Product review (5 stars): I put a beautiful floor length cloth between the wood and the glass
I've had this machine for years now in a NYC Coop apartment.  I keep it in a hall closet across from a bathroom.  I wheel it out when I want to use it and park it outside the bathroom door, hook it up to the sink and drain it into the bathtub.  I put one of those hair catchers over the drain in the tub to collect any lint that might get past the interior filter.  I have never stopped up the tub or had any problem with the 1939 plumbing.  A couple of years ago, I had to replace the drain hose - but I think that was because I pulled it too tight to make it go around the door and into the tub and it finally made a small hole in the hose.  When I replaced it, I left more room on the inside of the unit for the hose, and I added an extender so that I have plenty of hose to work with to reach the tub.  MIdway between, it hangs on a towel hook, as the hose must be above the top of the unit to drain properly.  This machine gets things really clean.  I do separate some of the clothes into mesh bags because the clothes do get knotted.  About six months ago, I got tired of hanging things up to dry, or going to the basement common laundry room to dry towels and sheets, so I bought the small 110 Avanti dryer.  I put it on a dolly and had a wood round top and same size glass top cut for it.  I put a beautiful floor length cloth between the wood and the glass, and it is camouflaged as a gorgeous, mobile, side table.  These really work for me and are a great solution for apartment dwellers in buildings that don't have built-in hook-ups.