How to squeeze in a utility room
I have bought a 1930 detached house with lots of space for extensions. However with very little money left to create extensions, i am looking for a way to creatively squeeze in a utility, or even a loo-tility. you can see the plans from my house here. There is a mall lost space between by kitchen and my downstairs toilet. My only idea so far is to steal 1m x 1m (in red) from the study and stack my washer and drier with 30cm cabinets along one side. Can anyone else see a way we can squeeze one in. We are also opening up the wall between breakfast/dining space (yellow) and living room. The dining room is now our living room. i am a draftman for an engineering firm do work with room layouts alot but im abit stuck with my own!! any help welcome.
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Comments (2)Can anybody advise/offer comments on the below: We are looking to add a utility room to our ground floor (soon to be extended) off the main hallway. What dimensions are ideal for a utility room with a washer and dryer, sink and some storage cabinets? The utility room would also be the place that I would store all my cleaning items (liquids, mop, bucket etc) and the household hoover too. Any ideas for wall/shelf storage for these items? Thanks....See MoreHelp designing Utility room
Comments (10)Just another mention on the dimensions. I notice that you said in your initial post that you are making.............not have made a Utility. You have picked 1800mm wide for the room. If you can change this, it will mean that you can have the extra storage both sides of the room as rinq shows. The reason I have not put storage both sides is because:- You should allow 630mm for base units ( plumbing takes up room abd walls are never 'true' )....This taken away from your 1800mm leaves 1170mm. You should have 'crouch room' of a metre. This then prevents you from having more base units the other side as if you put some in, your crouch room would only be 540mm ( not enough), especially if you have a dryer or a fridge etc, no room to open the doors and stand in front of them. If you increase from 1800mm to 2200mm you will be able to have storage both sides. Not sure you need it, if you plan the room well enough, because you can fit in a lot if you change the window as previously suggested and have two tall cupboards..............just wanted to mention why there were no cupboards both sides....See MoreEnough space to create a utility room and separate shower room?
Comments (10)Assuming the plumbing can't go all the way into the porch (and runs along the left), I imagined this: Instead of opening up the complete kitchen-dining wall (probably loadbearing), enlarge the current doorway and have a 'window frame' installed to open things up. No separate utility in this though. And is the door on the side the only door to your garden? I've simply added one, though french doors in the dining would most likely add more value. And with some extra cash you could open up the dining-lounge wall too. And close off some of the hallway to gain storage space under+near the stairs....See MoreUtility room or Not to Utility room?....
Comments (19)In your kitchen plan the space between the wall run and the island is massive - maybe 1.3 or 1.4m? It should be more like 1m otherwise you will find the two surfaces are inconveniently far apart. That also means there is more space for a dining table than it looks like from your plans. Do you have a cellar? If not then the understairs space is available for a WC, you might need to carve a small corner out of the kitchen to add to the understairs space depending on its size. Or if you do have a cellar the wc can go where Jonathan has put it (entrance can be from the understairs area if you have the height, or from the kitchen if not). Is there somewhere upstairs you could put a laundry room/area? In or near a bathroom perhaps?...See More
arc3d
2 years agoWhy not move the wall under the stairs a little further out and put your washer dryer stack under the stairs?
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Natasha McLenahan
2 years agoIf your waste system allows perhaps a layout like this could work for a ‘loo-tility’ space off the kitchen and you’d still keep a usable study area…
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2 years agothanks for all the ideas, i agree that in my original plans, back will certainly be up against the wall when loading and unloading washing! itll also be hard to get the waste water from the washer out of the house with out lots of chasing in slabs or boxing out in toilet or study. We cant move the toilet to the understairs for the same reason, getting the water and waste to the underside cupboard would be a lot of cost and work. We had considered just turning the study into a laundry, mud, utiltiy room, but for sell on purposes one day (study/playrooms) are sought after. Also we use all three of our bedrooms and the study doubles up as a guest room (When we can have guests!) ive had a new stab at things. I was thinking i could put a stud wall between lost space and toilet, give access to toilet via study and use the lost space to stack the washer drier. This way the i could have washer drier stacked behind a a door off the kitchen, the water and waste could be inside the new stud wall and the waste could exit external wall or run into waste in toilet. The only downside to this is that the loo would need to accessed via the study. i could use a bifold internal door for both the entrace to the utility cupboard and toilet.
arc3d
2 years agoNatasha McLenahan
2 years agoNatasha McLenahan
2 years agoHU-690653694
2 years agoyou mean like a sliding 'barn door' that slides along, i was thinking the same, or even a bi fold
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