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•• v4 rt.j «.V '0- • , • ":i' i'Swmt- W First-time shoppers may riot be aware Of two important items to be considered when shopping for a laundry; appliance--the warranty of* fered on it and the type of One of the most frequently used oreos of the home--but often the most neglected from the standpoint of planning--is the laundry. To simplify laundry center planning, include a dryer in your plans. With a dryer you can locate the center in an area- that is convenient for you, such as near the bedrooms, where most of the soiled laundry accumulates. Dryer Aids Laundry Planning When you sit down to plan that laundry center, of your dreams, you can forget one problem--at least if you own an automatic clothes dryer. A clothes dryer frees you from the need to locate your laundry center near an outside exit. You can put the center anywhere, so long you consider venting. But a homemaker who has to carry her wet clothes outside to hang them on the line, and carry them back inside when they're all dry has to be near a door. Freed of this location problem, you can plan your laundry center with other things in mind. A location near the bedrooms where most laundry accumulates is a real convenience. Others prefer an area near the kitchen since this location is handy for the brief moments it needs the operator. If space for the laundry center is a problem, rememthat Maytag's slim dryer. means you need only 54 inches bf/wall space for both a washer and dryer. " If you're really hung-up for space, try hanging a portable dryer above your washer. Or put casters on the dryer and store it nearby. Then you can wheel it out whenever you need it. The location of your appliances in the laundry center is another consideration. If the dryer door swings open all the way--180 degrees--as it does on a Maytag dryer, you can put the dryer on* either side of the washer. With a dryer, of course, you should make provision for venting, because permanently installed standard-sized dryers perform more satisfactorily when vented to the out-ijj side. You'll also want to plan some counter space for sorting clean clothes as you remove them from the dryer. You fold some garments and linens, but j^ou hang others, such as permanent press. A narrow closet or portable clothes rack will aid this part of the job. Suburban Wife Wins New Dryer, lift Once upon a time there was a suburban housewife with 1 three school-age children and a lawyer husband. She worked ;| hard all day--until one day when she won a contest and the prize changed her life. Mrs. Jones won an automatic clothes dryer. She'd never really believed in using clothes dryejrs. In fact, she'd always hung her laundry on the backyard line to dry. Clothes seemed to smell better that way, she said. But the prize made all the difference. Her laundry center had plenty of room for a dryer, so it was installed in a jiffy. And, although the homemaker was skeptical, she decided to learn how to use her new dryer in the most efficient way, as recommended by the Maytag Consumer Information center. Weather Isn't a Factor When You Use a Dryer The hazards of outdoor clothes drying--rain, snow, cold, high winds and careless children--have always plagued homemakers. Eliminating these hazards was the necessity that mothi ered the invention of the clothes dryer. The first of these laundiy marvels, according to the "Maytag Encyclopedia of Home Laundry," came in the 1930s and was nothing more than a large, hot sheet-metal chamber. Inside the basic cabinet was a drum for holding the clothes, a gas burner and a fan that moved the heated air around the drum. Temperatures could get so high in these early dryers that clothes could be scorched. Most of these dryers were designed for use in large apartment buildings. Automatic dryers appeared on the market shortly before World War II. Prior to the automatic dryers, little headway had been made in providing control over the drying, process. The automatics, according io Maytag experts provided six essential elements for drying: • A source of heat to speed up the normal evaporation process. • A rotating drum to tumble clothes in the heated air. • A fan to move the heated air more rapidly through the tumbling drum, speeding up the evaporation process. • A motor to drive the fan and rotate the drum. • A controlling thermostat to maintain the heat within a safe range for washable fabrics. • An exhaust duct to channel the moisture and lintladen air from the dryer to the outside. Although these early automatics were a great improvement over the first dryers, they still required much more attention than the sophisticated models of today... For example, the homemaker was obliged to check on her clothes at intervals to determine whether or not the drying process was. completed. To do this, she would turn off ........ . MAA6 / the dryer, open the door and feel the clothes. Today, with the aid of thermostatic controls and electronic sensors, the homemaker can be assured that the drying process will be stopped at the correct time, that the temperature will never be too hot for her clothing and that the clothing will maintain the desired moisture level no matter what the fabric. Portable Dryer For Fast World It's a fast-moving world-- and now there's even a movable laundry appliance. Maytag's Porta-Dryer is about the size of an end table and can be moved anywhere on casters (it plugs into any adequately wired household outlet). Or it can be carried in the family car to double as a Mother's helper at the lakeside cottage. WHY YOU NEED A DRYER Do you really need an automatic clothes dryer? A typical Midwest year will have 98 rainy days, 72 freezing and snowy days, 120 sooty days, 89 days with winds more than 12 9k ideal-days. It wasn't long before she noticed that she was spending less time diying her laundry. Less energy was required, too, because she didn't have to cany heavy loads, struggle out to the backyard, ha!ng up each item with care and then reverse the process when everything was dry. The weather became a minor matter--except for picnic days--because she didn't need to worry that her clothes drying in the backyard might be victims of a rainstorm or high winds. She soon found she could do laundry at any hour of the day or night without a thought to the weather's role in clothes drying. Then Mrs. Jones noticed she was really keeping up with the family inventory of clothes and household linens. Nobody's dirty clothes got ahead of her when she could wash and dry them in less than an hour. When she did replace linens and the family's clothes, she thought she'd give permanent press items a try. And then things really changed. She got such wonderful results from tumble drying permanent press items that her iron soon was retired to a far corner of the laundry room. Even the few non-permanent press items seemed to need less ironing after they'd been dried in her Maytag dryer with its automatic electronic control. Mrs. Jones decided her automatic clothes dryer was a prize in more than one way. Clothes smelled just as good as when they'd been dried outdoors. The family had a new patio where the clothes line had been located. And Mrs. Jones had 642 clothes phis that she never had to .'irVV &•»". .1 ! 'f.-W.."'.--' m rri\s i V' ' ieryide available if anything goes wrong «$th the appliance. • The warranty isn't the only thing to consider in Jniying a washer and dryer, but it "can be mighty important. The 6-2-5 warranty on Maytag's automatic washers, for example, specifies three important areas for the consumer: a five-year repair or exchange of the cabinet, if it rusts; two-year repair or exchange warranty on any defective parts, and five-year repair or exchange warranty on any defective parts in the transmission of the washer. Franchised dealers are responsible for one year free labor. It helps, too, if the warranty is easy for the layman to read and understand. The Maytag washer guarantee against rust states simply: "For five (5) years from the date of original purchase of the washer the Company will repair or exchange, at its option, any cabinet found by it to have rusted." There's no small print or hidden exclusions. But even the most dependable appliance with the best warranty will occasionally need service. And when the family washer stops running it can cause problems if good service isn't available. What kind of service should you expect? First of alf, prompt servicewithin 24 hours, if humanly possible. And when the serviceman arrives he should be equipped with the necessaiy tools, parts and service knowhow to repair the appliance efficiently. He should- be courteous and willing to tell you what was wrong and what was done to fix it. The ideal serviceman is neat in appearance and in his work. He will provide some form of protection for the appliance and the surrounding area while he is working. When he's through with his work, he'll wipe off the appliance, clean up the area and leave things at least as clean as they were when he arrived. A serviceman who is proud of his work may even give you a "report card" so you can relay to his boss your appraisal of the job he did. This kind of service-- idealistic as it may sound--is a reality. These are the standards set up by Maytag for all of its Red Carpet Service organizations. It's just plain good service. Year 'round Sun In Clothes Dryer When the winds howl and the rain falls--and you're stuck with a basketful of wet laundry, don't blame the weatherman. You ran have resort climate year 'round inside your Maytag automatic clothes dryer. Just select the proper setting for the items you wish to dry and you can laugh at the weather outside.