Anonymous
11/02/2025 10:18
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
Anonymous wrote:If you have a basement, why wouldn't you have the laundry there? Just makes sense.
Because it's extremely inconvenient unless you also live in the basement.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 08:54
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
Basement. If you've ever had a bad leak in your house as I have, you want to minimize the chances of that happening again.
Also - laundry makes noise.
I hate lugging the laundry up and down two flights of stairs but have reframed it in my mind as exercise. My laundry basket can carry two loads but it's easier if you just carry one load at a time.
Also - laundry makes noise.
I hate lugging the laundry up and down two flights of stairs but have reframed it in my mind as exercise. My laundry basket can carry two loads but it's easier if you just carry one load at a time.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 07:47
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
My Laundry is in the basement but my garage is too, so double pain, I just consider it more exercise. At least laundry noise doesn’t bother us, and the kids and my husband do their own laundry so I’m just lugging mine up and down stairs.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 07:13
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. My inconsiderate husband and children insist on doing laundry at all hours. If the washer & dryer weren’t in the basement, it would be impossible to sleep! Those stupid things make the floor rattle, sing their useless done songs, and belong far away from where people sleep!!
Turn the done song off! There should be a button to mute it.
Anonymous
11/02/2025 06:06
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
Anonymous wrote:You people are crazy. My inconsiderate husband and children insist on doing laundry at all hours. If the washer & dryer weren’t in the basement, it would be impossible to sleep! Those stupid things make the floor rattle, sing their useless done songs, and belong far away from where people sleep!!
In my little old house, retrofitting it would be a nightmare. But in my parents’ big new house, they built it with a floor drain and some kind of insulation so you can barely hear it.
But I mean, mine is in the basement and it doesn’t bother me at all carrying stuff up and down, and there’s no way I’d sacrifice upstairs space even if I could in our current house. So it just depends.
Anonymous
11/01/2025 23:53
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
When we moved the laundry upstairs from the basement, we insulated the new laundry room (it's invetween 2 bedrooms). We do laundry at all hours of the night (spouse in particular likes the delayed wash feature to run it when electricity is less expensive), and no one is disturbed by it. Not worried about leaks. Do not move laundry to the basement, nobody wants that
Anonymous
11/01/2025 23:00
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
You people are crazy. My inconsiderate husband and children insist on doing laundry at all hours. If the washer & dryer weren’t in the basement, it would be impossible to sleep! Those stupid things make the floor rattle, sing their useless done songs, and belong far away from where people sleep!!
Anonymous
11/01/2025 21:57
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
I like set in the basement because it allows me to leave piles of laundry out before folding. Right now we have it on our main floor but the laundry room is in the mudroom so laundry wanders into the family room and we have baskets just sitting there for days until someone folds them. I'd prefer that to be in the basement or upstairs. When we finish our basement, I might add laundry down there - it would be nice to sit and fold laundry in front of the tv down there instead of in our main living area.
Anonymous
11/01/2025 21:51
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
My washer and dryer are on the floor with the bedrooms. One leak over the years, quickly contained. Now that I'm battling with arthritis I can tell you if we have basement laundry it would be miserable. People get old. Don't put it in the basement.
Anonymous
11/01/2025 21:47
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
Anonymous wrote:We're considering the same thing, so these comments are making me nervous. However, moving the laundry room makes sense for our family.
Our laundry is off our kitchen and connected to the garage. We want to turn that small room into a mudroom. We'll be able to leave bags, coats, shoes, etc. in there instead of everything spilling into the kitchen.
The laundry space in the basement will be larger, so we'll have room for a drying rack and more storage.
I like the idea of having it on the second floor, but in addition to leaks we also worry about vibration and noise. I think it could be kind of a nuisance near the bedrooms.
Surely you can just keep it in your mudroom? Add hooks and shelves? I’ve had basement laundry and upstairs laundry, and upstairs is a massive upgrade. Vibration, noise and leaks truly aren’t an issue. We have ours in a room off our bedroom and it’s super convenient.
Carrying stuff in the stairs is not great as you age.
Anonymous
11/01/2025 21:42
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
We're considering the same thing, so these comments are making me nervous. However, moving the laundry room makes sense for our family.
Our laundry is off our kitchen and connected to the garage. We want to turn that small room into a mudroom. We'll be able to leave bags, coats, shoes, etc. in there instead of everything spilling into the kitchen.
The laundry space in the basement will be larger, so we'll have room for a drying rack and more storage.
I like the idea of having it on the second floor, but in addition to leaks we also worry about vibration and noise. I think it could be kind of a nuisance near the bedrooms.
Our laundry is off our kitchen and connected to the garage. We want to turn that small room into a mudroom. We'll be able to leave bags, coats, shoes, etc. in there instead of everything spilling into the kitchen.
The laundry space in the basement will be larger, so we'll have room for a drying rack and more storage.
I like the idea of having it on the second floor, but in addition to leaks we also worry about vibration and noise. I think it could be kind of a nuisance near the bedrooms.
Anonymous
11/01/2025 21:24
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
I’m pp and just finished this fascinating thread. I’m early 50s and haven’t ever thought that carrying laundry up/down two flights of stairs was a big deal. I’m def the odd woman out since it never occurred to me that it was an issue. But I like to walk.
Anonymous
11/01/2025 21:23
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I like it as its out of the way/sight.
This is me. I love the laundry area in my basement because I can leave a pile of unwashed, unsorted clothes on the floor, and another pile of ready-to-fold clothes on the big table next to the dryer. If that stuff was by my kitchen or the bedrooms, I’d be annoyingly unsettled because I’m weird about clutter.
+1.
Anonymous
11/01/2025 21:17
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
Personally I’d hate a laundry closet. Much happier with a lovely, spacious laundry room in the basement.
Anonymous
11/01/2025 21:17
Subject: washer/dryer in the basement bad idea?
Older renovated home and we kept laundry in the basement bc of space. No issues with it at all. We have a finished laundry room, and a nice setup downstairs. I’ve never had an issue with carrying it up and down the stairs. It’s extra steps in my daily step count anyway. Ha!