Laundry Room Features:
– Equipped with automatic washing machine and clothes dryer
– Contains a laundry tub for hand-washing delicate clothing
– Includes an ironing board
– Often located in the basement of older homes
– Found near the kitchen or upstairs in modern homes
Laundry Room Location:
– Sometimes built together with sinks
– Adjacent to the garage in many homes
– Serves as a mudroom for garage entrance
– May be sunken from the rest of the house
– Prevents the need for stairs between garage and house
Laundry Room Amenities:
– Storage cabinets
– Countertops for folding clothes
– Space permitting, a small sewing machine
– Common in many modern laundry rooms
– Varies based on available space and design
Laundry Rooms Worldwide:
– Washing machines and dryers often in the kitchen or garage in the UK
– Communal laundry rooms in Hungary called ‘mosókonyha’
– Obsolete laundry rooms in Hungary converted for other uses
– Laundry room setups vary globally
– Cultural differences in laundry room locations and designs
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– Scullery (room) for washing dishes and laundering clothes
– Lavoir, a public place for washing clothes
– Design tips for laundry rooms
– Legal cases related to labor and working conditions
– Information on nominal pipe size (NPS)
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A laundry room is a room where clothes are washed, and sometimes also dried. In a modern home, laundry rooms are often equipped with an automatic washing machine and clothes dryer, and often a large basin, called a laundry tub, for hand-washing of delicate clothing articles such as sweaters, as well as an ironing board. Laundry rooms may also include storage cabinets, countertops for folding clothes, and, space permitting, a small sewing machine.
The term utility room is more commonly used in British English, while Australian English and North American English generally refer to this room as a laundry room, except in the American Southeast.[citation needed] "Utility" refers to an item which is designed for usefulness or practical use, so in turn most of the items kept in this room have functional attributes, i.e. "form follows function".
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Laundry room:
A laundry room is a designated space in a house or building where clothes and linens are washed, dried, and sometimes ironed. It typically contains a washing machine, dryer, and storage for laundry supplies.