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  Whirlpool Commercial - Business Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Common-area laundry rooms should not be located in secluded areas of buildings or projects.
The location of the laundry room or rooms will depend upon the size and type of project and the number and composition of families.
Laundry room layout should start with dryer location - the shortest vent run from dryer to outdoor termination is always the most efficient.
www.coinop.com /business/LaundryRoomGuideRecommend.shtml   (1947 words)

  
  Laundry room - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In a modern home, a laundry room would be equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer, and often a large basin, called a laundry tub, for hand-washing delicate articles of clothing such as sweaters.
A typical laundry room is located in the basement of older homes, but in many modern homes, the laundry room might be found on the main floor near the kitchen or upstairs near the bedrooms.
Another typical location is adjacent to the garage and the laundry room serves as a mudroom for the entrance from the garage.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laundry_room   (196 words)

  
 National Association of Home Builders
Laundry rooms are moving into spaces adjacent to kitchens, bedrooms or bathrooms, according to Remodelors Council members.
They report that some homeowners want their laundry room to blend in with the rest of the house, with crown moulding and hardwood or tiled floor to match adjacent rooms.
With today’s remodeled laundry rooms, the seven to nine hours most people spend doing laundry each week can be a less tedious and more enjoyable experience.
www.nahb.org /news_details.aspx?newsID=898&print=true   (341 words)

  
 Efficient Laundry Room Design - Keidel Bath & Plumbing - Cincinnati, OH
Other options include relocating the laundry to another area of the house that is more practical, or convert a seldom used bathroom into the ideal laundry room.
When doing laundry in real life, laundry rooms tend to be cluttered with dirty clothes sorted in piles on the floor, and clean clothes piled on top of the dryer or in baskets competing for floor space with the dirties and the ironing board.
Having a door from the laundry room to the master bedroom closet/dressing room, as well as to the hallway, is a great convenience.
www.ired.com /news/plumbline/laundry.htm   (1413 words)

  
 Moen Press Room - Trend Article
Even for these "finished" rooms, the laundry is still mostly perceived as a "gross" place in the house and definitely "off limits" to guests.
Beyond the washing, drying and folding of clothes, laundry rooms equipped with sinks are some of the hardest working spaces in the house, serving a multitude of other household purposes.
The laundry room may just be the most forgotten room, with so much opportunity (and apparently consumer desire) to fix up, brighten up, and even soup it up with customized elements that accommodate life's clean and messy chores.
www.moen.com /pressroom/article.cfm?cType=T&release=381   (625 words)

  
 Laundry room design   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
As the oldest of nine children, I learned early about laundry: how to separate whites from darks, tricks for removing stains, how to properly iron — and how much laundry can be produced from a family of 11.
Laundry rooms were the forgotten room and certainly weren't equipped as well as the laundry rooms of today.
A well-equipped laundry room seems to be on the top of many homeowners' wish lists these days.
www.buffzone.com /livingarts/homegarden/15plaun.html   (718 words)

  
 Boston.com / Your Life / House & Home / A high-tech load
From Beacon Hill brownstones to suburban McMansions, laundry rooms are the new playrooms of the house, deliberately integrated into the home's living quarters and design schemes, often with the assistance of a decorator and architect, or both.
The laundry room, set off the master bedroom, was designed by Hickox Williams Architects of Boston, and no details were spared in its design and construction, despite its pedestrian function.
She believes aesthetically pleasing laundry rooms also appeal to overstressed homemakers who find that doing laundry, a chore that previous generations found mind-numbingly tedious, has certain "meditative" qualities associated with it.
www.boston.com /yourlife/home/articles/2003/11/20/a_high_tech_load   (1548 words)

  
 Boston.com / Business / Technology / Students watch Web to do their laundry
While that secular purgatory known as the communal laundry room is a fact of life for many dorm and apartment dwellers, some relief may be on the way.
Ordinary-looking commercial washers and dryers are wired to a box in each laundry room that tracks their usage and operational status.
All the school does is keep the laundry room clean and collect a share of the revenue.
www.boston.com /business/technology/articles/2004/02/08/students_watch_web_to_do_their_laundry   (820 words)

  
 20 Tips to a Successful Laundry Room
People in most households spend an estimated time of five to seven hours a week in their laundry rooms, yet these spaces are often drab, dull, and uninviting.
This homeowner was dissatisfied with the efficiency of space in her galley laundry room and adjacent pocket bath.
This laundry room was floored in one afternoon with a single box of self-adhesive vinyl tile squares.
www.lowes.com /lowes/lkn?action=howTo&p=Improve/20tips.html&rn=RightNavFiles/rightNavHomeDecor   (1288 words)

