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I think it's because we have our washing machines in the kitchen beneath a worktop.
But from what I've seen front loaders are the norm in Europe too. I think it's just a space saving thing then
Traditionally in the U.K. We have smaller, far older, houses that predate washing machines and dry clothes outside. So it makes more sense to put the washing machine in the kitchen.
As previously pointed out, elsewhere in Europe smaller, older houses also exist but the washing machines aren't in the kitchen
Also worth noting that in USA, most won't be allowed to hang washing outside, so tumble dryer use is the norm.
in USA, most won't be allowed to hang washing outside
Is this a normal local bylaw? I'd heard it was a status thing, i.e. if you hang your washing out it shows you're not wealthy enough to own a drier
I think it's some of the newer "gated" developments that don't allow washing to be hung outside.
We stayed with friends who live in Las Vegas (well Henderson to be accurate). They only had a small house by US standards but they had a small box type room on the same floor (1st) as the bedrooms which had washer dryer and ironing board in. Makes SO much sense. You take your clothes off in the bedroom on the same level where all your clothes get cleaned and dried and ironed, which then go back in your bedroom.
We have ours in our cellar. Which is great as you can't hear them but having to take them all down 2 floors to then have to bring them back up all that way again doesn't make a whole lot of sense. A laundry chute would be amazing.
USA is odd in that most housing estates have ties back to the developer and a sometimes a home owners association too setting sometimes petty rules for all sorts of stuff down to the mix of grass seed allowed on lawns and the colour of mailbox. For decades drying stuff outside has been seen as something poor people and hippies do, so you don't want your development to look like those sorts live there, hence the bans.
midlifecrashes, I did think any local bylaw in the US would tie back to drying stuff outside being seen as a sign of being poor
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Single taps, i.e. non mixer taps, on hand basins. Another British quirk linked to building regs. Discuss. 😀