Unless you re building a new home determining the right spot for a laundry chute is not easy.
How to make a laundry chute in floor.
Before you start cutting you need to make sure the spot on your main floor matches up with where you want the laundry to go in the basement.
Ill add a door on the bathroom side and on the basement side.
Clients want their chute to end as close as possible to the washer so it s best if you can make it terminate in or very near the laundry area.
Because our closet is located right above the laundry area in the basement we didn t really need a chute and used a laundry hold with a trap door instead.
X 12 or 14 in.
My original inspiration for this project came from a parade of homes that had a laundry chute made from round metal pipe.
They are designed and built for a single purpose to drop dirty clothes or linen through a shaft so that they land in an area located on a lower floor.
As i mentioned in my recent post about renovating my pantry i got a tiny bit side tracked when i decided to re route the existing laundry chute it was on the pantry floor which basically made it unusable unless i wanted to give up a big chunk of storage so i cut a hole in my wall there s a first time for everything and moved the chute.
So the best place for a chute is usually non ideal.
Just because you think your bathroom is directly over your laundry room doesn t mean that it actually is.
The chute featured in this article drops from the main floor master bedroom closet into the basement laundry room below.
Laundry chutes make life so much easier when you have kids who live upstairs and a washing machine on the main level.
You often need a direct path from the top floor to the ground floor or basement.
Measure out from the wall to where you want to place the top of the laundry chute.
How to make a laundry chute in your floor.
The best place for a chute.
Laundry chute inspiration photo.
To make the chute use ordinary 3 1 4 in.
We chose to put a laundry chute in the closet floor of our master bedroom.
We will show you some practical laundry chute ideas which will ease the tedious job of getting clothes up and down the house.
Looked up fire code and laundry chute yay google and its all sort of confusing since its a hole in the floor but i guess im not building one just extending the hole in the floor.
Perch a laundry basket on a table or the floor at the bottom of the chute.
Installing a laundry chute can be a breeze if you have an unobstructed path between the two floors or impossible if you encounter wires plumbing or other obstacles.
Now what is a laundry chute and why do we need one at home.
