Putting a washing machine in an outhouse

sancho

Forgot about the machine, any suggestions for insulation? Can you insulate a washing machine? or would i have to find a way to do the room?

Painting the bricks would be ok, but thought if it was reasonably cheap it would look better rendered

Thanks again

ormus

prob best to insulate the room. using PB with insulating slabs underneath.
ie
http://www.wickes.co.uk/General-Purpose-Insulation-Slab/invt/161197

then you solve the decor problem too.

sancho

That's a good idea. It's a reasonably small room so will have to see how much space is lost.

I presume i would mount some wood to the wall, insulate in the gaps and then hammer the PB to the wood? Again, sorry if that's a stupid question!

That would be ideal though

wallbash

but remember any water left in the machine?
youll need to insulate the machine/room or provide some form of heating.

Is that really necessary ??

I'm thinking of any water i may have in the garage, its out of the wind
and I cant say I have ever seen solid ice. Perhaps a compromise, insulate the floor
but leave the walls alone, seems a lot of work/expense for something that won't happen .


Ps I do live in the warmth of the S.E England

sancho

I was thinking about tiling the floor, probably not the best insulation i suppose

If you guys could see the size of the room you would probably think i'm crazy, but after 6 years of renting, it would be nice to be able to practise some DIY skills on somewhere that doesn't really matter!!

I wouldn't mind putting plasterboard up, would that be enough insulant (is that a word?)

ormus

wallbash wrote: »

Is that really necessary ??

I'm thinking of any water i may have in the garage, its out of the wind
and I cant say I have ever seen solid ice. Perhaps a compromise, insulate the floor
but leave the walls alone, seems a lot of work/expense for something that won't happen .


Ps I do live in the warmth of the S.E England

i used to live in west london. we had a burst pipe in the kitchen one winter.
it was laid across an air brick!

peachyprice

wallbash wrote: »

Is that really necessary ??

I'm thinking of any water i may have in the garage, its out of the wind
and I cant say I have ever seen solid ice. Perhaps a compromise, insulate the floor
but leave the walls alone, seems a lot of work/expense for something that won't happen .


Ps I do live in the warmth of the S.E England

Yes, insulating the room is definitely necessary. My friend bu99ered here washing machine last winter that was kept in an outhouse, the water in the machine froze.

We live on the outskirts of London.

27col

Insulating the water pipes will not stop them from freezing. There needs to be some form of heating as well. All the insulation will do is to delay the onset of freezing. This might be ok in the balmy south where I live, as we do not get much cold/freezing weather. I do not know where the op lives, but if is in an area that gets prolonged periods of freezing temperatures, the water in the pipe will eventually freeze. The tap in my garage is extremely well insulated in a wooden jacket packed with several inches of polystyrene, and yet it has frozen at least once to my knowledge.

sancho

I live in east anglia, but west east anglia

Not really sure what to do then, don't want to have the room heated, i say room, it's actually like 5ft x 4ft max.

Psychobabble

I have my washing machine in an outhouse, have a double socket out there, one socket for the washing machine and the other is used to power a small plastic fan heater that has a built in thermostat, I just turn the thermostat down low to the frost protection setting and have never had a problem with the water freezing out there since.