Losing my garage - any ideas for housing our washing machine and other white goods outside ??? Has anyone managed this ?

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In the new year our garage is being converted into 2 bedrooms ready for arrival of dc 4 .
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Trouble is its also a utility full of white goods and my washing machine.
Putting the washing machine back into the kitchen is only an option if i lose my beloved dishwasher .
I have some money for a nice shed but dh says the washing machine will freeze up in the winter in a shed .
has anyone else turned a shed into more of a utility with some extra insulation or something ?
I would welcome any ideas please ? x

Not so much a shed, but our next door neighbour has a lean-to extension which seems to consist of 3 log-cabin-style walls and a corrugated roof. This houses her boiler, washing machine and tumble dryer. I think maybe because the boiler is in there it stays warmer and keeps the damp out?

My sil has her tumble dryer in the shed...but how would you plumb in a washing machine outside? The shed would have to be near a water source

Can you find room for a cupboard to house the washing machine with tumble dryer on top? My sister has hers in what was the airing cupboard in the bathroom.

We also have ours in a cupboard - what used to be a coat cupboard in the hall now houses our washing machine, with the tumble dryer supported by a length of kitchen worktop over the top.

Plumbs in from the water supply in our downstairs loo which backs onto it. It wasn't difficult to do and I don't particularly miss the coat cupboard - just put up a coat rack!

like fleecey our washer and dryer are stacked in a cupboard in the hall - used to have the (huge ancient) boiler in.
Airing cupboard also worth lookign at, esp if you have a combi boiler and don't need a hot water tank

My washing machine is joining the chest freezer in an outbuilding shortly.We will lag the pipes well and it should be ok.In our last house it was in an un heated outbuilding and most people I know do the same,so it can't be a problem.

congrats btw. 4! you will def need a reliable working WM then!

i know lots of people who have wm etc in an unheated part of the house/outbuildings. ok not quite a shed but they work.

My uncle has w/m in car port - it's fine. I suppose you have to insulate pipes but that's not difficult. Do you live in very cold part of the country?

What a fab idea ! I have a car port-could sort of make a disguise around it of sorts -bung it in a tool shed or something ! x

we used to have washing machine and freezer in an out building ( the old out side loo) had a little frost stat electric heater in there to ward off frozen pipes.

It was quite common for around 5 year in NZ for builders to put the whitegoods in a cupboard in the hallway. Or have you room in the bathroom? Don't forget most dryers can be hung on a wall above the washer.