It's the flooding problem most of all. I'm in one of the few Manhattan co-ops that still allows washing machines and dryers and it's a wonderful thing to have it in my apartment. But many landlords, co-op board and condos don't permit them because of the flooding.
Sodium acetate or hot ice is an amazing chemical you can prepare yourself from baking soda and vinegar. You can cool a solution of sodium acetate below its melting point and then cause the liquid to crystallize. The crystallization is an exothermic process, so the resulting ice is hot. Solidification occurs so quickly you can form sculptures as you pour the hot ice.
Buy dry ice in block form. Performing school experiments and creating fog effects both require blocks of dry ice. 1  Dry ice also comes in pellet form but is mainly used for dry ice blasting to clean surfaces, or for medical transportation. 2  The price of dry ice ranges anywhere from $1.00 to $3.00 per pound. Plan to pick up dry ice as close to the time you will need it as possible. 2  Since it is constantly changing from solid to gas, it has a very short shelf-life. 3  Every 24 hours, 5-10 pounds of dry ice turns from a solid to a gas.