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Creating a utility room from a storage cupboard
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I'm looking at possibly buying a small house. The kitchen has a good size storage room that would make an ideal utility area.
How close to the water supply and drainage does the washing machine need to be?
Would it be possible to do this from the plan below?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dicgnev5gsqhtr3/ground%20floor%20layout.PNG?dl=0
Any advice gratefully received.
How close to the water supply and drainage does the washing machine need to be?
Would it be possible to do this from the plan below?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/dicgnev5gsqhtr3/ground%20floor%20layout.PNG?dl=0
Any advice gratefully received.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair
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It's right by the toilet, accessed via the under-stairs. How much closer could you want it?
Perfectly feasible.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Ha! Yes, it didn't occur to me to consider the toilet, I was only seeing the sink (where the washer currently is). That's great news. Thanks!
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0 -
If the wall between the storage area & the kitchen is non-load bearing, remove it and extend the kitchen in to that space. That would get rid of the door and give you more room to work with. If you wanted a tumble dryer in there, you would have an issue with venting the exhaust outside. But a clothes line outside is much, much cheaper and far more environmentally friendly.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
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If the wall between the storage area & the kitchen is non-load bearing, remove it and extend the kitchen in to that space. That would get rid of the door and give you more room to work with. If you wanted a tumble dryer in there, you would have an issue with venting the exhaust outside. But a clothes line outside is much, much cheaper and far more environmentally friendly.
That's a good idea, I'll look into that. Although, it's nice to have a cupboard to close the door on the hoover and the mop and bucket.
What about the waste water from the washing machine. Where would that go?"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0 -
What about the waste water from the washing machine. Where would that go?
Route it under the stairs and hook up with the basin in the toilet room. The cold feed for the washing machine would follow the same route - This is very much dependent on exactly how the basin & toilet are plumbed in and where the pipes are routed in that space. The fact that you have a toilet located on the other side of the wall means any pipework in a utility space is going to be short and fairly easy to do.Any language construct that forces such insanity in this case should be abandoned without regrets. –
Erik Aronesty, 2014
Treasure the moments that you have. Savour them for as long as you can for they will never come back again.0 -
A bit of extra pipework in the downstairs lavvy wouldn't be a problem if it solved the washing machine on show in the kitchen problem."If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0
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You don't need an air vent for a tumble dryer.
Stacked under the stairs should work still leaving plenty of room for laundry/larder.
There is the outside wall if you want vented.
With 2.2m lots of options.0 -
I won't be having a dryer so that's one less problem."If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair0
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