Since there is no sewer pipe on the balcony, how about changing the master bathroom into a laundry room?

In the eyes of parents, having a bathroom in the master bedroom will greatly affect Feng Shui, especially if the bathroom door faces the bed in the bedroom. Because the children all work and have families and don’t usually live at home, a guest bathroom is enough at home. Therefore, although young people particularly like this design, the main bathroom is likely to be a useless presence in their parents’ home.

So if your parents’ house happens to have a master bathroom design and only the parents live there, we might as well turn it into a laundry room to reduce the pressure on mom from doing housework. ?

1. What are the benefits of converting the main bathroom into a laundry room? ▏ Reasonable circulation ▕?

If there is no drainage pipe reserved on the balcony, mothers can usually only wash clothes in the bathroom , then carry it to the balcony, dry it, collect the clothes, and finally bring it into the bedroom for folding and storage. This movement is very troublesome. It doesn't matter if young people run for a while, but when their parents get old and have bad legs and feet, such a design will appear very unreasonable. ?

And as parents get older, it is inconvenient for them to use a clothes drying fork to send clothes to the balcony clothes drying pole due to the height of the balcony.

After converting the main bathroom into a laundry room, because the distance from the guest bathroom to the main bathroom is generally closer than the balcony, you only need to take the dirty clothes basket out of the guest bathroom and into the main bathroom. Complete the steps of washing, drying, folding, and storing in the closet in the bedroom. ?

Compared with the previous steps from the bathroom to the balcony and the balcony to the bedroom, the movement lines are greatly shortened.

▏Water and electricity do not require secondary renovation▕?

Whether you are changing the master bathroom into a cloakroom or a study room, you will inevitably have to worry about water and electricity renovation. You need to seal the waterway and make leak-proof treatments. , whether the floor drain is sealed or not is also a problem. ?

But for converting it into a laundry room, these ready-made upper and lower hot and cold water pipes, circuits, and floor drains can be used, as long as the toilet drain outlet is sealed.

2. What is the composition of the laundry area?

The composition of the laundry area is divided into three parts, the laundry pool, the washing machine and dryer, and the shelves or wall cabinets. ?

The size of the main bathroom in different families is also different, so first we still need to know the sizes of these items, so that we can choose how to combine and filter these three parts based on the actual situation.

▏Laundry pool▕?

Not all clothes can be machine washed and dried, so the existence of a laundry pool is still necessary. ?

The appropriate height is generally 80-85 cm. ?

Of course, ordinary bathroom cabinets can also meet this point, so as long as the bathroom counter basin in the master bathroom is not too small, generally a length of 50cm is enough and can be retained.

▲ If the original basin is of suitable size, can it be kept?

?▏Dryer▕?

Dryers are definitely a great addition to families in the South Welfare, especially when we returned to Nantian, the whole house was wet, and it was difficult for clothes to dry even if they were hung indoors. ?

Although we can use exhaust fans and air heaters to change this situation, the most worry-free way is of course to choose a dryer. ?

The body dimensions of washing machines and dryers are generally 85cm high and 60cm long and wide. Of course, there are specific differences in the dimensions of washing machines with different capacities and sizes. You can choose according to your specific needs. ?

But please note that a 5cm distance should be reserved on the back of the washing machine and dryer to place the drain pipe.

▲ Because the space is small, the layout here is very compact. However, if you notice the basin on the lower left and the hanging area on the right, it is not difficult to find that this laundry room is small but well-equipped?

Many people think that dryers take up space, but washing machines and dryers can be stacked up and down. There are special stacking racks, and you can see that they do not occupy a large area.

▲ The width of the basin is generally 50 cm. Including the 60 cm floor space of the washing machine, the gap on both sides of the machine body and the right side of the laundry sink cabinet should not exceed 130 cm

▲ The L-shaped layout of the sink and washing machine takes up even less space. The basin here is arranged on the wall, so there are no ugly water pipes, and the storage area of ​​the shelf is sufficient. ? ▏Wall cabinets and shelves▕?

Wall cabinets and shelves can be used to store various cleaning supplies. ?

The area of ​​the wall cabinet and the selection of shelves need to be selected based on the actual size of the master bathroom. ?

However, the height of the wall cabinet and shelves should be mother’s height × 1.2. We have mentioned this height many times and it is the maximum height that can be reached by hand.

As parents get older, they are reluctant to throw away more and more things. Many old things that are already discarded to us are full of memories to them. ?

Therefore, if there is no storage room at home, whether it is the cabinet under the laundry sink or the wall cabinet, it is best to make it as large as possible within the affordable range.

3. Clothes drying area?

Because there is a dryer, the existence of a clothes drying area is not so necessary. However, for some small items that can be washed easily, as well as clothes that cannot be machine washed, diligent mothers will be used to washing them by themselves, so they can add a clothes drying rod above the washing machine and under the wall cabinet. ?

Or a wall-mounted folding clothes drying rod is also very convenient.

4. Add an extra door?

In many apartment types, the main bathroom and the guest bathroom are connected. We can open an extra door here to connect the main bathroom and the secondary bathroom. rather than being independent of each other. ?

In this way, the main bathroom can be converted into a housework area, that is, on the basis of the laundry room, hanging rags and placing mops can be added. ?

It is very convenient to go directly from the guest bathroom to the main bathroom to get cleaning supplies. It also reduces the storage pressure in the guest bathroom and makes it look neater and more beautiful.

▲ There is an unreasonable little thing about this picture. The main bathroom has no door. The secondary bathroom connected to the main bathroom is separated from dry and wet areas. The outside is the wash area. If the wall of the main bathroom is a non-load-bearing wall, You can open a door on the short side connected to the bedroom and the long side connected to the secondary bathroom. ?

Brooms, vacuum cleaners, etc. can be stored in the standing cabinet, and mops can be hung above the mop bucket. The back of the door is also a good place to hang cleaning supplies.

Finally, the exhaust fan in the main bathroom must be retained. ?

The main bathroom of many houses is a hidden bathroom, so ventilation is still very important after it is converted into a laundry room. In addition to turning on the exhaust fan, doors and windows should also be opened frequently to circulate the air throughout the room, which can also reduce odors. ?

At the same time, the laundry room should also pay attention to the multi-level lighting arrangement to avoid a scene where the lighting is insufficient at night and the laundry room looks cold and gloomy.

▲The lighting arrangement is not reasonable enough. Even if the washing machine is red, it cannot be saved. The room still does not look bright enough, and you will not be in a good mood when doing housework in such an environment.

▲ Washing machine Adding a lamp above avoids darkness under the lamp, and the light is much better

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