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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8 years ago
PRO8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoRelated Discussions
Need help with awkward utility room layout
Comments (1)Hi I've noticed that when people post a plan of the area identifying doors/windows/obstructions etc they get a better response. Good luck!...See MoreHelp 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 MoreKitchen diner living and utility room layout dilemma!
Comments (16)Hi there, We had exactly the same problem about 6 months ago and despite all the squared scale paper in the world, I just couldn't imagine how it was going to look and went round and round in circles! Have you considered a concept planner? We used one and despite the fact I was standing in 3 separate rooms with doors, windows and openings in completely different places, she worked off the architect's plans and came up with photo quality 3D renders showing exactly how the different options would look. We even had a YouTube video of the 4 different layouts, so you could see how it would look as you walked around the room. The pics below show the room I was stood in as our concept planner did the 3D renders, how they actually looked and how the room as turned out. I am a huge fan and find the whole thing quite fascinating- it's like looking i to the future :) Thanks to using them, we were able to order our kitchen before the building work was done, so didn't have to go without a kitchen for ages! How the 3 separate rooms looked when the plans were done by our concept planner... A few of the 3D renders that she did at exactly the same time... And how it turned out.. It's completely cheating but it makes it a lot more fun and in our experience a lot less stressful :) Best wishes, Claire...See MoreDesign help needed for a open plan kitchen/diner
Comments (8)I can depend on the aspect of the room. Also, the tiles will have their own 'colour' so depending on what that is, the paint needs to work with it. If you go to an art shop like Hobbycraft and buy several large sheets of stiff card then paint the samples on very carefully at least two coats, this will be better than splodges on the wall....See More- 8 years ago
- 8 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.
8 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?
8 years ago- PRO8 years ago
Had 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.
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8 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.
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