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


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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 stud and plasterboard enclosure, using 12mm plasterboard both sides and a
sturdy wooden door - a 1/2 hour fire door if it really worries you - will be
perfectly adequate for domestic use. The main hazard with fire is the spread
of smoke, so making the enclosure smoke-proof and using smoke alarms
throughout the house are probably more important. If you use the layflat
tubing I suggest elsewhere to line the chute, that will also act like a
valve, closing itself behind the washing.

Colin Bignell