Laundry Room in to a Mini Kitchen on second floor?
Rick M
3 years ago
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Comments (8)Raam - Stupid question... how do you block an I-Joist? Blocking solid lumber is pretty straightforward.. but an I Joist? Do you block just the top flange? The webs? Brickeye - Hey! Don't know if you remember, but I used to post here as "Saltbox-NH" a few years back.. I owner built a reproduction Saltbox colonial. Sold that, now I'm building again. The washer and dryer will be sitting on a pan connected to a dedicated drain. It's a high efficiency washer so the total water it would ever have at one point is like 13 gallons... I think it also has some sort of overflow sensor but I'm not sure.. I'll have to RTFM. There will also be easy access shutoffs for hot and cold water supply in the laundry room itself and we are doing Pex/manifold so there's an additional shutoff in the basement. Worthy- No rubber membrane, curb or tiles... seems a bit overkill vs. what a pan w/drain can provide in the rare occurance of an issue....See MoreOT: Laundry room main floor or second floor?
Comments (38)In our first house we had one level, and W/D near the garage entry. Next and current house is 2-story with laundry room on 2nd floor, and I love it. But, it just depends on how you live and how you actually "do" your laundry. For us, by that time, our girls were school-aged. So I was not tending a baby and folding lots of little baby things. The upstairs is just great since the laundry is in the middle of the hall, with baths and BR's on either end, so all linens and clothes just go there. You can dash and get something from the dryer to put on, or a warm towel. I don't think it's as simple as "where you spend your time" with the exception of watching small children, but maybe more about how you attack the clean clothes, and whether you have bedrooms on 2 floors or all upstairs. Or maybe as pointed out, if you do 10 loads of laundry in one day, you then are having a real laundry project, like a cooking project, and tending it most of the day. So those habits and preferences will affect what works best. I spread my laundry loads throughout the week, and so tending 1 or 2 loads in a given evening overlaps with other trips up or down stairs to do other things. With the upstairs laundry, I bring a hamper to my room and fold clothes and towels and put them directly in the closets/drawers. I may use the bed to make piles of folded stuff. I listen to radio or talk with my husband or just, you know, think deep thoughts. (Girls (esp in past years) take hampers to room and who knows what they do then? Not my problem). There is room in the laundry to fold there, so I might do some towels there, but otherwise I don't, since I would then have to just stack stuff in hamper and bring back and dig out again. So, I prefer my current system to an off-the kitchen system in which I'd haul stuff upstairs or fold stuff on the sofa. I don't have a mudroom and wish I did. I think that definitely influences laundry gameplans, since then you have other advantages of the mudroom and how your organize the flow of clothes and stuff. If one or more family members have to deal with dirty work clothes/uniforms, or maybe just active kids and sports stuff, that can be an advantage if you are organizing the clothes and shoes off upon entry. I guess you have to put on a robe or something to come trouping through the living room after stripping? But for those who have less frequent "toxic" clothes, you could just have a drop-off hamper at the entry point. I think it's less universal than kitchen design, which while still very personal, has the somewhat universal issues of work triangles and door-openings and things for the basic layout, and then moves on to more preference-based issues for how and where you eat, do homework, watch TV....See MoreMini kitchen redo help please - Second attempt
Comments (1)You're right in that this site can be a great resource! One of the best is the Finished Kitchen Blog, created and maintained by one of the members, starpooh. Go check it out for inspiration: I've put the link below. Also, only one of your pics were accessable to me and it was the one with the fridge and showing what looks to be the dining room in the background. Do you like the colors in the rest of the house? What colors or styles are you attracted to? It looks like you have a good base to begin with: white cabinets, fairly neutral floor and countertop. I'm sure it will be fun making it your own! Also, there is a thread here called "New to GardenWeb?" that you can read for lots of tips on getting advise, posting pictures, etc. I'll go look for it now so that it is on page 1 for sure. Congratulations on the new home purchase and welcome to GW! Sandy Here is a link that might be useful: Fisnished Kitchen Blog...See Morelooking for a quiet washing machine for our second floor laundry room
Comments (5)Frontloaders are typically very quiet when tumbling/washing/rinsing. Some are noisy when draining, the pump may generate a chug-chug-chug sound when the drain flow slacks off. Most tend to be somewhat noisy during spin at fast speeds .... nature of the beast when a motor and a drum/tub assembly full of clothes is rotating in excess of 1,000 RPM along with the oscillations and vibrations that may occur....See MoreRick M
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