Bosch do a some good options also but require a stacking kit to be bought seperately around 80.
Can you stack washer and dryer of different brands.
No absolutely not.
Most stacking washers driers use a system of mating clips and hardware.
Assuming size wise you can physically stack them you can mimic this yourself.
As per samsung the new washer wf42h5000 was stackable only to a relatively new dryer model dv42h5000ew ac.
Older samsung dryer model is dv206aes xac.
Theoretically you could stack any dryer on top of a washer as long as it fits.
However you could void the warranties on both appliances by doing this.
If it s a front load washer with a slightly tilted tub and not made in the last few years it s probably manufactured by whirlpool and thus many newer whirlpool or maytag or other brands made by whirlpool can be stacked below it.
Stacking only suits front opening washers and dryers as it requires the base of a condenser dryer to be fixed to the top of a front load washer.
Instead look for washers and dryers that are designed to be stacked together.
The washer broke and we brought a new samsung washer wf42h5000.
Many front load washers can easily be stacked with their matching dryer thanks to stacking kits commonly available from the manufacturer.
If so i would stick to the same brands ideally and using a stacking kit.
Or laundry centers offer a tower of laundry power with a compact washer topped by a dryer.
Your top loading washer also needs a minimum lid clearance to open and use it the amount depends on the brand.
Most matching set stacking kits are just a plastic bracket and some rubber pads.
If you get an lg washer and lg dryer they come with brackets to attach together.
While there will be some interchangeability in washer and dryer models across the same brand you will not be able to stack laundry units from two different brands.
Then get a wall bracket from your dryer manufacturer to secure it to the wall rather than the machine below it.
You need to check the mounting points though.
You can easily shop for either gas or electric dryers in both configurations.
Usually this means having a washer and dryer of the same brand.
I was able to stack non compatible models of samsung washer and dryer.
But that s getting into nasa level diy so probably not recommended.
With the right skills and tools and the two units right there to reference and measure a clever person could make a mating plate to join together two units from different manufacturers.