Laundry upstairs

[AlexaAmbidextra]

Just watching Buying and Selling and so many American/Canadian homes have an upstairs laundry room. It makes absolute sense. When you think of it, most of the stuff you generate to wash, clothes, towels, bedding starts off upstairs so why is it normal for us to drag it all downstairs to launder it and then have to carry it all back up again? I guess it’s lack of space in smaller UK houses but I would certainly have my washing machine and tumble dryer upstairs if I had the choice.

Totally agree. I'd love a laundry room upstairs.
Would the washing machine spin not be damaging to floors though?

Would the washing machine spin not be damaging to floors though?

Wouldn’t have thought so as people have washing machines in flats don’t they?

We moved the boiler and washing machine upstairs when we remodeled the kitchen. It's the best.

I take mine downstairs because I take it outside to dry.

You then have to cart heavy wet washing downstairs and through the house to the washing line. I prefer taking it down and bringing it back up dry.

No, it obviously wouldn’t be as convenient if you line dry. I tumble everything though.

We had the laundry on the middle floor of our old house. So convenient. Americans are generally appalled we have laundry machines in the kitchen.

Americans have there laundry upstairs because they tumble dry all there clothes!! Hardly any one has washing lines. I would hate not getting my washing on the line. Also very bad for the environment.

I remember staying at my BIL and SILs house in Canada and doing some washing. I wanted to hang it out to dry. They were shocked and said the neighbours would be shocked too as no one hung their laundry outside, ever! I was shocked a time their wanton use of a tumble dryer in 40 degree heat!
(But they have a laundry room upstairs)

I'm a line dryer too. I would hate to have to traipse it downstairs.
I've seen the uproar about washing machines in kitchens. FFS I don't prepare food in it!

my washer is in the bathroom upstairs (in forrin) line is in the attic nearby to dry.

it's so nice not to have laundry in the kitchen!

I think it's a combination of machine type and flooring type. Most USA machines are top loading, which is fine on wooden floors. But UK machines are front loading, which tend to bounce around on wooden floors.

I'd imagine that UK machines upstairs would work if they're quite strongly constrained; but otherwise they'd "walk" all over the place and sound very noisy.

My washing machine and tumble dryer are in a small laundry room downstairs. But they're on a suspended wooden floor and free-standing. The washing machine keep inching its way forward and makes a heck of a racket when it's winding up to full spin. (All the washing machines we've had over the years have all done that.)

in germany, the home of super-heavy miele, where floorboards are very common in period properties (and also in 5 story 'victorian' blocks of flats) top loaders are practically unknown.