Washing machine in bathroom?

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Has anyone done it?
It’s a large room, used to be a double bedroom, so it would be 3 metres away from shower and bath. What about toilet though? It would be fairly close to that. ( but not right next to it)
It’s currently in the garage, so I can’t use it in icy weather as ice can form in the drainage pipes. Nowhere to put it in the kitchen and no utility room. Do I just accept the fact that I can’t wash for weeks at a time in Winter?

OMG watching this thread with huge interest, because just this week I have become keen on the idea of turning the boxroom (adjacent to an en suite) into an upstairs laundry room.
Tile floor (?? Poss wet room style) with wood effect tiles, anti vibration mat, then washing machine tray, them actual washing machine, stacking kit, tumble drier.

Heated airer on other side of room.

Are there any building regs that mean this couldn't be done?

Slightly odd in the UK but we're not planning on moving house - been here over 20 years already.

Would also free up space downstairs ... although not sure I'd want to knock the old utility room into the kitchen, as it acts as a sort of interim room between the kitchen and the FREEZING OUTDOORS which is good when the dog demands a widdle in winter...

if the room does not contain a fixed bath or shower, it is not a bathroom so bathroom regulations don't apply.

I can't think of any other restriction, except that if you have upstairs/downstairs/next door neighbours there might be noise nuisance.

Add an extractor to remove water vapour, especially if you have an airer for wet or damp washing.

You can have an airing cupboard with a small radiator in it if you want.

You might need to add an electrical circuit, because during the heating cycle, a washing machine and a drier can each draw up to 13Amps, and your airer and iron will also have a load. Utility rooms and kitchens often have their own circuit in modern homes due to the appliances.

I have mine in the bathroom. It's great. I hate going to people houses for a coffee and watching their pants whizzing around the machine. We have ours in an old airing cupboard so it is much quieter too. The heated airer is just outside in the hall, so less carrying heavy washing baskets too. It also frees up space in the utility to have an overflow freezer.

Yep. In Europe you'd expect to see the WM in the bathroom.

Yes do it!!! I HATE the washing machine being in the kitchen, the noise really does my head in when it's spinning off and I'm in there cooking while trying to listen to the radio. I've always thought it'd make so much more sense for it to be in the bathroom (if there's no way of having a separate utility room).
A laundry room upstairs with the washing machine , dryer and ironing board would be living the dream!!

My parents in their old Victorian house had washing machine and tumble dryer in their old housd in bathroom in a cupboard, tumble dryer was above machine and vented out wall.
They had in cupboard so it matched the cupboards etc in room as also boiler cupboard was in there , it was a large room.
Now they moved they have a utility room which is my dream to have .

In not sure a British electrician can legally install it, you cannot have plug sockets in bathrooms

In not sure a British electrician can legally install it, you cannot have plug sockets in bathrooms

you can get then hard wired. or installed in a cupboard with doors inside the bathroom.

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In not sure a British electrician can legally install it, you cannot have plug sockets in bathrooms

you can get then hard wired. or installed in a cupboard with doors inside the bathroom.

you can even have a hairdryer in the bathroom if it is one of those hotel type ones fixed to the wall and hardwired.

Cheers PigletJohn, good point about the electrics. Detached place so no worries about noise.

We have a big cupboard in our bathroom which has our washing machine and tumble drier in it. It's awesome. No more traipsing clothes up and down the stairs. If we were to move house, moving the washing machine and tumble drier upstairs would be the first thing I'd do.

I like the idea of washing machines upstairs but the problem is just leaks! If your washing machine leaks (not uncommon if it develops a fault) then where does the water go? It goes through the ceiling of the room beneath it.

Great idea. Our friends have it and so much better than in a kitchen.

My parents have their washing machine in the spare room. I think it’s a good use of space - would rather it there than the kitchen if no room for a laundry room. They got bespoke joinery to hide it. The washing machine sits on a shelf and there is a space below for the washing basket

** spare bathroom