Eeek!, are they the Maytags? I do not know who in their right mind would have bought those (obviously you inherited them w/ the house, so I feel free to insult them). They don't use much less water than a usual American top-loader and I have heard bad things about breakdowns and maintenance.
You should get appliance guys to do the stacking, if you decide that's the thing for you. The machines have to be handled in a certain way, the washer AFAIK (this is a standard thing for front loaders with fast spin) has a massive counterweight in it somewhere, and the manufacturer probably has a special stacking-stabilization kit that needs to be correctly installed. Do not try it yourselves!
I have had lighter-weight (Whirlpool, Creda, and Miele) machines, which are stackable, but the idea of stacking larger machines is actually a little scary.
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You should get appliance guys to do the stacking, if you decide that's the thing for you. The machines have to be handled in a certain way, the washer AFAIK (this is a standard thing for front loaders with fast spin) has a massive counterweight in it somewhere, and the manufacturer probably has a special stacking-stabilization kit that needs to be correctly installed. Do not try it yourselves!
I have had lighter-weight (Whirlpool, Creda, and Miele) machines, which are stackable, but the idea of stacking larger machines is actually a little scary.