Not that er-indoors would like the idea.. but since our dryer has broken we
now have a space where we could put a second washing machine if we wanted.

It's a slightly complex issue to do with dust allergies but suffice to say I
do a *lot* of washing and so having two machines would be a great advantage.

My question is, it is possible or practical to have two machines side by
side? Can they be somehow both be fed of the same hot and cold water feed?
How would the drainage be arranged? I know that our water system wouldn't be
able to cope with both machines running at once but our existing one has a
delay start function so one could be set to start just after the other
finishes.