How valuable is second floor laundry?

[Anonymous]

By code you must have a drain and pan under the washer. If you get high quality metal braided hoses they should last past the life of the washer. The only time we had an issue was when food got stuck in the front loading gasket and dripped water right into the pan as designed. On any good new build you either have 2nd floor laundry or a laundry room in the first floor mudroom AND the 2nd floor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I bought my house because of the 2nd floor laundry room. My favorite thing. So fab.

Me too! Sold me on our home. I overlooked imperfections in our home due to the 2nd story laundry room. I will always want my laundry room on the level where our dirty laundry is accumulated.

I'm curious about the worries about leaking and flooding. We've never had a problem with leaking laundry machines or flooding. We have bathrooms upstairs that would be equally prone to water problems, no?

If we someday have a problem with a leak, the years of convenience will make up for it, IMO. And we have insurance ?

Maybe the people worried about leaks have never had laundry rooms upstairs. To me, not putting the washer and dryer near the dirty laundry would be the euivalent of keeping a stove or refrigerator in the basement. Impractical.

We just did a large reno and left the washer and dryer in the basement. For a while I was wondering if we made a mistake until we talked to a plumber. He worked on a house that was newly remodeled with the 2nd floor laundry. He said the bottom floor of this house flooded and it was 100K in damage. Sure the insurance probably covered it but they had to move out and go through all that headache. Not worth it.

There are thanks you can do to minimize this risk. We put in a tile floor with a floor drain in our laundry room. If there was torrential water we might have a problem, but the average leak should just go down the drain.

This may be true, but I think it's interesting that so many professional plumbers don't trust them. I don't see why they would have any reason not to tell the truth about what they've seen and repaired.

[Anonymous]

Laundry in your bathroom is a real pain when you have guests.

I like mine on the main floor where it is easy to take sheets out to dry in the sun.