ᐅ Washing machine and dryer in the basement or upper floor?

Created on: 16 Sep 2022 23:11
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alishka
Hello,

We are building a single-family house (basement, ground floor, upper floor). We have planned a utility room in the basement for the washing machine and dryer. However, I am considering relocating the washing machine and dryer to the upper floor. We have two bathrooms on the upper floor (one master and one children's bathroom). There is enough space in the children's bathroom, and the appliances could even be hidden behind a sliding door or a built-in cabinet. Where do you have your washing machine and dryer?
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kbt09
17 Sep 2022 12:23
But you only need to take down the laundry you actually plan to hang outside. Not all of it.
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motorradsilke
17 Sep 2022 13:29
kbt09 schrieb:

But you only have to carry down the laundry that you actually want to hang outside. Not all of the laundry.
True. But that laundry is wet and therefore heavier 😉. It might balance out, depending on how much you hang.
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haydee
17 Sep 2022 13:45
From the basement, you go upstairs to hang the laundry outside in the garden.
In a hillside house like ours, laundry is done upstairs where it’s generated and hung outside on the same level.
Drying laundry in the basement with windows tilted open is something I know from before; it can take a few days for the clothes to dry.
Patricck17 Sep 2022 16:01
For us, the question was quickly resolved because the entire utility room is located on the upper floor, as there is no basement. That is also where the washing machine is installed.
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alishka
17 Sep 2022 16:19
motorradsilke schrieb:

So we’re back to the question: should laundry be hung outside or not? If not, it’s ideal to have a dedicated space for it. If yes, you still have to go outside anyway.
I put almost everything in the dryer 😀 If I had to hang anything, I’d have to go up from the basement to the garden or down from the upper floor... I guess it’s about the same. Our basement has windows. The utility room is also the mechanical room; I’m not even sure if you can dry clothes there??
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alishka
17 Sep 2022 16:27
Patricck schrieb:

For us, the question was quickly settled because the entire technical room is on the upper floor, as there is no basement.
That's why the washing machine is located there as well..

I would also prefer a utility room on the upper floor, but unfortunately, there is not enough space for that.