Combined bathroom and utility room...does it work?

cbsexec

My washing machine is in the bathroom too,   Love it - much better idea.  No noise in the kitchen and no piles of dirty clothes waiting to washed or being sorted in the kitchen either.

molerat

kdotdotdotdot said:

In Germany it's usual to have the washing machine in the bathroom, so there's no reason not to do it (other than electrical considerations as mentioned above). 

When I lived in Germany we had a normal electrical socket over the bathroom basin, one over the bedroom basin and one over the draining board in the kitchen !

When watching various Youtube videos from the continent it is still commonplace even in obviously modern properties.

kdotdotdotdot

molerat said:

kdotdotdotdot said:

In Germany it's usual to have the washing machine in the bathroom, so there's no reason not to do it (other than electrical considerations as mentioned above). 

When I lived in Germany we had a normal electrical socket over the bathroom basin, one over the bedroom basin and one over the draining board in the kitchen !

When watching various Youtube videos from the continent it is still commonplace even in obviously modern properties.

Yeah, that's one thing that drives me bananas about this country and its terror of electrocution in the bathroom. Where does everyone in the UK charge their electric toothbrush and water flosser if there's no socket in the bathroom? 

SandyShores

Have a look on Pinterest and type 'Laundry in Bathroom' in the search box.  Some amazing examples.

We've recently moved into a new house and I thought I would really miss the utility room, but I absolutely don't (especially as it was always a bit of a dumping ground).  We have a garage now and its worked out better for us, but the examples on Pinterest are lovely - I wouldn't say no to one of those.

Apodemus

kdotdotdotdot said:

molerat said:

kdotdotdotdot said:

In Germany it's usual to have the washing machine in the bathroom, so there's no reason not to do it (other than electrical considerations as mentioned above). 

When I lived in Germany we had a normal electrical socket over the bathroom basin, one over the bedroom basin and one over the draining board in the kitchen !

When watching various Youtube videos from the continent it is still commonplace even in obviously modern properties.

Yeah, that's one thing that drives me bananas about this country and its terror of electrocution in the bathroom. Where does everyone in the UK charge their electric toothbrush and water flosser if there's no socket in the bathroom? 

There's a big difference in electrocution risk between a 13 amp socket and a 5 amp razor socket, which is what most people use for their electric toothbrush in UK.

Rosa_Damascena

kdotdotdotdot said:

molerat said:

kdotdotdotdot said:

In Germany it's usual to have the washing machine in the bathroom, so there's no reason not to do it (other than electrical considerations as mentioned above). 

When I lived in Germany we had a normal electrical socket over the bathroom basin, one over the bedroom basin and one over the draining board in the kitchen !

When watching various Youtube videos from the continent it is still commonplace even in obviously modern properties.

Yeah, that's one thing that drives me bananas about this country and its terror of electrocution in the bathroom. Where does everyone in the UK charge their electric toothbrush and water flosser if there's no socket in the bathroom? 

Bedroom. My toothbrush does not inhabit the same space as the toilet.

Ectophile

Apodemus said:

kdotdotdotdot said:

molerat said:

kdotdotdotdot said:

In Germany it's usual to have the washing machine in the bathroom, so there's no reason not to do it (other than electrical considerations as mentioned above). 

When I lived in Germany we had a normal electrical socket over the bathroom basin, one over the bedroom basin and one over the draining board in the kitchen !

When watching various Youtube videos from the continent it is still commonplace even in obviously modern properties.

Yeah, that's one thing that drives me bananas about this country and its terror of electrocution in the bathroom. Where does everyone in the UK charge their electric toothbrush and water flosser if there's no socket in the bathroom? 

There's a big difference in electrocution risk between a 13 amp socket and a 5 amp razor socket, which is what most people use for their electric toothbrush in UK.

Yes, there is.  All the shaver sockets fitted in bathrooms for the last few decades have been fitted with an isolation transformer.  That's why they are so bulky for such a small socket.  There's much less risk of a shock from one of those.

It is a British peculiarity to ban sockets from bathrooms, unless you have a huge bathroom.  Other countries don't bother, though they do insist that any bathroom sockets must be protected by an RCD.