5.2 cu. ft. Mega Capacity TurboWash® Washer with Steam Technology

The ENERGY STAR® Qualified LG 5.2 cu. ft. Mega Capacity TurboWash® Washer with Steam Technology, Model # WM8100HVA does not have a soak function. It has a Prewash option that allows you to prewash heavily soiled items for 15 minutes...^IFV

The Sanitary cycle on the ENERGY STAR® Qualified LG 5.2 cu. ft. Mega Capacity TurboWash® Washer with Steam Technology, Model # WM8100HVA is NSF certified under Protocol P172 (Sanitization Performance of Residential and Commercial, Family Sized Clothes Washers) to remove at least 95 percent of house dust mite allergens and feline dander. The wash water must reach 55º C (131º F, the temperature required to kill dust mites) for at least three minutes and the washer must be easily cleanable, corrosion resistant and designed to avoid accumulation of dirt and debris. Similarly, its matching Electric and Gas Dryers, (Model # DLEX8100V and Model # DLGX8101V) have Anti Bacterial cycles that are also NSF certified under Protocol P154 (Sanitization Performance of Residential Clothes Dryers) to reduce 99.9% of bacteria on laundry and that none of the bacteria will carry over onto the next laundry load. The default settings for the Anti Bacterial cycle ate High Temperature and Very Dry. To provide optimum washing performance, it is recommended that you set your water heater at 120-135°F (48-57°C) and the cold at 60°F (15°C). If you have never adjusted your water heater temperature, it will be set at 135°F or 140°F which is the default setting for most water heater manufacturers. Bed bugs exposed to 113°F will die if they receive constant exposure to that temperature for 90 minutes or more. However, they will die within 20 minutes if exposed to 118°F. Interestingly, bed bug eggs must be exposed to 118°F for 90 minutes to reach 100% mortality. Both the hot water temperature settings high temperature settings for the dryers exceed these temperatures and will kill bed bugs and bed bug eggs...^IFV

Typically, the doors on most, if not all of our Front Load Washers are not reversible, but they are reversible on our Front Load Dryers. The door on this ENERGY STAR® Qualified LG 5.2 cu. ft. Mega Capacity TurboWash® Washer with Steam Technology, Model # WM8100HVA is not reversible, but the doors on the matching electric and gas dryers are reversible...^IFV

Hi JimDalTx. Regrettably, neither color of the ENERGY STAR® Qualified LG 5.2 cu. ft. Mega Capacity TurboWash® Washer with Steam Technology, Model # WM8100H*A features 'Custom Program'...^IFV

The ECO WARM feature on your washer was designed to be a setting between the WARM and TAP COLD temperatures. It provides the benefits of a warm wash while using less energy. The water will be in the neighborhood of 90°F. On the ENERGY STAR® Qualified LG 5.2 cu. ft. Mega Capacity TurboWash® Washer with Steam Technology, Model # WM8100HVA, the warm setting is at 90°F...^IFV

The description that us given for the controls on the ENERGY STAR® Qualified LG 5.2 cu. ft. Mega Capacity TurboWash® Washer with Steam Technology, Model # WM8100HVA is "On-Door Electronic Control Panel with LED Display" which is terminlogy that is used to describe that the controls are above the door. YTou are correct, the controls are not on the door...^IFV

The dryer stacked on the washing machine with no pedestal would be about 86.5" depending on how you adjust the washing machine legs for leveling. ^AC

Hi JAS00. You can stack the LG 9.0 cu. ft. Mega Capacity Electric Dryer w/ Steam™ Technology, Model # DLEX8100V onto the ENERGY STAR® Qualified LG 5.2 cu. ft. Mega Capacity TurboWash® Washer with Steam Technology, Model # WM8100HVA using the LG Stacking Kit, Model # KSTK2 and the total height will be 82 1/20". You can stack either unit on the 29" LG Laundry Pedestal, Model # WDP5V which has a height of 13 9/10". When the DLEX8100V is stacked onto the pedestal, the total height will be 54 7/10" and when the WM8100HVA is stacked onto the pedestal, the total height will be 55 3/20". You cannot install the pedestal under a stacked washer/dryer. Not only would that be unstable and dangerously high, but it would put the dryer controls out of reach and that would also be too much weight on the pedestal...^IFV