Luxury Laundries WSJ 6-3-16

[tomturbomatic]

An article titled A Luxury Lair For Dirty Laundry by Cecilie Rohwedder beginning on page M1 of Friday's Wall Street Journal describes the luxury laundries of the very well-to-do. The homes have more than one laundry room and some laundry rooms have more than one pair of laundry appliances. Finally, something many of us share with the uber-wealthy.

Some of the figures are frightening with 25 loads of laundry per week.

I think that you can avoid a charge to read the article by going in with the Google Search using the Author's name and the title of the article. [this post was last edited: 6/3/2016-09:20]

 

[stricklybojack]

Worked for me

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I link below to the google search. The WSJ article comes up first.

"Likewise, Germany-based Miele is preparing to introduce “the Anywhere Dryer” in the fall of 2017. This stackable unit can be placed in any closet or corner because it doesn’t require ductwork leading to an outside dryer vent. The company is considering an $1,800 price tag."

http://https//www.google.com/search...ie+Rohwedder&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

 

[tomturbomatic]

Actually, earlier this year a colleague bought a new set of Mieles and that air-cooled condenser dryer was the only dryer available. Her previous stack Maytag dryer was vented. It will be interesting to see what it does to her ac bill.

 

[henene4]

Hmm... Would be interesting if the vented one strains the AC more with the outside air being pulled in or if the heat output of the condeser is a bigger strain.
Especially given that while the condenser assists heating in the winter, the vented strains the HVAC the whole year arround.

 

[logixx]

I read on Houzz that Miele is bringing the T1 range heat pump dryers to the US.

 

[henene4]

Do you know if the bugs with the dryers have been fixed? (Balling, bad moisture sensing?)

 

[launderess]

Non-Vented Dryers In USA

Between those that cannot and those that will not install venting for clothes dryers there is a growing niche market for non=vented types.

Laundry rooms are moving out of basements and even kitchens to other areas of homes in the USA. This coupled with a mass reverse "white flight" which has seen the revival of many American cities such as San Francisco, New York, Boston, etc... means new housing is going up. However often due to limits of designs, zoning and other factors access to an exterior wall for venting a dryer is not possible. Case in point many new NYC tower buildings and or housing constructed from former office buildings/space.

Most everyone one knows who has moved into new construction in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn where W&D are included in the apartment, has a non-vented (condenser) dryer. Most down to a one hate the things with a passion. Only ones who seem to get on are those from Europe who know and understand the things.

Have had my Lavatherm dryer for what? Three years now and don't think have used it more than twenty times if that. Once warm and or humid weather arrives the thing just isn't practical. This means from about April to late as October that dryer is out of bounds. Last winter it was warm here until well past Christmas!

Years ago when Miele, Asko and other European appliance manufactures began selling condenser dyers in the USA, the DOE tested the things. None were rated high enough energy usage wise to recommend. The good old standard American vented dryer beat them all. Of course we here all know that the idea behind condenser dryers isn't exactly always energy use; but to solve a problem of how to have a clothes dryer when you cannot punch a hole in wall.

 

[vacerator]

Yes, even up on the second floor

where the bedrooms and wardrobe closets are in a colonial or a split level home.
I considered combining my step sons room with the master bath when he moves out.
I'd planned on using his closet for a laundry pair. I can fit them side by side, or stack them.
We can either keep it a three bedroom house, or make it a larger master suite by blocking off his door to the hallway, then bust through the wall. Then, the bathroom would be between the sleeping room, and office, or sitting area, so we opted not to.
We would also have had to shorten the current 76 inch double basin vanity cabinets and lose one basin. It's nice having two.
For as much laundry as we do, and I/we don't plan on not being able to negate the basement stairs, we're leaving it down there.
My hobby room is also down stairs, also living/rec. space, along with another full bath, with a nice large shower.

 

[appnut]

Oh brrrrrother!!!

Friends with 7000 sq. ft. house, one laundry room suited them just fine with an A612 and matching Maytag dryer.  with what was described in article, nightmarish visions of kids doing laundry and either very small loads or overstuffed loads.  No sorting, just all thrown in together.