"Stuart" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:15:07 -0000, "TonyK" wrote:


"Suz" wrote in message
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Our renovation plans contain a new laundry room. Woohoo! Can't wait.

Anyway, it will be on the first floor, and I want a laundry chute from
the
girls room on the second floor. Due to layout, this will not drop
vertically but will have a slight bend in it. Any advice on what, if
anything, to line it with? There seems to be kit for this but looks
like
very heavy industrial stuff.

Any other general laundry room/chute advice?



My concern with a chute from a bedroom down to a room containing
equipment
would be transfer of noise. Maybe the chute should go in a bathroom or in
a
hallway?


Would or should there be concerns about smoke getting up the chute to the
BR in
the event of a fire in the laundry room .?

Very good point. I recently witnessed a gas tumble drier catching alight.
Immense amounts of smoke with very little flame. Quite scary to imagine that
in a basement funnelling up into a kids room.