The previous owners of our house moved the laundry room from the basement to a room right next to the upstairs MBR. Makes washing clothes almost a treat.
On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 12:31 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The chute in that old house was sheet metal duct too, fit in the stud > space so not very large > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > > > On Dec 20, 2022, at 12:01 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Ours ran from the upstairs hallway to the closet in the laundry room, > which was nice. Just put a big basket under the opening in the laundry room > closet and everything piled up there out of sight. > > > > The kids did enjoy it, too. It was often used as a racetrack for toy > cars and pretty much anything that would fit in it. It was also fun for the > occasional scare when someone was in the upstairs hallway and you yelled up > from below. I had the HVAC guys fabricate the chute with sheet metal so it > was near impossible to get anything stuck in it. > > > > -D > > > >> On Dec 20, 2022, at 11:38 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> When I was a kid I would regularly clog ours up stuffing clothes in it, > which required a broom handle to unclog. It ran from the upstairs bathroom > through the kitchen table area down to a cage in the basement. House was > built in 1920s. > >> > >> --FT > >> Sent from iFōn > >> > >>>> On Dec 20, 2022, at 10:40 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Two story saltbox we built in WI had a laundry chute. Builder thought > I was nutty, then after he saw it in action started putting it in his two > story house builds. > >>> > >>> -D > >>> > >>>> On Dec 20, 2022, at 10:34 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> This is the plan for the house up north. I plan to take the tub out > and replace with a walk in shower. That'll make room for a stacked > washer/dryer combo. > >>>> > >>>> Upstairs bedroom will get a laundry chute too. My aunt and uncle > lived in a house that had one. I remember as a little kid thinking it was > the coolest thing in the world. > >>>> > >>>> -Curt > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at 10:01:11 AM EST, mitch--- via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On 2022-12-20 09:52, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > >>>>> What, for the results of Taco Tuesday? > >>>> > >>>> I don't know if it used to be a mudroom behind the bathroom or an > >>>> oversized bathroom, but somewhere along the line my 14' deep bathroom > >>>> gained washer hookups and a 240v dryer outlet. The old washer hookups > >>>> are in the basement. So my bathroom is more of a blaundry room, > complete > >>>> with electric dryer. > >>>> > >>>> It's more convenient than I initially realized. Laundry generated in > the > >>>> bathroom can be thrown straight into the washer. > >>>> Laundry generated in the bedrooms doesn't have to be transported very > >>>> far. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________ > >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>>> > >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
