How To Install A Laundry Chute In The Floor

Laundry chute with swinging trap door.

How to install a laundry chute in the floor.

When we remodeled our attic space one of the key elements i wanted to install was a laundry chute from the second floor to the laundry room below. Installing a laundry chute in the floor is easy and does not take a lot of supplies. We had a laundry chute at our old house and i have missed it terribly especially now that garrett is older and his clothes are getting bigger by the second. Here are some tips and tricks for installing a laundry chute safely and easily in the floor of your closet.

X 12 or 14 in. Then use a pry bar to remove the trim on the floor between the two studs. Laundry chutes make life so much easier. Perch a laundry basket on a table or the floor at the bottom of the chute.

Take your utility knife and cut the drywall above. Determine the location of the laundry chute. The top of the chute should go in the master bath or main hallway with the. Install the laundry chute door after patching and painting the drywall.

Clients want their chute to end as close as possible to the washer so it s best if you can make it terminate in or very near the laundry area. Locate the desired wall studs and mark them. Determine the location of the laundry chute. The chute featured in this article drops from the main floor master bedroom closet into the basement laundry room below.

Make sure at least two sides of the laundry door frame are screwed to the underlying 2x4s. The drywall hole. Use a utility knife to cut. To make the chute use ordinary 3 1 4 in.

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