Utility room layout
we are designing a utility room for our new kitchen extension and have underestimated the design of the utility room. The diagram below shows the dimensions and shape the room will have. In it want to fit an American fridge freezer, washing machine, dryer, boiler, sink, underfloor heating manifold and also like to have window on the left hand side for obvious reasons. I spent loads of hours trying to design either an L shape set up or even a parallel one bur cannot seem to get it right. It would be lovely to have tall cabinets to hide away mops, buckets, etc. but also dry food!
Do you think this is feasible? Thnk you
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kiwimills
6 years ago
PROUser
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoRelated Discussions
Help with utility room layout
Comments (5)You have a wonderful opportunity to get what you want but your floor area looks very narrow, you might want to see how much space you need to access your washer and tumble dryer and how much space for folding sheets. Do you need all those doors if you have one into the kitchen and having the external door opening outwards would give you more space. Also to get rid of the corridor effect, you might want to think about moving the unit to left of utility entrance. Depending on your vacuum cleaner, you might be able to get away with a narrower unit than the standard 600. If you haven't already done so, it is worth measuring the cube of the equipment that you need to store. Hope this helps, good luck....See MoreUtility Room help
Comments (7)Thank you J, Suzanne, Daisy and as always the wonderful Karen. You’ve all made me sit and think exactly what I want from the space. Sadly we won’t be able to put radiators in it. This is one of the last pieces of our home renovation puzzle so budget is at a low (!) and a space I’m in most of the time - Utility then my daughter’s bedroom and finally our drive way. Karen I think you are spot on - lovely as he was, he was trying to cram in as much furniture as possible and though I want a lot of storage, I want it to be a space that fits my needs. It was also twice the price we budgeted. If anyone is able to give mean idea of how we can fit in the following, I’d be forever grateful. We are looking for our utility room to house our: Extra Coats Linen & towels Cleaning products, mop, vacuum Cat litter tray and food storage Our extra fridge freezer ( we have an American one in our kitchen.) Vases Kids bike helmets and scooters An area to fold, hang and iron (the mountain of ..) clothes/ Area to sort clothes. Our roof isn’t one we can hang a drying rack from but I was thinking a wall one. A place for our outdoor shoes/ wellies Space for my overflowing cookbook collection Space for the kids outdoor toys Space for my table-clothes ... I think that’s it Roof picture attached of the lean to...See Moreadvice on utility room layout
Comments (23)Definitely second One Plan with regards to moving the sink closer to the stove. My kitchen is tiny and even I think it annoying having to cross the room to get to the sink! I would suggest having a really good think about how you want to use the space. What kind of food do you cook? How often do you use certain kitchen tools/appliances? How do you currently use your kitchen and how could you make better use of space before even thinking about the added extension? Maybe draw up a list of what's currently in your kitchen (dried goods, glassware, crockery, appliances etc) and assign storage spaces (cupboards/drawers) for them based on accessibilty and functionality. Your kitchen designer can then use that to inform the design and layout. I have an American FF and you defo need more clearance space around it to open the doors! I would suggest having the tall unit besides the FF as well. You could also go for a smaller FF which could allow you to possibly fit in a single sink unit and include a intergrated undercounter fridge in your kitchen for regular use items....See MoreVery Narrow Utility Room Layout
Comments (3)I think it will be fine although you won’t be ironing in there! Could you change the entrance door to open the other way or even a bifold door? If you stack the machines behind a door, you could have narrow shelves on the back of the door (leaving enough room for the washer/dryer doors to open fully and have a shelf over the top for your laundry basket. Alternatively have narrow storage to the side for your detergent etc. A pulley maid would take advantage of the ceiling height and if you need more drying space there are slim wall fix ones around. I would add heating and an extractor too...See MoreHelen C
6 years agoHelen C
6 years agoThese are the 3D plans. I’ll try and find the dimensional drawings later. The cupboard which sits on the worktop is the boiler. The area behind the fridge freezer houses the water tank and underfloor heating manifolds.
Panikos
6 years ago
Thanks for all you comments.
The UFH controls will be going as shown on the diagram and the boiler I guess just above it. The window can be in anywhere on the left hand side, and it can be of any size. We chose not to have an external door as it would reduce the storage space (and we don't really mind).
Also, I believe that both short walls ( 1.9 meters) will be internal walls (stud walls) if it makes a difference - the long ones will be bricked.
kiwimills, you are so right about the tall cabinets, that is why I would like to maximise the space. The american fridge freezer is what is left from our existing kitchen. We didn't want to get rid it as it is relatively new and we do need it. Our new kitchen will have an integrated fridge freezer
Campo73, the layout highlighted in blue in the diagram above is how I envisaged it to be (but couldn't fit everything in), however the door opening is different to what you have assumed ( apologies, I should have mentioned it in the first place).
An other idea which I have seen in some photos is to stuck the dryer on top of the washing machine to save space - is this safe?
Jacqueline Mack
6 years ago- PRO
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6 years agoHad a little play...........after lots of ' don't like that one' , came up with this. I banked the American fridge freezer, storage etc along the back wall. The boiler is at the end on the small wall by the sink.
The washing machine is under the drainer, the tumble dryer integrated also under the low units.
I put in two little windows as I though it just looked nicer.
I put a little niche in at the end for some nice lighting and a bit of interest.
PROOnePlan
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoHelen C
6 years agoPanikos
6 years ago
Karen
6 years agoPersonally I would try to do something like this.... with a window above the sink. And could probably fit a slim tall cupboard for mops etc. next to the fridge freezer. If you build something bespoke for the boiler/manifold/washer/dryer, you could end up with something like this (see 2nd photo). You can also store vacuum cleaners etc. in front of the manifold if you're careful.
kiwimills
6 years agoPanikos Apoel
6 years ago
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