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There was a laundry chute in the house I grew up in. Great invention--but do you have kids that are inclined to put things down the chute they should not? Like ice cream cones, kitties, and if large enough chute, themselves! Or, do you have a very curious cat like mine who would venture into the chute on his own?
OMG, we did this -- all of it -- when we were preschoolers. My one playmate's mom didn't supervise us very closely ...
Our cat wandered down the ductwork when my parents were painting some of the rooms, and they removed the register covers. Cheap duct cleaning. Poor kitty.
Do some research. There are some materials you should consider using to line the laundry shoot -- think metal. The poster who mentioned fire codes was going the right direction. If you have a fire in your basement the fire could VERY QUICKLY move upstairs through your laundry shoot. There are also good doors for the shoots that are also fire rated. We installed a laundry shoot but did it the safe way.
Right now we arent doing anything but we are thinking on how when the time comes.
I am sorry I made fun of your spelling, sometimes I am just compelled by unknown forces from the lighter side.
In reference to your original post, my Mother had a laundry chute in her bathroom in her old house and for her it was wonderful.
She is handicapped so she put the laundry down the chute then slowly took the stairs and got her laundry done and my Brother or I carried it upstairs for her.
My Husband loves basements and I do not but when we build we are going to compromise.
He will get his basement but he is going to put in an elevator for me and the steps are going to be the old time steps that are low, wide and made out of concrete.
Depending on one's age will determine if one knows the steps I am talking about and the basement is going to be a walkout as well.
There was a laundry chute in the house I grew up in. Great invention--but do you have kids that are inclined to put things down the chute they should not? Like ice cream cones, kitties, and if large enough chute, themselves! Or, do you have a very curious cat like mine who would venture into the chute on his own?
There was a laundry chute in the house I grew up in. Great invention--but do you have kids that are inclined to put things down the chute they should not? Like ice cream cones, kitties, and if large enough chute, themselves! Or, do you have a very curious cat like mine who would venture into the chute on his own?
This is funny One day my 3 year old actually took all the clean laundry off my bed and threw it down the laundry chute, mixing it in with the dirty clothes below. At that moment I considered a child lock for the laundry chute door.
I think it would be a little hard to retrofit one, but not impossible. We had one in a 1972 house, and the laundry chute was a life saver with a lot of kids and a basement laundry.
Before I'd put in a laundry chute, I would figure out a way to put the laundry on the same floor as the bedrooms. Think creatively. In the neighborhood where we had the laundry chute, some folks are now adding a third car garage, so they can take part of the original two car as a first floor laundry room.
Laundry Chute, OK? You connect up the target and the hole with ductwork.
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Or, do you have a very curious cat like mine who would venture into the chute on his own?
Poor kitty.
One day my 3 year old actually took all the clean laundry off my bed and threw it down the laundry chute, mixing it in with the dirty clothes below. At that moment I considered a child lock for the laundry chute door.
Shoot?
Ill snap a pic when i get it set up.
