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Post# 985484 , Reply# 1   3/6/2018 at 02:45 (2,214 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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I would hate a basement laundry. I wouldn't want to haul loads up and down steps.
An attached garage would be an OK location.
The home we'll be making an offer on has the laundry area just off the kitchen, and there is no door between the two rooms, but at least it's not in the kitchen.
I'm used to a laundry sink. Our potential new place doesn't have room for one, though. I'll learn to adapt. |
Post# 985487 , Reply# 3   3/6/2018 at 04:16 (2,214 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)   |   | |
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Post# 985489 , Reply# 5   3/6/2018 at 04:53 (2,214 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Well I've never had a basement or a garage with laundry area in it but I think I'd prefer it to be in the basement since I wouldn't want any garage fumes to be sucked into the dryer, mixed with the gas flame, and make my clothes smell funny like when I paint cabinets and trim in the house with oil paint...I can smell the burnt diesel/kerosene odor on the clothes until everything dries and the house airs out. |
Post# 985506 , Reply# 6   3/6/2018 at 08:01 (2,214 days old) by dermacie (my forever home (Glenshaw, PA))   |   | |
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Post# 985522 , Reply# 8   3/6/2018 at 10:05 (2,214 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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Post# 985524 , Reply# 9   3/6/2018 at 10:09 (2,214 days old) by philcobendixduo (San Jose)   |   | |
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.....would be where I'd place the laundry room. After all, most laundry is returned to bedrooms and areas near the bedrooms so why haul it all over the house? Some new homes being built today are placing the laundry room near the bedrooms and it makes a world of sense to me.
My laundry room is downstairs - a little room leading to the garage. All the bedrooms are upstairs. Lots of going up and down the stairs on laundry day! |
Post# 985525 , Reply# 10   3/6/2018 at 10:21 (2,214 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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Our laundry area is located in a closet in the upstairs hallway between the bedrooms and I find it very handy. The downside is that the space is limited because of the depth of the closet. Therfore, most all of the newer FL’s are too deep to fit without removing the bi-fold doors and putting up a curtain to conceal the machines when not in us, something I won’t consider.
But, if I was building a home to order, I’d have an old fashioned laundry room off the kitchen or on a back porch, with at least one laundry tub, so I could have a wringer washer if I wanted. Unlike many people I am also not adverse to having the machines in the kitchen. The home I spent my teen years in had the washing machine in the kitchen, to the left of the kitchen sink, with a laundry tub in a cabinet next to the washer for the suds saver. We also had a Maytag Wringer for a few years in the kitchen, instead of the Whirlpool automatic. The dryer was out on the open back porch. I never thought this set up was bad, And when I lived in apartments in my 20’s I had a Maytag A50 twin tub in the kitchen along with a Whirlpool portable dryer. This was very convenient and money saving too. I highly recommened this to anyone living in an apt. You can do almost all your laundry at home this way, save very large items. Eddie |
Post# 985541 , Reply# 12   3/6/2018 at 12:28 (2,213 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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I've had or lived in homes that had laundry equipment located in all three spots. I prefer a basement installation, with a laundry tub or tubs (gotta use that suds-saver somehow... LOL) but that's probably because of what I have used most. However as I get older and the ol' joints are starting to scream with every staircase I climb, I can see the utility of having a 'laundry alcove'. We had such a set-up in our apartment when we lived in downtown Montreal - it was adjacent to, but not in the bathroom, and had a set of folding doors to hide the machines when not in use. |
Post# 985559 , Reply# 14   3/6/2018 at 16:40 (2,213 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada)   |   | |
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I'd choose to have a laundry room next to the bedrooms after all this is where most of the laundry originates. I'd have a room large enough to include a laundry tub, upper cabinets and floor to ceiling storage as well. I definitely would want to be able to shut the door so that if company arrives unexpectedly, they wouldn't see piles of dirty laundry on the floor waiting to be washed.
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Post# 985567 , Reply# 15   3/6/2018 at 17:14 (2,213 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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Lord Kenmore thinks perhaps it would be best to have one of the wings of the mansion or the ancestral castle be dedicated to laundry. That way, one would have plenty of space, and could perhaps even have special rooms for various machines. Such as "The Laundromat Lounge" for Westinghouse Laundromats, and the Dryer Drawing Room. This post was last edited 03/06/2018 at 17:38 |
Post# 985570 , Reply# 16   3/6/2018 at 17:29 (2,213 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room)   |   | |
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My dreams of a mansion aside...
After years of living in rentals--some worse than others--I'm almost at a point of I don't care...just as long as the equipment works properly! Unfortunately, even that modest request has been problematic at times. For example, I used, for more than a year, a WCI Frigidaire that had trouble with the complexity of going into spin.
But thinking of ideals...a part of me really likes the idea of having the washer and dryer near the bedrooms. This seems efficient since most of my laundry historically has been clothes, bathroom towels, and sheets. My only reservation is the concern of the effects of overflowing washing machines and burst hoses. (I shut water off when the washer is off--but a hose can burst while the machine is running...)
A basement is lot less handy, but I see some points I like. First, there is more chance of space for more than one machine. Secondly, an older house might have a laundry chute, and I have fond memories of Grandma's laundry chute...
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Post# 985614 , Reply# 20   3/6/2018 at 22:26 (2,213 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Our laundry room is near the bedrooms, which I like. All the laundry accumulates in that area...clothes, towels and linens. It is a small room with a door, but holds the large front loaders just fine. With the cabinets and counter it is very functional. I placed a shower curtain rod from wall to wall above the door for items to air dry or hang shirts out of the dryer. There is a bathroom just across the hall if I ever need a sink to pretreat.
