POD 6-2-21 WP SudsMiser

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With more and more homes going with standpipe drain connections for washing machines, tubs of all sorts have simply become surplus to requirements.

Where once concrete, soap stone, enamel on steel, or other tubs were standard for laundry areas, they've all but vanished.

Much of this also likely has to do with washing machines being moved out of basements or dedicated rooms and into kitchens or other areas of homes.

Recall growing up women who had their washing machines in kitchen usually also had a double sink. This way washer could drain into one side but they still had use of other.

 

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From what I remember the plumber telling me, the valves to the baseboard heat were closed during the time of year when heat wasn't required. The switch for the circulator pump was also shut off. My parents main complaint was not enough hot water.

 

Most new homes I've been in during the last 30 plus years had a sink in the laundry room. Most were deep single-bowl stainless steel units, but I've seen a few enamled iron ones. One I remember had a double-bowl model, with one side deeper. All these were installed in cabinets, usually matching ones in the kitchen.