Near where most other house keeping chores take place.
I want to move my laundry on second floor.
If not cut the plumbing high enough to attach new.
I m guessing it ll never have to be used but its there non the less.
The equipment can be placed behind a curb but it will be hard to move.
I just built a house and made my laundry room on the second floor.
If the washer overflows or leaks it can cause a lot of damage especially on the second floor barlett points out.
House was built and connection for gas and pipe line was installed on that closet.
Consider where you wish to move the washer and dryer.
Machines hidden in cabinets require vented doors and clearance space for proper ventilation.
Your laundry room must have a floor sturdy enough to support a minimum weight of 200 pounds.
Most laundry is accumulated in bedrooms and bathrooms.
For convenience on the main floor anywhere off the kitchen makes sense as does a mudroom or off the garage.
Need to carry hampers upstairs.
Sturdy level floor.
Due to space limitations when we designed our home by architect we asked to have small closet on the second floor.
Do carefully consider location.
The dirty clothing sheets and towels that make up 95 of our laundry are generated on the second floor so having the laundry room upstairs eliminates the lugging of laundry baskets up and down the stairs.
When these rooms are upstairs it becomes a major inconvenience to haul it down a flight of stairs to.
If you put laundry on the first or second level also remember to include a floor drain in your plumbing needs together with a sloping floor to the drain and a lip into the laundry room.
Moving washer dryer to upstairs laundry room the pros.
Allow enough space to work in the area comfortably and provide enough room for plumbing or appliance repair.
How to move a washer dryer upstairs.
On the first floor.
Laundry can pile up in cooking eating and foot traffic areas.
Keep the slope of the floor to 1 inch or less across the width of the appliance.
No more lugging laundry up and down the stairs.
On a second floor try to position it so it backs onto a bathroom.
It seems okay to me.
Don t put the laundry too close to sleeping areas.
If there is a closer water source to your new laundry area you may wish to cut these low to the ground and cap them off.
I tiled the floor the same way i did my shower floor with a floor drain.
If a pan and drain is used under the washer for protection a primer or valve that drips some water into the drain pipe s trap is needed.
The noise will keep you awake.
Hello i need help to ensure that i am doing the right thing when i move my washing and dryer upstairs on the second floor.
Its fantastic having the laundry room with most of the bedrooms.