My dream laundry room would a similar arrangement, but larger with a laundry sink, space to keep an ironing board up full time and more storage.
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Post# 986961 , Reply# 21   3/17/2018 at 08:36 (2,203 days old) by GRWasher_expert (Athens)   |   | |
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Here in Greece most homes have their washing machines in the bathroom.I have it in the kitchen because my bathroom is pretty cramped.Very few homes have dryers and/or separate laundry rooms. |
Post# 986964 , Reply# 22   3/17/2018 at 08:58 (2,203 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA)   |   | |
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In the basement given the noise and lint. But I've never lived in a place where they were otherwise so that's all I know.
Whenever I see upstairs laundry installations in cheap new construction (combined with cheaply made appliances) I just imagine water disasters (and our collective home insurance premiums going up.)
And that's a really great idea CircleW makes about new basement stairs that are safer and more comfortable. Relatively easy thing to do that could make a big difference.
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Post# 988189 , Reply# 24   3/26/2018 at 00:38 (2,194 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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The first house we purchased in Cupertino not far from the new Apple complex was 900 sq feet. I assume a wringer washer was supposed to have gone in the small kitchen since the Crosley sink sort of had a separate drain area. The house had been modified so the washer and dryer were in the front yard facing the street. Sounds funky, but we constructed a long covered (GE Lexan) patio that ran the length of the house. There was a solid wood fence and double lattice at the top 1/3...perfect for peeking out. The washer and dryer were next to the water heater closet. I even installed a small laundry sink for giving Cinder, our black cocker spaniel, a bath. There were these small French doors that went into the kitchen and a little bistro table out there too for coffee. Doing laundry out there was fun especially when heavy rain pounded down on the Lexan roof. I guess there were times when it was chilly, but they were the best of times.
There's still plenty of those little houses in "Rancho Riconada" for sale. Building restrictions now prohibit them from being leveled and 2-story mini-mansions put in their place. Those mostly 2 bedroom, 1 bath, carport, wall-furnace homes sell for $1.5 million and up. The house pictured is a current listing at $1,395,000...a real bargain with a pending sale.
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Post# 988212 , Reply# 26   3/26/2018 at 03:03 (2,194 days old) by thomasortega (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles de Porciúncula)   |   | |
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It just reminded me of a member here that has a Kelvinator pair in his bedroom. Far the cutest machines I've ever seen here. |
Post# 988369 , Reply# 27   3/26/2018 at 18:37 (2,193 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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That house in Cupertino - in that rough condition - might sell for $60,000 or less in my neighborhood. |
Post# 988374 , Reply# 28   3/26/2018 at 18:58 (2,193 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ)   |   | |
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Being from northern New Jersey, and having spent some time as an appliance repairman, I like the washer in the basement. The worst possible place would be wedged into a closet on a main hardwood floor. |
Post# 988479 , Reply# 30   3/27/2018 at 14:17 (2,192 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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I have a downstairs shower room with the washer and dryer in a corner where the hot water tank used to be. It is through the kitchen on the ground floor its ideal as its near enough to see when its finished and if unexpected visitors happen to drop by you can close the door and no one has to look at the piles of washing waiting to be washed.
Also I am lucky enough that I now have a outside wash room with a large sink and hot water boiler so when I wish to play with a wringer washer or twin tub its all there ready I will take some pictures of it when its finished meanwhile I have put 3 of my current location of washer. As I do 100% of the ironing I have a room upstairs with cupboards and space to leave the ironing board up I too have a steam generator and a Singer steam press and an old from the 60's Morphy Richards Roller iron all ready for when the urge to use hits.... Austin |
Post# 988492 , Reply# 31   3/27/2018 at 15:19 (2,192 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City)   |   | |
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In New York City, most live in apartments. Those with washing machines almost always placed them in the kitchen. Everyone I knew did this. Our washers are usually way too big to be placed in bathrooms. It has been pretty common for the last 20 years or so for apartments having a laundry closet for a stacked washer/dryer, usually in the hallway near the bedrooms. Personally, I never liked having the washer in the kitchen, which is why I am building a laundry/utility closet for 2 washers, an overflow refrigerator/freezer and general storage. But my dream would be a large laundry room. With bimonthly rotating washer and dryer sets, cabinets, counter tops, a double laundry tub (in porcelain of course), a large ironing board (always open), and tons of laundry products from all over the world. Oh yes. |
Post# 988553 , Reply# 32   3/28/2018 at 00:26 (2,192 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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When I was home shopping in Manassas-there was a nice home I looked at-but one problem-----the WD was in the MASTER BEDROOM--HOW STUPID.There was a place upstairs near the attic for them.Pass on that place. |
Post# 988570 , Reply# 34   3/28/2018 at 09:01 (2,192 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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I love this one we created a few years ago now, has a large capacity Bosch set, big morticians laundry sink fo rinsing , soaking (and bathing dogs) a Servis twintub inset into the worktop, and other side a press iron and steam generator. !!
Pics in the link... CLICK HERE TO GO TO chestermikeuk's LINK
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Post# 988580 , Reply# 35   3/28/2018 at 11:30 (2,192 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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Post# 988606 , Reply# 36   3/28/2018 at 15:43 (2,191 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Hi Austin Yes all appliances still washing away....
Your new place is looking fab, look forward to seeing it.....
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Post# 988607 , Reply# 37   3/28/2018 at 16:05 (2,191 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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My sister's current house has the laundry equipment (stacked Maytag FL) in the downstairs bath near the master BR. Previously she lived in a double-wide that had a laundry area near the back door, and earlier she and her first husband had a mobile home with the laundry in the bathroom. |
Post# 988650 , Reply# 38   3/28/2018 at 23:02 (2,191 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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