Upstairs Laundry Room

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Has anyone put a laundry room upstairs? I have purchased a 5/6 bedroom house but the 6 is extremly small - could maybe fit a single bed and a rug. I was thinking of turning it into a laundry room and having a washing machine and dryer up here but I am concerned about any leaks that may happen.

Has anyone done this?

Excellent idea, it's on my wishlist if we ever self build. No carrying clothes upstairs and downstairs.

I've got a friend who has a laundry/ wardrobe room upstairs. It has a dirty side with the washer/ dryer and a clean side with all the family clothes! No wardrobes in any bedrooms. She has an ironing set up and a dehumidifier with hanging rails above. It's honestly amazing. It's a fairly big room though- a good sized double bedroom.

Omg, do it! These days when I watch those American property shows the thing I envy the most is an upstairs laundry room. It would improve my quality of life immensely. You can keep your prep kitchens and hot tubs. I want to use my dryer without going outside in winter.

I used to have that set up. I loved it. No need to lug stuff up and downstairs

Yes we have one. Used to be a shower room so water and waste pipes already sited. Our electrician fitted the sockets for washer/ t dryer when the bathroom fixtures were removed, we also have a ceiling airer. It’s a godsend. Our house is a 5 bed Victorian townhouse on 3 storeys and it’s on the middle floor. Love having the laundry room near the bedrooms and away from the kitchen.
The washer has a safety feature that it stops taking water if it detects a leak and it sits on an anti vibration pad and we hardly hear it, but the most important thing is to make sure it’s installed absolutely level on a totally level floor - this may require some prep work!

We don’t have a full laundry room sadly but we have the washer and dryer in a utility cupboard on the top floor. You get dressed/undressed up there so really it makes more sense than dragging all the laundry downstairs then back up to put away.

Interesting! What washing machine is this please?

My Canadian relatives all have upstairs laundry rooms. Makes so much sense - why lug all the dirty clothes, bedding, towels etc down to the kitchen to take it back upstairs again?

Very common in europe, well germany anyway and usually in the bathroom. Being upstairs makes perfect sense to me!!!!

It wouldn’t be ideal for me because I hanging my washing outside as much as possible but could work as a drying room with a dehumidifier in the winter.

It wouldn't work for me either. I dry laundry outside whenever possible because it's free!

I had a laundry room upstairs in a previous house. It was brilliant, so much more practical and convenient.

I have a laundry cupboard upstairs, with a washer and dryer. It’s fantastic. It’s honestly one of the best things we’ve done with the house.

It would be pointless for me as I line dry almost all year round. (Yes, in the UK).

Stayed in a large house and they did. Makes sense as where does the laundry mainly go- upstairs.

Yes yes yes - we put the laundry in our upstairs bathroom in our last house and have just done the same here.

I sit and fold the dry laundry while the kids are in the bath now which feels less of a chore. Also saves precious kitchen space if you don't have a utility

We have one- tall terraced house. It’s on the second floor and is so much easier. Has a washing machine, dryer and a pull down airer/maiden thingy. The boiler and water cylinder is there as well. My garden is tiny but we have a small roof terrace as well where I have another fold up airer so dry outside there. One flight of stairs to there rather than 2 to the garden! It’s a tiny room and a tip but at least the mess is contained!

A good idea in theory, maybe not so much in practice.

Washing machines are very heavy and bulky, so getting it upstairs can be quite tricky.
Floor loading is a concern.
Vibration will almost certainly be worse on a higher floor, and will be louder if you are trying to sleep while it is on - for example, the vibration might be transmitted along the joists.
If there is a water leak it will cascade through your house, wrecking whatever is below it.

If the house has actually been designed with a purpose built upstairs laundry room its probably fine. Dragging one up to a higher floor on a new build probably less so.

We have our laundry upstairs, it's a game changer. No more washing everywhere. And guess what? I still take it downstairs and outside if I want to dry it. I just don't have piles of dirty washing in the kitchen and dining room.

I wouldn't worry about leaks - we all have bathrooms upstairs and I reckon theres more chance of a leak from an overfilled bath, failed shower tray or blocked loo.

I was thinking of this.. is it ok to put the washing machine just on a normal floor.. I would have thought modern washing machines would be fine but like to hear if there are any concerns.

Yep we have one - so useful! No more lugging stuff up and down stairs.

We use it as a dedicated room just for laundry, so there is a washing machine, tumble dryer, cupboard for laundry supplies, drying racks that fold out from the walls. There’s also a shelf labelled with the name of which rooms the clean folded clothes go to, so everything just goes onto the right shelf and then is periodically put away.

They are heavy, but no more than a couple of people, or 1 large person. You wouldn't worry about people upstairs, so why a washing machine?

I've just converted a shower room into a laundry room and am really pleased with it! I didn't have to do anything specific with the floors - just moved my washer/drier upstairs. I'm going to get wall to ceilng cupboards built and a pull down airer (or perhaps a wall hung one). And also store all of my towels and bedding in the room. I really like it so far - don't have to carry washing up and down stairs and don't have the sound of the washing machine annoying me. Don't have piles of washing downstairs either.

Also if my children bring their laundry baskets down to it, they just clutter up that room not my kitchen.

Defintely don't regret it!

That’s funny, my Canadian relatives all have laundry rooms in the basement! So they’re lugging it all down two flights of stairs every time.
I line dry when it’s warm enough so would still be taking the laundry downstairs. It doesn’t actually bother me going up and down stairs with laundry though, I don’t find it a pain. Now, lugging the hoover around on the other hand 🙄

It's a good idea. The clothes are removed upstairs in the bedrooms and then they go back into the cupboards there when clean, so it makes a lot of sense to do the laundry nearer the bedrooms.

I would do it if I had the space but I would make sure it was installed on top of one of these trays (like a shower tray for washing machines)