ᐅ Ideas for Drying Laundry in the Utility Room

Created on: 21 Jan 2021 01:03
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Ruksson
Ruksson21 Jan 2021 01:03
Hello,
we have just submitted our building permit application for our single-family house – see my thread (building permit slightly different from the drawings. Utility room approx. 90% as planned): Floor plan for 175m² single-family house with 3 children

Since I go running at least three times a week and don’t wash my workout clothes after every session, I usually dry them to be able to wear them twice before washing. In our current rental apartment, we have a towel radiator where I usually dry the laundry, but it is somewhat small and, of course, the towels need to be hung there as well.

I am therefore looking for a smart solution so that the laundry and the room (the idea is the utility room, since we will mostly enter the house through it) where the clothes hang do not develop unpleasant odors and dry well.
Does anyone know this situation and have found a solution for themselves?
My first thought would simply be a towel radiator. But do people usually install something like that in a utility room? Is that common?

I’m completely in the dark here and don’t know if my question is too specific or if I am overthinking this.
I would appreciate any experiences or ideas.
Nida35a21 Jan 2021 01:28
We have a folding drying rack mounted on the wall in the utility room. Since the room is warm and dry, everything placed on it dries quickly.
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Ysop***
21 Jan 2021 06:45
Where do you dry your remaining laundry after washing it? I would just use a drying rack—either a freestanding one or wall-mounted. Then put it in the laundry basket afterwards :p
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ypg
21 Jan 2021 07:55
Ruksson schrieb:

Does anyone know this situation and have found a solution for it?

Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery removes moisture from workout clothes within a few hours 🙂
Ruksson21 Jan 2021 09:05
Ysop*** schrieb:

Where does your remaining laundry dry after it has been washed? I would just use a drying rack, either a freestanding one or a wall-mounted one. Then put the clothes away afterward :p

The remaining laundry is also planned to be kept in the utility room, probably on a drying rack.
ypg schrieb:

Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery will remove moisture from sports clothes within a few hours 🙂

We will not have a ventilation system.

But basically, I think we will have to rely on wall-mounted dryers or something similar, and try to dry the laundry as quickly as possible inside the room. In summer, it’s no problem to hang the laundry outside.
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ypg
21 Jan 2021 09:07
Ruksson schrieb:

But basically, I think we will probably have to rely on wall-mounted clothes dryers or similar solutions.
But don't forget to ventilate manually 🙂