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Marlene found this laundry closet photo online and this was the inspiration for the design and layout of our laundry closet.

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We had a cabinet fabricated for  our master path linen closet recently and they mad the doors to match all of our interior doors with handles to match our cabinetry. We  requested the laundry cabinets to be built the same way.

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This is the finished laundry closet. We had originally planned on installing some sort of door to cover up this area but it looks so nice we decided that it wodul be a sshame to hide it!

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My original design had the lower cabinet nearly flush with the front of the laundry machines and a larger counter surface. The cabinet shop made a mistake when they created their own drawing and unfortunately I signed off on their interpretation of my drawing so therefore its “My Fault” that it wasn’t built to my specifications even though I provided them with detailed dimensioned drawings.

Other than that it turned out quite nicely. We will eventually install a granite or quartz countertop. Depending on the size / cost of the material available at that time I may decide to correct the cabinet depth so it’s flush like in my original design model.

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Inside of the cabinets showing adjustable shelves.

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Adjustable shelf and hang rod which is handy when folding and hanging fresh laundry!

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The original 3d design model created in cad.

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Here are the drip pans I designed and had fabricated. The shop I used wasn’t keen on creating the radius on the front edge so I did this by hand using a cutoff wheel and a template I generated by tracing the outline of the washer onto cardboard in the appliance store’s showroom.

The material is 14 gauge stainless. Probably overkill but it turned out very nice, and they will outlast the washer and dryer and probably the house!

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There’s at least one happy camper in this photo!

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In this shot you can see that I made the pans deep enough to catch any water that might get sprayed on the wall during a leak event.

I caulked between the wall and the pan as well as between the pans.

I used braided stainless hoses for the washer and dryer water connections so this should reduce the risk of a burst hose in the future.

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Here you can see the washer pan in position with the drain installed. The drains from both pans are connected together and are piped under the house and through the foundation wall to drain outdoors if there is ever a leak.

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Both pans were cut from the same template but I swear that the radius on the front of the dryer is slightly different than the radius on the washer. With my OCD, this bothers me every time I see it!

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The difference in the radius is more noticeable in this view but I’m sure I’m the only one who notices it!

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In this shot you can see the caulking between the 2 pans.

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The business end of the drain. The only PVC (or any material) fitting I could find that would screw onto the drain was from the electrical section. Luckily, the electrical PVC conduit and regular PVC pipe are the same size and are compatible with one another.

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Was difficult to cut holes through the beautiful hardwood floors but this was the most elegant solution for the drainage.

A friend from work handled the plumbing under the house. We used some really strong magnets to locate the best location for the drain holes in the pan before they were fabricated. This was essential due to the fact that there were several floor joists in this area that had multiple floor joists sistered alongside.  

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My drawings of the custom built cabinetry.

Notice the lower cabinet depth is almost flush with the laundry machines! I think this looks much cleaner than the standard 24 inch cabinet depth.

….No, this clearly doesn’t bother me! L

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The cabinet builder was able to build the upper cabinets 44 inches tall instead of 30 tall which provided us with a considerable amount of additional storage inside the cabinets.

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This drawing clearly shows the lower cabinet depth at 30 inches, not the standard 24 inches the cabinet shop built the cabinet.