the A647, where how close the van can stop depends on the street
- Swinnow and Troydalepost-war houses with wider halls, the simpler end of an appliance job
- Calverleylarger period houses and semis, where utility rooms are often at the back of the house
- Grangefield Industrial Estatetrade counters and units for a collection with a proper loading door
Collection runs that bring a new or used appliance into LS28
- Bradford retail collection → Pudsey kitchenthe A647 east, 15 to 25 minutes, then the carry
- Leeds seller → Farsley or Stanningleya used fridge or washer checked before it is loaded
- Pudsey house → new home in LS28appliances moved with their owner and set back in the gap
What changes the price of an appliance job in Pudsey
The fixed price turns on the appliance and the steps and doorways at each end, not on the four miles from Bradford. See how we quote for the full breakdown.
Appliance Delivery in Pudsey: your questions
Can you get a washing machine down to a Pudsey cellar?
Usually, if one side of the steps is clear of the handrail and the turn at the bottom is wide enough. Send a photo from the top of the steps and one from the bottom, and you will know before booking whether it goes.
Will you plumb in my washing machine or dishwasher?
No. Plumbing, electrics and gas are for a plumber, an electrician or a Gas Safe engineer, so book one for after the delivery. The machine is carried in and stood in front of its space, ready for them.
Can you remove my old fridge when the new one comes?
No, old appliances are not taken off the premises. In Pudsey the options are a Leeds City Council bulky waste booking (check what it takes) or the retailer's take-back scheme, so ask about that when you buy.
How long before I switch the fridge on?
Give it a few hours standing upright in its final place, longer if it was ever laid down, so the compressor oil settles back.