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Thinking of having the boxroom upstairs tanked and (it backs onto an ensuite) washing machine plumbed in. Add washing machine tray (belt and braces!), stacking kit maybe. Add tumble drier, heated airer, dehumidifier.
Vinyl plank or wood effect tiles on floor.
=> Laundry room that doesn't involve schlepping everything downstairs and then (**through the kitchen!**) upstairs again.
Change my mind!
Washing machine upstairs could be quite noisy.
Vent the tumble dryer, condensing ones still create a lot of moisture, and / or extractor fan on a timer or humidistat
Stack them for sure.
We have our vented tumble dryer sitting on a bit of old worktop
With a couple of hefty IKEA cast iron right angle brackets as support.
I've cobbled together a pull out shelf from under this for folding laundry, putting the laundry basket on for stuff coming out the dryer, etc.
As long as you have a decent floor. We had ours upstairs while I put in the new kitchen. It really shook the floor and cracked the plaster on the ceiling below.
Yep, among some questionable choices the previous owners made with our extension, one of the best things was a really solid concrete plinth for the washing machine to sit on. It can spin away and not feel like it's trying to shake the house to pieces.
I'd love an upstairs laundry room though. A mate has an upside down house (built onto a hill) so has his by the bedrooms at the bottom - so much better to keep them close to the source and destination.
(puts "washing machine vibration and sound deadening mat" on the list!)
Thinking of having the boxroom upstairs tanked
Tanked as in asphalt tanking??
I've got one, basically a single bedroom next to the bathroom that I had the combi boiler put in. as others say the only downside is the spin which is currently set to 800rpm (rather than 1200 or whatever the max is), I've tried a few things anti vibration mat, rubber feet etc. Considering putting the tumbler on top to add weight. got a dehumidifier, but generally just have the window open a touch (got a humidity gauge and it's doesn't appear to get damp in the room).
We find our non vented condenser dryer doesn't put out much moisture.
It does however put out a lot of waste heat - a bit of shelving or hanging space behind the air outlet is good for drying shoes / rucksacks etc using the hot air you would otherwise throw away with a vented one.
I had a room at my old house for laundry. No washing machine, but I had a frame dryer and the ironing board set up all the time for laundry. A a thing for stacking stuff on.
Mind you, i had just got divorced and had spare space, so maybe it was a bit of a luxury on my part.
Make it into a sauna instead
The sort of stuff they do for wetrooms, sharkbait, but it's not as if I know much about anything (currently watching lots of YT videos on this stuff).
That *plus* a washing machine tray with a drain should be belt and braces hopefully.
I am getting quite keen on the idea.
I'm sure nobody will be surprised to learn that what REALLY needs doing is the bathroom, but we have been staring glumly at online catalogs for tiles / wetwall / taps etc and pulling faces going "not sure we fancy that for the next 20 years", so this laundry room idea is kind of hoovering behind the wardrobe....