  
 Decorating : Office / Workspace : Cure the Laundry Room Blues : Home & Garden Television
Laundry rooms are a key focus for many consumers now, with high-end washers and dryers (complete with colored finishes) leading the charge.
If your laundry room is just six feet by six feet, for instance, you have to have enough room to open the door of your dryer before you think about putting in shelves.
If your laundry room is also going to be an arts and crafts room, for example, then gather every last paintbrush and hot glue stick from every corner of the house and put them together in one spot.
www.hgtv.com /hgtv/dc_design_office_workspace/article/0,1793,HGTV_3378_4014575,00.html   (1387 words)

  
 Designing the Perfect Laundry Room | THIS OLD HOUSE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In renovating a Greek Revival farmstead in Carlisle, Mass., homeowners converted their laundry room into an elegant setting with abundant natural light and beautiful fixtures.
A laundry chute can be a dream come true for any homeowner with clothes piles upstairs and the washing machine downstairs.
Ok, so maybe laundry is boring and tedious (unless you live in the Carlisle house).
www.thisoldhouse.com /toh/html/portals/laundry   (646 words)

  
 Laundry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
When organizing the laundry room, weed out any old products that were purchased impulsively and never used.
The laundry shelves are designed to straddle directly over the washer and dryer to maximize your needs if you are perplexed in locating additional shelving space.
By delegating the task to the kids (starting with the"chewable chunks" of doing their own laundry) you will be freeing up some of your valuable time,sharing an important life skill and encouraging them to take on more responsibility rather than continually holding you accountable to fulfill all their daily needs.
www.123sortit.com /RO/laundry.html   (641 words)

  
 How to Design a Laundry Room - Associated Content
He designed a laundry room that his wife was pleased to show her friends.
He included in his laundry room design plenty of shelf space, and also space in which to hang any clothes that should not be placed in the dryer.
By designing such a valve in the pipes of the laundry room, one could guarantee an end to water flow into the laundry room, except when the washing machine was in operation.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/33326/how_to_design_a_laundry_room.html   (603 words)

  
 Laundry Room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Laundry rooms are typically where you find two of your home's noisiest appliances - the washer and dryer.
The key is to contain the noise from the appliances within the room and prevent sound waves from being transmitted throughout the house.
Holes drilled through studs or around pipes or wires running from room to room or floor to floor should also be filled.
www.owenscorning.com /around/sound/project/laundry.asp   (899 words)

  
 Laundry room design: It'll all come out in the wash
As the oldest of nine children, I learned early about laundry: how to separate whites from darks, tricks for removing stains, how to properly iron — and how much laundry can be produced from a family of 11.
Laundry rooms were the forgotten room and certainly weren't equipped as well as the new laundry rooms of today.
As I travel the country meeting people and seeing their homes, a well-equipped laundry room seems to be on the top of many homeowners' wish lists these days.
www.broomfieldnews.com /broomfield/news/28zlaun.shtml   (764 words)

  
 San Diego / College Area Townhouse Rental - Laundry Room
The Laundry room is conveniently located downstairs next to 3 of the 4 bedrooms.
This laundry room has been upgraded to include a wash basin, new Armstrong linoleum flooring (contemporary and easy to clean neutral marble pattern), storage cabinet, clothes bar and built in ironing board.
Just outside the laundry room is a linen closet located in the hall.
members.cox.net /sdsu-rental/Laundry-Room.htm   (251 words)

  
 Laundry room theories [Tesugen]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
At the place I lived until last week, the laundry room was always in a mess: no one bothered to clean it after having done their laundry; occasionally, there were notes posted to the door, saying that it’s everybody’s duty to do so.
For about a year, I tried to clean the room meticulously – partly because I felt it was my duty, and partly as an experiment – in the hope that the others would begin to at least wipe off the washing machines and the counter.
It’s as if the culture is communicated in a myriad of subtle ways: the filthy laundry room, the filthy garbage room, that few people care to say hello – or if they do, it’s out of a sense of duty – and so on.
tesugen.com /archives/02/10/laundryroom   (709 words)

  
 Upstairs laundry room
In new homes, more laundry rooms are appearing on the first floor, near the kitchen or a mudroom, or even on the second floor.
One of the projects involves combining an existing laundry room with an adjacent half-bath at a cost of $6,000 ($2,000 for labor, $2,000 for cabinets, $1,350 for appliances, and $600 for additional materials).
If the room is on the other side of the master bath, you'll need to insulate to deaden the sound.
www.azcentral.com /home/design/articles/0909laundry09.html   (721 words)

  
 Realty Times - Real Estate News and Advice
Home Magazine says 61 percent of laundry rooms are being built on upper levels rather than first floors or basements.
The laundry room's rejuvenation is all part of a growing trend among households to have more control over their lives by tailoring spaces to fit human forms and habits.
Adequate lighting the laundry room with both natural and artificial light not only helps eliminate fumbling in the dark and missed clothing stains, but also creates a pleasant and more productive work area.
realtytimes.com /rtcpages/20050812_laundryrooms.htm   (495 words)

