House in Progress Diary

Ain't love grand??? To me it's these sorts of things that are the glue of my marriage. I mean it works the same way with me for him. We do our best to sneek everyday kindness into each others lives. Your chute is doing to be marvy. We have one that is burried in in a wall that we will open some time in the next year. But now that we moved the laundry out of the basement it's much better. Heck... that is why I had so many kids... so they could carry laundry for me!

alot of people are simply bringing the laundry equipment to the second floor. this way the only time clothes leave the second floor is to sheild a human.

For some reason, the phrase "shield a human" made me laugh out loud. As did the sentence, "that is why I had so many kids... so they could carry laundry for me!"

"Tote that laundry basket, young'uns! Work for your dinner, argh! Other big boy two year olds are already carrying it down and washing it by hand, kid! Don't you want to be a big boy too?"

p.s. Please internet world, do not send Maddie or I hate email. We are kidding....KIDDING! We wouldn't make them do laundry by hand. We'd let them use the washer...

Glad to see I'm not the only "frantic researcher" in the world.

Down with chutes! Up with ladders! Haha
What a sweet blog!

That's so amazingly sweet. I also know what it's like.

Unfortunately, I'm afraid my husband thinks I want a carp for Christmas.

Your chute will be the envy of the neighborhood! How wonderful he is. Now you need to start planting hints about a dumbwaiter to haul the clean stuff back up! :) I liked the "shield a person" comment, too. In a column I wrote one time about having to go to the Laundromat (didja know that the word is a trade name with a capital 'L'?) while living in an apartment, I concluded the only time clothes should have to leave your house are when you are in them. Now I have a house and still no laundry facilities. I'm working on it, though!

As an only child I know what its like to do all the laundry and also what its like to have your mom do it all. I also know what its like to get up on the counter and drink cold coffee out of the pot and then get wedged at the hips in the laundry chute while the hapless babysitter watches TV in the basement, but thats a different story.

I now have another fun thing to add to the someday file.

Thank you,
S___D

Laundry chute love? Is that anything like "Muskrat Love"? As for a dumbwaiter, I'm available if the price is right....POPS"30"

Being the recipient of breakfast nook love, I completely understand laundry chute love.

As far as children doing laundry...my oldest daughter actually referred to the washer as "that thing in the basement---you know, the clothes washing machine..." That would be cute, except that my oldest daughter is ALMOST OLD ENOUGH TO DRIVE. I think we need a little more child labor here at Oak House...

I don't know if this may effect the overall scope of what you plan to do with this house, turn it over for profit or stay for decades, this is only my second visit to the site. But in my experiences as a contractor and carpenter, there have been two clients of mine which have wanted laundry chutes and we have scrapped the idea due to fire code reasons. To get what the client wanted, we would have had to fire-rock the entire inside of the chute (5/8") and ordered special fire-proof doors for each end, because it creates perfect way for fire to travel and be fed. Just a heads up for when the fire department comes to check your smoke detectors. This may never be a problem, but if you had a permit, it is not likely the city would sign your project off. You may ahve done your homework and I'm just flapping my lips.