Laundry Chute questions!

[prit]

I know a few of you have laundry chutes - please would you tell me what you have at the top and bottom? I would really like to put a cupboard over the top with a door which flaps open like this - but have you got a better idea?

And what's underneath? Just a laundry basket sitting in a cupboard?

Are there any snags I should watch out for?

thanks!

[yeknomyeknom]

I would loooove a laundry chute. Sigh.

[etta166]

They were very common when I was growing up in Canada, but then people stopped building them into houses. They are a fire hazard and allow fires to spread between floors very quickly. They basically act like a chimney.

[Saffron]

There are guidelines in place in the UK bringing laundry chutes in line with buildings regs on fire safety. It will involve variations on use of steel boxing, type of seal, and lids/door that are "fire doors". Try a search for "laundry chute regulations" xx

[prit]

oh crikey! Thanks for the heads up, hadn't thought of that at all..