ᐅ What are your thoughts on a laundry chute?

If you handle the drywall installation around the laundry chute yourself and simply use insulated "inspection panels" for the flaps, which you can customize and install with a bit of DIY effort, a laundry chute doesn’t have to be expensive and actually looks quite nice.
If your laundry room is in the basement, I think a laundry chute is simply fantastic. No more smelly piles of laundry upstairs ever again….

WildThing schrieb:

If you have the laundry room in the basement, I find a laundry chute simply great.

I know many homeowners like such a laundry chute; still, I don’t really get it.

What’s the point of throwing dirty laundry down to a lower floor right where it’s generated, only to carry it back up again to the same place where it started?

At least I don’t run up and down (upper floor to basement and back); my laundry is washed on the floor where it accumulates and ironed and put away there as well, all within a short distance. If no piles of laundry accumulate, nothing starts to smell either.

Regards, Bauexperte

Bauexperte schrieb:
In any case, I no longer carry laundry up and down between floors; my dirty clothes are washed on the same floor where they accumulate and are also ironed and put away nearby. If laundry piles don’t build up, nothing starts to smell either.

And if you like to hang your laundry outside? That’s when you inevitably start walking anyway.

Bauexperte schrieb:
my laundry is washed on the floor where it accumulates

I also think that is a very good solution. However, you then need a room or space on the upper floor to wash and dry the laundry. Not everything goes into the dryer. And people usually do not want to hang laundry in the bathroom either.

We found an even simpler solution – a semi-detached house with a basement and a converted attic (so 3 floors plus basement). In the basement, there is a laundry tub under the stairwell opening, and everyone just throws their laundry down through the stairwell. The kids even turn it into a game – whoever misses more pieces has to go downstairs and collect them. Of course, the adults are great at aiming.

Washing and drying take place in the basement. We can run the machines at night without any noise disturbance because the closed door blocks the sound completely, which is important since we are quite sensitive. There is also an electric dehumidifier in the room, so hanging laundry always dries within less than 12 hours. We had clothes dryers on the sleeping floor for a long time – never again!

This way, I only have to carry up the finished laundry. And no, dirt and sand don’t get lost while throwing it down. Anyone who comes in dirty immediately takes off their pants on the ground floor and puts on something clean before sitting down on the couch.

Bauexperte schrieb:
I know many homeowners really like laundry chutes; however, I still don’t understand the point.

What sense does it make to throw dirty laundry down to a lower floor where it originates, only to carry it back up again to where it was created?

I personally don’t do that anymore (upper floor to basement and back); my laundry is washed on the same floor where it accumulates and is also ironed and put away nearby. When no laundry piles up, there’s no bad smell either.

Regards, Bauexperte

In my crystal ball, I see a household without small children who need multiple outfit changes throughout the day.