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Washing machine in bathroom ?

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Gamble66 · 12/09/2019 20:57

I'm having my bathroom refitted and having the washing machine and tumble dryer plumbed in upstairs as I just think it's so much more convenient. Friend thinks I'm bonkers.
What 'mad' house things have you done that work for you ?

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notso · 13/09/2019 09:35

Washing machine in an upstairs bathroom only works if you always tumble dry or hang clothes upstairs to dry.
I dry everything downstairs in the line or clothes horse so it wouldn't work for me.

My washing machine is in an unattached garage which everyone said I'd regret but it works fine for me.

I keep my toaster in a drawer which most people seem to find odd.

RavenLG · 13/09/2019 09:38

Theory being water/steam and electrics aren't great together
What about shaving points then? They’re in a lot of bathrooms in the uk.

redchocolatebutton · 13/09/2019 09:47

You're not allowed to have the washing machine plugged in in a bathroom.

you can have the washer wired to the outlet. no plug needed (and it's legal that way)

floravus · 13/09/2019 09:48

It's not a bad idea and I briefly considered it, but I never tumble dry and refuse to own one. So I either line dry or hang up to dry inside. Instead I've got a laundry room downstairs near the back door with a washing machine, big sink, rails on ceiling for hanging indoors or the option to just nip outside to hang it out. Yes, I need to carry the washing downstairs and back up again when it's dry but if I had a washing machine in the bathroom I'd have to carry heavier wet washing down and back up again, so it wouldn't make any less work for me.

cyclingmad · 13/09/2019 10:37

Prefer it in the kitchen especially for doing late washing or early morning ones. Being in a terraced house my bathroom backs onto my neighbours main bedroom, I would have to soundproof my walls and even then it wouldn't be 100% effective unless I soundpproof properly. Far too expensive and just not worth it.

spiderlight · 13/09/2019 10:50

My issue with it would be the noise from vibrations from the spinning. When I lived in a flat, the people downstairs were forever complaining that my washing machine was really loud and that they could hear it all through their flat.

Damntheman · 13/09/2019 11:50

It's a lot more logical to have the washing machine in the room that you know.. has a drain in it. If the machine leaks in your kitchen you're screwed, but if it leaks in your bathroom the water will just go down the drain. Lovely!

BertieBotts · 13/09/2019 11:53

We had one in a flat in Germany. We didn't line dry, no, because it was two floors down to the outside! Also communal so although there were washing lines, a bit weird. We had large airers instead.

BertieBotts · 13/09/2019 11:54

I've never had or seen a bathroom with a drain in it

Damntheman · 13/09/2019 11:58

What happens to all your bath/shower water?

BeepBeeep · 13/09/2019 12:00

Where does your bath water go then? @BertieBotts ? 😅

In my home country, almost everyone has their washing machine and dryer in the bathroom, we think it's unhygienic to have it in the kitchen.
Mine is in the bathroom, housed in a cupboard which matches everything else in there.

BertieBotts · 13/09/2019 12:00

We had a large, thick rubber mat under our washing machine which is meant to absorb the vibrations.

BertieBotts · 13/09/2019 12:01

Into the drain in the bath! A washing machine leak wouldn't go in there though.

Damntheman · 13/09/2019 12:03

Well.. it probably would. The drain in your bath likely leads into a drain in the floor under the bath. Any leakage water would seep down there I imagine if the builders did their work properly and gently sloped the floor in the direction of the drain.

BertieBotts · 13/09/2019 12:26

Oh, I suppose that makes sense. I had never thought about it like that, I assumed it was just all sealed off.

Damntheman · 13/09/2019 14:04

Having said that, google tells me it's quite common for a bathroom to not have drains in the States! I have NO idea where their bath/shower water goes - maybe they've got pipes? Differences are strange!

Zaphodsotherhead · 13/09/2019 14:07

My washing machine is in the hallway between my (downstairs) bathroom and my kitchen.

I have a foot in both camps.

janj2301 · 13/09/2019 14:28

I've seen it on many American/ Canadian DIY shows. They also place the washing machine in a sort of specially made tin bath contraption with a waste pipe incase the washer leaks so it doesn't flood the floors below. Love foreign DIY shows so many different ideas

MoreMia · 13/09/2019 15:23

To comply the plugs have to be in a cupboard or in a drawer etc. So it works to have either stacked with side panels or side by side under counter.
Most European countries keep W/d in bathrooms. I have only seen it in the kitchen in the UK and I always feel if dropped an item it has to be rewashed.
In my last reno put it upstairs with bedrooms. It just made for less management of wash bins and bed sheets.

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