Laundry rooms are marginalized despite their importance

Motifs:
Laundry room is determined without attention in homes
Drainage, electricity and ventilation should be considered when designing
It is recommended to choose a place that is close to the bedrooms as a place for the laundry room
Laundry room accessories vary, so choose what suits your need and within your budget

Introduction
The laundry room is one of the marginalized areas of the home, unlike the bathroom and kitchen, which have been recognized for their importance in complementing the beauty of the home. The laundry room is often designed without thought or attention to be in a neglected room attached and isolated from the roof of the house attached to a storage room or a maid's room without attention or design. With the social and economic changes, the labor crisis, the small size of Saudi families and the small size of their housing, attention to the design of the laundry room has become important for the modern housewife, so we have chosen the laundry room to be the focus of our attention this week in Amlak Real Estate Newspaper.

<The importance of the laundry room nowadays lies in the fact that the housewife spends a long time washing, arranging and ironing clothes almost daily in families with children, so to facilitate this task and make the routine hard work easy and enjoyable, it is preferable to pay attention to the details of this room.


Foundation
As in any room, it is preferable to be integrated into the design sheets and house plans to make it easy to control its location so that it is practical for homeowners and for electrical and plumbing wiring to be pre-planned to save mental, financial and physical effort in choosing a suitable place for it later. A sufficient number of electrical plugs must be taken into account to suit the electrical tools that are used in it and it is often recommended that their number exceeds three, and it must be ensured that water and sewage are extended to have a source of cold water and another for hot, and there is also a prominent pipe to drain the water that comes out of the washing machine. The floor of the room must also be solidly insulated to withstand constant exposure to water and moisture, and also a source of moisture drainage, as the laundry room needs good ventilation, so a powerful suction fan must be provided and an air outlet extended to it with a pipe that extends outside in the event of the desire to acquire an electric dryer for the house in order to prevent moisture from affecting the paint or the floor of the room and to prevent the spread of fungus and mold formation.
If the dwelling is already built without a laundry room, it is easiest when the pre-design of this room is omitted in the house plans to create it adjacent to one of the bathrooms or the kitchen because this makes it easier to place water, sewage and ventilation installations.

Size

The size of the laundry room depends on the use, need, and desire of the residents of the house and on the total area of the building spaces. It is unreasonable to sacrifice one of the bathrooms or rooms in an apartment to be used as a laundry room, but this is an option in the design of a house of more than 500 square meters. Consider the size of the washer, dryer, and storage cabinets and shelves when designing the laundry room so you don't end up wasting space.

<Location
The location of the laundry room depends on the design of the building and the desire of the owners of the house, but it is always recommended to be on the same floor as the bedrooms and changing rooms in order to be more practical and easy to use. Many Saudi homes are designed with a laundry room attached to the roof of the house or an external storeroom to facilitate spreading the laundry in the sun or to give more privacy from the servants, if this is your case, it does not mean that you should neglect this room. You can choose a three-meter section of the kitchen and design the lower cabinet as a home for the washer and dryer and use the surface for folding and organizing clothes, while the upper cabinets are a place to store towels, cleaning supplies, and more. You can also take advantage of any neglected part of the house, such as an area under the stairs of the upper floor or at the service entrance, and transform it and redesign it to be a special corner for laundry, and you can use the vertical washer and dryer that the two devices are adjacent to each other vertically to save space, but we must not lose sight of water drainage, insulation, ventilation and lighting. This room can also be designed in the basement of the house if available or inside a closet for storage if there is no space, as is the case in small apartments.

Components
The washing machine is the first priority in the laundry room, then comes the electric clothes dryer, but the need for it depends on the quality of the dwelling and the desire of the occupants. If the dwelling is a house with an outdoor patio or a roof, the need for it is less necessary and is a luxury, but if the dwelling is an apartment, the dryer is a necessity. You can add some side and top shelves that can be used to store towels, sheets, and laundry baskets, as well as some upper cabinets that are used to store cleaning supplies, sewing tools, and electric irons.
In the event that the laundry room is an independent room, you can buy and connect a wash basin to be used for hand washing, hand washing or soaking clothes, taking into account that the shelf attached to the basin is large and extended to be used for folding clothes and placing washing powder temporarily, also a table or a fixed surface can be placed to be used for this. Some accessories can be added as needed, such as designing laundry baskets that pull out next to the washer or dryer, a pole for hanging clothes, a laundry rack, a hidden ironing board, adding a drawer for storage and dividers for these drawers to make it easy to store small items, or other ideas.

<Flooring and paint
When choosing the floor of the laundry room, you should take into account that it should be a material that withstands exposure to moisture, water and chemical spills, which is less conductive, easy to clean and care for, and that is slip-resistant, such as stone, concrete and ceramic floors.

As for the paint, it is preferable to choose moisture-resistant and easy-to-clean paints such as oil-based paints and completely avoid water-based paints and wallpaper, as exposure to heat and humidity exposes them to rapid deterioration.

Lighting
Good lighting in the laundry room should be taken into account and there should be good ceiling lighting, and if there are upper cabinets, lighting can be added at the bottom of the cabinets to ensure safety. It is preferable to have a source of natural light in this room, such as a window that is not opaque.

<Finally, the design of the laundry room and the choice of the type of materials used depends on the need, use and budget of the owners of the dwelling, the available space and the location of this room. Be that as it may, the right of this room to be decorative or aesthetically pleasing should not be undermined as it is to make the task of washing, folding and ironing clothes an organized and enjoyable task for the homeowner.