"Suz" 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 .?

The chute could lead to a wheeled basket that is kept in a closed
compartment at the end of the chute - avoiding the spread of smoke and,
if
it is fire resistant, even that of flame.

Colin Bignell
This is what I had in mind. A standard cupboard with a laundry basket
instead of shelves.
However, talking about fire makes me worried. I'll look more closely at
the
industrial stuff as they have tight fitting metal doors.




A wooden FD60 door with intumescent strip would probably be as good and a
lot less than a steel door and frame. Looking at US sites might yeild more
info as laundry chutes are pretty rare in the UK still although my Nans old
flat in London had a rubbish chute from 1910!

As for the "hostility"... it's because your doing something most others only
dream of. Go build the biggest chute you can, stick all your laundry down it
and post pictures, that'll really upset them ;-)