@Alyx No idea wrt the rack or the dryer, my sister brought it with her when we moved here last October and the laundry machines are all owned and maintained by the group that owns the apartment building.
@Alyx I mean yeah, but our apartment building has a dedicated laundry room, so even maintenance is out of my hands.
@Alyx Also it turns out the laundry rack was old as balls too. My sister wasn't the least bit surprised that some of the links blew. Oh well, I fixed it with some metal hooks from the dollar store
@pettancow you can replace heating coils in a dryer yourself, I've done it, but bleh