Moving Washer & Dryer Upstairs -- Concerns
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Laundry in upstairs closet - should I move it?
Comments (4)On of the deciding factors in choosing the specific model we chose when shopping for a new home was whether it had a laundry on the second floor (where the bedrooms are). The superior layout of our model along with the laundry made the decision. The only home we like better had the laundry in the basement and that was its death-mark. If you're doing hockey equipment it makes total sense to have an additional machine. That idea seems like the perfect Male solution as well, so I'm surprised your husband didn't agree. The laundered items ideally should stay on the same plane they're used in. So that means clothes near the bedrooms and sports stuff on the main floor so you don't have to cart them up or down. Makes perfect sense to me. And if you're happy with the performance of a top loader, you can get another cheap one for downstairs or move the one you have now and get a nicer front loader for upstairs with higher speed spin and some other bells and whistles like delayed start. Bruno...See Morexpost, moving washer dryer to upstairs 2nd flr bathrm
Comments (3)One thing to consider when having a 2nd floor laundry is the vibration caused by the washer. Is your main floor wooden joists or are you on a slab? If you have joists, then you may already be aware of this potential issue. One thing I would do under the current shower is reinforce the floor. sister the joists in the area and add blocking between them. Just my suggestion. I'm not a pro....See Moremoving washer and dryer to a new space
Comments (1)I'm no plumber but I can tell you that we did this on our fifth floor level (when the baby came) and I've never regretted it. We actually went ahead with gas to the dryer as well. We were on an outside wall so we vented out the back, and the drain we used was from the tub we removed so it was probably a bit easier than what you're doing. We used the water access from the old tub as well for hot and cold. The one mistake we made is to hire a dork who put the water shut off valves way in the back of the closet that we enlarged for the stackables. If we had to turn off the water in an emergency it would be a challenge. He did the same with the plug in...it's BEHIND the washer and dryer, and we couldn't reach it if our life depended on it. Think about the locations of these items :) We're having our new GC on this job fix the water access problem with a discrete door in the wall outside of the closet. We left the wiring as is. Our closet is right next to a bathroom as well. We had to relocate the door of the bathroom to make room for the closet so keep that in mind (debth of the closet) as you decide this). Even with the few booboo's...we love the laundry upstairs. We also have one on the first floor for larger laundry (linens etc)....See MoreShould I move my washer and dryer upstairs
Comments (26)I have a real life horror story. (Ok, maybe HORROR is a strong word. No one died. Ha ha. But it was a huge PITA....) I have my washer/dryer in the cellar. Cement floor with good floor drains, thank goodness. I was upstairs in my house, while doing a load of laundry. I was busy doing other things and didn't go down to transfer the load into the dryer for maybe an hour or so. It was no more than 90 minutes anyway. Imagine my horror when I walked down my cellar stairs and saw a massive pool of water. It covered the entire basement floor and was about an inch deep. There were things FLOATING in my basement. All of a sudden I had an in-door swimming pool! One of the hoses to the washing machine broke. It had been spewing a lot of water that whole time There is no way a drain pan would have been of any use given how much water was involved. Fortunately it was "just" a concrete basement floor. We pushed a lot of water down the floor drains, set up fans, and ended up running a dehumidifier for days. I have another friend who had a washer leak on her first floor and the amount of damage was unbelievable to me. They had to replace floors and subfloors, and were on an crawl space so also had to replace a lot of insulation underneath their floors. Lesson learned. I built a new house and put the washer/dryer in the cellar again. I have dedicated space on my first floor so that if I ever become unable to carry laundry down the stairs, and/or sell my home to someone else, we do have space on the first floor for laundry. But unless I'm forced to move that washing machine it's staying in the cellar where any future water issues won't wreck my nice hardwood floors. We all make cost/benefit analyses differently and we all find carrying laundry up or down stairs different levels of annoying (or impossible, depending upon one's health). But for me, I'm calling it good exercise and keeping potential water issues to a minimum....See MoreBuehl
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