Rub a Dub Dub, Spinning my Tub.
It wasn’t long ago I wrote about my early childhood memories of Laundry Day. Nor does it seem that much time has passed since I spent endless quality time with a top load two-speed wash machine and a quantity of diapers and kids clothes.
Mind you, I didn’t complain about the bottomless diaper pail and kids hamper. Stories from my mom about wash boards and heating water on a wood stove (or even over a camp fire) convinced me I was blessed with what I had.
Our house was built in the seventies – when architects and contractors decided that you could squeeze a hot water heater, a wash machine and a dryer into a closet and call it a utility room. For years we listened to the daily wash cycle while we conversed around the table or watched Television.
We eventually turned the closet into my computer desk and cupboards and moved the laundry into the garage. Then, two years ago we bought the front load washer and dryer, each sitting atop a storage drawer.
I had a few complaints about the washer. Then, I got help from an unlikely source! Our moved to Colorado friends, Mike & Kim, just happened to hear someone complaining about tub odor on a call in television show. The caller was advised to towel dry the seal of the wash machine door after each use. Apparently that water just puddled in the space and putrefied. I have a towel set aside for just that purpose, and it has made an amazing difference.
Janice @ Pritz Family chose the laundry theme for this weeks Fun Monday. So spin yourself on over there and come clean!
Mind you, I didn’t complain about the bottomless diaper pail and kids hamper. Stories from my mom about wash boards and heating water on a wood stove (or even over a camp fire) convinced me I was blessed with what I had.
Our house was built in the seventies – when architects and contractors decided that you could squeeze a hot water heater, a wash machine and a dryer into a closet and call it a utility room. For years we listened to the daily wash cycle while we conversed around the table or watched Television.
We eventually turned the closet into my computer desk and cupboards and moved the laundry into the garage. Then, two years ago we bought the front load washer and dryer, each sitting atop a storage drawer.
 | Here it is in the corner of our garage. The hot water heater is hidden from view in this photo, behind the dryer. If you look carefully you can see my car reflecting in the wash machine. Oh yeah. There’s a sink and a bunch of other things sitting around as well. I won’t win any awards for organization and neatness. |
I had a few complaints about the washer. Then, I got help from an unlikely source! Our moved to Colorado friends, Mike & Kim, just happened to hear someone complaining about tub odor on a call in television show. The caller was advised to towel dry the seal of the wash machine door after each use. Apparently that water just puddled in the space and putrefied. I have a towel set aside for just that purpose, and it has made an amazing difference.
Janice @ Pritz Family chose the laundry theme for this weeks Fun Monday. So spin yourself on over there and come clean!
Comments
Laundry was done by hand using a posser in a copper tub. Last time I saw one was in a museum of local life and industry...
We also had a mangle to press water out of the clothes. Oh the smell of carbolic soap!
Hooray from modern programmable machines!
So my dad designed a plywood "chute" in the hallway linen closet next to the bedrooms - and I can always remember dropping my dirty clothes down the chute. If things got hung up, say by a soggy bath towel - it would come out suddenly with a violent sounding KERPLOP! More than once I get the bejeebers scared out of me while playing in the basement!
I own a top loading washing machine but I use it to wash curtains and bedsheets only. I still enjoy stomping on them. :P
I had read about the smell to and heard of mold growing...good idea to dry it every time.
and then they were always hung up to damp dry before each piece of clothing was ironed (including socks and undies)
I am seeing alot of laundry rooms in garages.
Is your garage heated? We wouldn't be able to do that in Wisconsin (have the washer and dryer in the garage), but it's common here in Florida, since there are no basements. In Wisconsin, my washer and dryer were down in the dark, cold basement--hated that!