Delimma - to have a separate utility room or not.
should I stick to the drawings and have a separate utility room or not? benefits of separate utility would mean my bigger then average fridge freezer, washing machine and dryer and cleaning equipment etc could be stored and hidden away. Downside: I would need an island in the middle for gas hob and extracter fan above it. Benefits of not having one is that i would not have to walk through a 2m hall to get to the kitchen and but I would need to find room for my bigger than average fridge freezer cleaning equipment such as buckets mops etc would need to be hidden away. And the hob could be against the wall as could the extracted fan.
i want to have 6 table and chairs at the end of the room with a tv against the wall.
Any suggestions and advice would would be much appreciated.
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PROBuildcloud
5 years ago
Olivia Benson
5 years agoRelated Discussions
separate utility room or not???
Comments (5)I agree the above doesn’t work and doesn’t repay the cost of moving the wall. Also has a problem re doors, you will need a fire door between open plan room and hallway so would have to hang a door across that diagonal gap. I would either 1) remove the wall altogether and have the utility area hidden behind floor to ceiling cupboards as suggested or 2) keep the existing wall and turn the existing kitchen area into a generous corridor with utility (again hidden behind cupboards) along one wall and shallow storage (maybe a desk area?) along the other. With pocket doors at both ends and the window on one side I think this could feel nice. Of course it doesn’t feel quite as open as option 1). But it does give you an area to leave bags/mail etc so your family room doesn’t get cluttered, also it means you can close the doors and block off noise of the washing machine. Or option 3) I don’t know if this is possible or what it means cost wise (more!), but the ideal would be to build a new utility room to the right hand side of the current kitchen, so your side entrance is into the utility (doubles as a boot room) and then you go into the kitchen from there. Plus remove the existing load bearing kitchen wall so you have lots of lovely space. Peninsula vs island: depends on what you end up with as layout, I prefer islands but only if you can fit enough cabinets in, with the present design you need a peninsula to have enough space for sink etc....See Moreutility and shower room layout
Comments (2)we have a very similar size room that we're making into a shower/utility room. due to location in the house we don't have an option for separate entrances. we were originally planning a pocket door to separate them, but actually have decided we like it being one room. In our old house the laundry cupboard was in the bathroom and it always worked well for us so we're sticking with it. This is the layout we're going with (drawing is not to scale!), it's a 1.2M walk in shower with a stud wall end that creates the 1.6M utility nook with sink. Our soil stack is already in the corner where the toilet's going so that influenced the layout a fair bit. As this will be our only downstairs loo we may decide to house the washer and dryer with doors in front so its a bit nicer for guests but we're not too bothered really so might not....See MoreDownstairs toilet - Under stairs or in Utility room - Dilema
Comments (2)I haven’t understood what the question is. Are you asking if a 90cm wide WC is better than a smaller one? Are you asking if it’s more convenient for a WC to be under the stairs or in your utility room? Or are you asking a technical problem about the access to a drain in which case please provide more detail....See MoreConvert 2nd reception room to utility room/bathroom or adjoin to 1st?
Comments (4)There's lots of different floorplan layouts which you can find by searching old posts. I personally don't see much point in a downstairs shower room unless there is a bedroom on ground floor - with loft conversion too, you should have at least two showers elsewhere in the house which should be enough most of the time - if you've still got the toilet in a separate room upstairs then I recommend keeping it that way so that someone can shower while someone else on toilet, saving lots of morning arguments - not everyone agrees with that though! Having a walk-in pantry accessed from the kitchen would be much more practical and valuable for re-sale in my opinion. Having a separate utility is also highly desired, and of course a toilet on ground floor. There are still a few different layouts that provide those rooms though - including using the space under stairs if it's got enough head room. I think a lot of people open up the reception rooms to get light from front and back into the 'middle room' - and they usually do the opening up if they can squeeze the utility and loo somewhere else (under stairs for loo and using your old kitchen space as utility for example). Or keep the front room as separate sitting room and the middle room becomes the dinig room with access from kitchen. At the end of the day, do what works for you and your family - chances are if it works for you then it'll work for others!...See More
Daisy England
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoOlivia Benson
5 years agoDaisy England
5 years agoIt also makes it easier to empty the dryer with it being in a higher position. Over the top I store my washing basket and pegs.
Here's mine that might help visualise it. They're not integrated per se but we planned it so that we could add doors so the appliances were hidden to look like integrated. Alongside we did the same with the fridge freezer as they were previously side by side. Larder unit at one end and the ovens and microwave at the other.
Olivia Benson
5 years agoDaisy England
5 years ago
Daisy England