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DominicHannove7 Mar 2023 19:06Hello,
we are planning to install a laundry chute as part of our new build.
The laundry chute is intended to be hidden in the wardrobe of the dressing room on the upper floor (UF). It should be accessible both from the dressing room and the adjacent bathroom on the UF (using a T-piece for this). On the ground floor (GF), it will extend approximately 80cm (31.5 inches) from the ceiling without any covering.
After some initial research, it seems the duct will likely have a diameter of 300mm (12 inches).
We actually prefer not to cover the duct in the utility room.
Now we are deciding on which material to use:
- PVC pipe (affordable, but possibly static electricity issues and the orange color is not very attractive... so it might still need to be covered)
- Stainless steel pipe (great appearance but expensive! Especially the required T-piece and connectors are very costly)
- Spiral seam duct (looks quite good and is affordable, even the T-piece... but we are concerned about clothes possibly getting damaged because it’s not as smooth and might rust over time?)
Has anyone had experience using a spiral seam duct for a laundry chute?
Additionally:
- What size should the round openings in the GF ceiling and wall between the dressing room and bathroom ideally be for a pipe with a 300mm (12 inches) diameter? We were thinking about 330mm (13 inches). We need to inform our general contractor, as they will make the openings.
- Does anyone know where to find reasonably priced laundry chute doors (round connection 300mm/12 inches)? Prices around 250€ are quite steep for such small doors.
We would appreciate any advice 🙂
we are planning to install a laundry chute as part of our new build.
The laundry chute is intended to be hidden in the wardrobe of the dressing room on the upper floor (UF). It should be accessible both from the dressing room and the adjacent bathroom on the UF (using a T-piece for this). On the ground floor (GF), it will extend approximately 80cm (31.5 inches) from the ceiling without any covering.
After some initial research, it seems the duct will likely have a diameter of 300mm (12 inches).
We actually prefer not to cover the duct in the utility room.
Now we are deciding on which material to use:
- PVC pipe (affordable, but possibly static electricity issues and the orange color is not very attractive... so it might still need to be covered)
- Stainless steel pipe (great appearance but expensive! Especially the required T-piece and connectors are very costly)
- Spiral seam duct (looks quite good and is affordable, even the T-piece... but we are concerned about clothes possibly getting damaged because it’s not as smooth and might rust over time?)
Has anyone had experience using a spiral seam duct for a laundry chute?
Additionally:
- What size should the round openings in the GF ceiling and wall between the dressing room and bathroom ideally be for a pipe with a 300mm (12 inches) diameter? We were thinking about 330mm (13 inches). We need to inform our general contractor, as they will make the openings.
- Does anyone know where to find reasonably priced laundry chute doors (round connection 300mm/12 inches)? Prices around 250€ are quite steep for such small doors.
We would appreciate any advice 🙂
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Schorsch_baut7 Mar 2023 19:29I can only say that my parents have a KG pipe with a diameter of 40 cm (16 inches) used as a laundry chute from the bathroom on the top floor and the first floor down to the utility room in the ground floor and all the way to the basement. Despite insulation, it is a very effective sound conductor. Through all three floors, you can hear the washing machine running in the basement in the rooms adjacent to the pipe, and conversely, every word spoken in the kitchen or bathroom on the upper floor can be heard in the basement. Unfortunately, laundry can’t actually fly up either. I wouldn’t want to install something like that in my own house.
I can only advise against it as well. You really don’t want a sound bridge between the bathroom and the utility room, do you? There’s often some buzzing in the utility room, or the dryer/washing machine rattles – you wouldn’t want to hear that while relaxing in the bathtub.
In our first house, we had planned one but fortunately decided against it to avoid sound issues.
Are your ceilings made of concrete and already finished? Such openings usually don’t look very neat, at least not in our experience. They’re typically reinforced with steel, and when you break a 33 cm (13 inch) hole through them, it won’t come out as a precise, clean circle. Since you don’t want to cover it up, you’ll probably need to fill and smooth it afterward. I don’t have a photo on hand of such an opening from our build right now, but it would likely be significantly larger and more irregular than intended.
In our first house, we had planned one but fortunately decided against it to avoid sound issues.
Are your ceilings made of concrete and already finished? Such openings usually don’t look very neat, at least not in our experience. They’re typically reinforced with steel, and when you break a 33 cm (13 inch) hole through them, it won’t come out as a precise, clean circle. Since you don’t want to cover it up, you’ll probably need to fill and smooth it afterward. I don’t have a photo on hand of such an opening from our build right now, but it would likely be significantly larger and more irregular than intended.
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hanghaus20237 Mar 2023 20:35I made it using 300 kg of pipes. At the top, there is a 300 mm (12 inch) 45-degree branch that goes into the kids' bathroom. That is directly integrated into a 40 mm (1.5 inch) cabinet. No flap is needed there; I put a cover at the bottom. In the parents' bathroom, it is integrated into a shelf. Then I added a DIY cover there.
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hanghaus20237 Mar 2023 20:41You can’t hear anything from the HVAC / utility room in the basement, neither on the ground floor nor in the bathroom. The media shaft was designed from the start with a disposal chute.
The cover at the bottom makes it possible.
The cover at the bottom makes it possible.
DominicHannove schrieb:
we are planning as part of our new build I believe this is the one: https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/grundrissverbesserung-tipps-koennt-ihr-helfen.44318/
DominicHannove schrieb:
to install a laundry chute. check this out:
https://www.hausbau-forum.de/threads/waescheabwurf-hygiene-wie-sauber-halten.33672/
https://www.instagram.com/11antgmxde/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bauen-jetzt/
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