  
 Welcome to Laundry Today
The health care laundry room, where chlorine bleach, heated chlorinated water, and heavily soiled linens mix and washing vapors are vented, certainly would seem to present the potential for elevated trihalomethane exposures.
The challenges to safe and effective use of chlorine bleach in the institutional laundry room may be insurmountable.
In the institutional laundry context, recent laboratory tests on hospital wash water, sponsored by a DfE formulator partner, indicate that, in the presence of high levels of organic matter (fecal material, blood, etc.), peracetic acid is an effective biocide and sodium hypochlorite is not.
www.laundrytoday.com /archives/vol_6_1/chlorine_bleaching.htm   (1441 words)

  
 Laundry Organizer - rolling laundry room organizer
Laundry's never been easier thanks to this ingenious invention.
This laundry organizer has plenty of storage options and has wheels for easy mobility making it the ultimate laundry room accessory.
This superb laundry unit can hold and transport the clothing, chemicals and accessories used when dealing with this common chore.
www.gadgetslab.com /home/laundry.html   (78 words)

  
 Cabinets And Displays News laundry room cabinets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Often when you are looking for top information on laundry room cabinets, it will be tricky separating quality information from inexpert laundry room cabinets submissions and support so it is imperative to know how to moderate the information you are offered.
A great tip to follow when you are presented with information or advice on a laundry room cabinets site would be to determine who owns the site.
This may divulge who is behind the site laundry room cabinets authority The fastest way to determine who owns the laundry room cabinets web site is to find the sites 'about' page.
www.cabinets-displays-news.info /laundry-room-cabinets.htm   (217 words)

  
 Laundry Room Design
In many ways, this is a positive trend; people spend time in their laundry rooms, and want them to be nice and cheerful.
However, moving the laundry room away from the basement has created a major fire safety issue, and there are some other very important issues to consider in your laundry room design plans.
Moving the laundry room away from the basement has significantly increased this risk, because it requires the venting to be longer and sometimes have more bends.
www.laundry-alternative.com /laundry_room_design.htm   (470 words)

  
 Laundry Room | Laundry Room Design
In the last few years, remodelers and home builders have finally gotten serious about bathrooms and kitchens, and have risen to the challenge of creating practical kitchens and baths that are comfortable to be in and are pleasing to the eye.
Homeowners usually remodel their laundry room as part of a larger project, but on occasion they take it on as a stand-alone project.
Based on discussion with numerous contractors across the country, the overall trend for laundry rooms seems to be moving away from hiding the washer and dryer in the distant, dark depths of the basement.
www.servicemagic.com /article.show.7-Essential-Laundry-Room-Solutions.8288.html   (660 words)

  
 Bags In 1 laundry room bags   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Thinking about it I'm surprised we came up with so much detailed information about laundry room bags and be able to point you to the best sites to visit.
Finding the most informative laundry room bags sites isn't always as easy as it could be.
It took a lot of brain power for us to sift through everything on laundry room bags take your time and visit our links because it will be time very well spent.
www.bags-in-1.com /mesh-bag/laundry-room-bags.htm   (154 words)

  
 Laundry Rooms Webring | Read reviews on Laundry Room here   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Three galleries of solo naked women in the laundry room, the bathroom, and the bedroom..
Laundry room visit in fl dress leads to cock sucking and facial.
Large breasted woman posing in her laundry room and bedroom.
www.laundry-rooms.com /laundry-room.htm   (218 words)

  
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Now I close the door, so I have a tendency not to keep it looking so good, I have a desire to one day, when every other room is re-decorated, to paint and decorate this room with laundry as the "theme" with a scrub board and clothes pins as part of the decoration.
Laundry rooms can be areas that are tucked away and never seen so we get into the habit of putting stuff there and shutting the doors and walking away without finding them a home.
In our current home...the laundry room is very small and did not take that much time to do...however...it leads to the only bathroom we have downstairs and one that we direct our guests to.
www.xanga.com /MrsCatherine/457800180/decluttering--the-laundry-room--step-by-step.html   (3059 words)

  
 Re: Replumbing Upstairs Bathroom and Laundry room   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
In Reply to: Replumbing Upstairs Bathroom and Laundry room posted by Chris Dunn on May 04, 1999 at 10:36:53:
: I live in an old colonial house circa 1920.There is a laundry room next to the bathroom on the second floor.
the waste for the laundry can be tied into existing drain lines as long as it is 2" and not a VENT line.the drain line for the washer needs to be 2".
www.terrylove.com /wwwboard/messages/4035.html   (344 words)

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