Utility Rooms

[mielabor]

Hmmm, do I detect a bit too strong fear for "germs" in Americans?

Most micro-organisms are not much to worry about. They are with us since the first humans walked on earth and we are adapted to live with them and we all have them in our bodies. Our immune system tends to go a bit mad if we try to be overly clean.

I have never heard of persons catching nasty diseases from handling dirty laundry in domestic situations and see no argument not have a washer in the kitchen for this reason. Improper food preparation is far more dangerous than doing laundry in the kitchen.

 

[iheartmaytag]

Hmmm, do I detect a bit too strong fear for "germs&quot

Why, YES--but not to worry. I bleach the hell out of everything.

 

[electron800]

if your laundry is so dirty you fear it would contaminate fo

I'm very worried about how often you change them...

Clothes go from the basket in the bathroom, downstairs into the machine, then out into the back garden or upstairs to dry.

It's not as if we smear our dirty underwear on the chopping board, lol!

Matt

 

[aquacycle]

Matt...

I'm waiting for the enevitable day someone designs an air tight, vacuumed sealed washing basket that can be transported and opened in an underground bunker with seperate ventilation to the rest of the house that requires a full on hygiene suit to enter, housing a washing machine and touble dryer that's drums are sprayed with bleach and washed in 98 degree water for 3 days after every wash. I am a very clean individual. I shower daily, vacuum 3 times a week, dust twice a week and make sure all my food preparation areas are clean before use but it is possible to completely over do it on the hygiene front.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Listen I take my coffee into the bathroom with me during my morning constitional, and think nothing of it. After all if a *art is airborne sh** particles and they are landing on my toothbrush one yard/meter away from the throne, all else is commentary.

As I said, I don't think laundry in the kithchen is either dangerous or unhealthy, just a bit unappetizing, if one overly processes the concept.

Also when (indoor) bathrooms were fist added to railroa- style aparmtments in my city and there was no sink in the bathroom, (which was within the kitchen) one was forced to use the kitchen sink. No one will die, but EWWWW already. Then again I have a friend who doesn't even HAVE soap anywhere near the bathroom sink, and probably can't understand where there is a need to at least have one there "for show". (And you want to COOK for me? HA!)

 

[paulinroyton]

Washers In Bathroom

My relations in Hungary have their washing machine in the bathroom.

Paul

 

[andrewinorlando]

I certainly don't want my washer and dryer in the kitchen. Having dirty clothes in the kitchen or on the counters is unsanitary, and the lint dust that the dryer creates, even from just cleaning the lint filter, does not belong in the kitchen at all, especially with dishes or food out on the counter for it to fall on! It's just much easier to have it all contained in the laundry room where one can simply close the door to keep it inside and not have to look at it. I couldn't imagine having to sort dirty clothes on the kitchen floor. The separate laundry room makes that job so much easier!!

 

[electron1100]

Having a Coffee and a Dump

TOGGLESWITCH

Hi your last comments made me laugh, because I too take my tea aswell as my fags into the bathroom, and I also have a stack of books/magazines that i read whilst i am having a download.........arghhh peace

UTILITY ROOMS

If I had the choice i would have a utility room, preferably the size of an aircraft hanger so i could fill it up with every machine i like.

 

[mistereric]

My Utility Room...

is nearly as large as my kitchen, which is saying a lot in a sub-1000-square-foot home. Even if I reclaimed half of it and added it to the kitchen, it would only serve to move the washer/dryer into a finished space and not really give me more useful kitchen. The Maytags are lovely, but I can't quite see going to such lengths.

To loose the room completely, I would have to move my HVAC and water heater into my attic; while its a wonderful ~idea~, the implementation of such would be breathtakingly complex.

 

[toggleswitch2]

~I too take my tea as well as my fags into the bathroom.

Lawdy lawd, I haven't had a fag in my bathroom in ages.

 

[toggleswitch2]

Now Andrew, every time a guest walks in your kitchen with his shoes on, he is transporting in all kinds of fun stuff such as doogie doo, doggie whiz, male cat "spray", mud, lawn chemicals, decaying bugs and other organic materials. All this above and beyond those lovely imported and domestic male humans that spit everywhere to mark their territory as aminals do.

It doesn't pay to overthink these things.

 

[launderess]

Not There Dear, I Like To Face The Window

Aside from formal parties and such, all persons entering our home remove their shoes. Saves them from tracking all and sundry muck and filth into my home.

Do not go as far as stopping tradesmen like Hyacinth, but will grab old newspapers like Edie Pegden to either line their path or keep them off my walls.

*LOL*

 

[rolls_rapide]

chestermikeuk

Mature student.

 

[andrewinorlando]

"Now Andrew, every time a guest walks in your kitchen with his shoes on, he is transporting in all kinds of fun stuff such as doogie doo, doggie whiz, male cat "spray", mud, lawn chemicals, decaying bugs and other organic materials. All this above and beyond those lovely imported and domestic male humans that spit everywhere to mark their territory as aminals do."

Oh hell no they don't Steve....I make everyone take their shoes off when they come into the house. Besides, my two dogs do a good enough job of tracking whatever stuff they have on their paws, etc., into the kitchen!! My only real objection is the dust from the dryer lint and the fact that I like to be able to just close the door so no one can see the mess in there since that's the staging area on laundry days. Between the clothes, the dog's towels, rugs, sheets, and blankets, it's convenient to be able to close the door and hide all of it! It's also a terrific storage area!!

 

[mielabor]

Well, while I have no problems with doing laundry in the kitchen, I certainly see advantages of having a separate utility room if you have space for it, but that is not because of dust from the dryer. I think that you should inspect your dryer to see if there is no air leak. I have never had problems with dust from my Miele dryer.

Mine has a filter to collect the lint ;-)