Electric Clothes Dryer in Bathroom

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Does anyone know of any code section prohibiting a 240V clothes dryer from being installed in a residential bathroom? The outlet would not have GFCI protection

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Brian Dolan
 
Actually it's quite common around here to put a toilet and sink in the basement laundry room.
 
I am working on one right now that has a "guest bedroom with bath/laundry" in this house it is the bathroom that will be use when the swimming pool is used , so a washer dryer make sense.
 
That's a pretty common thing to do in my area in smaller homes and townhouses. The main bath often contains the laundry equipment.
 
Jim W in Tampa said:
Legal but poor design.
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Not really, this house has two laundry rooms and 6 bathrooms. Does that sound "poor" ?
 
acrwc10 said:
Not really, this house has two laundry rooms and 6 bathrooms. Does that sound "poor" ?
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Why does a house need 2 laundries ? And if its big enough for 6 bathrooms why does it need to share space with a dryer ? The 6 bathrooms i can understand.They must be full of S---
 
Jim W in Tampa said:
Why does a house need 2 laundries ? And if its big enough for 6 bathrooms why does it need to share space with a dryer ? The 6 bathrooms i can understand.They must be full of S---
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Fairly common to have two laundries, one on each level, of the bigger 2-story 5+ bedrooms around here.
 
Jim W in Tampa said:
Why does a house need 2 laundries ? And if its big enough for 6 bathrooms why does it need to share space with a dryer ? The 6 bathrooms i can understand.They must be full of S---
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It's quite common around here to have a laundry on each level.

In my house, I hate carying all of the laundry down the stairs, to the machines in the garage. Then I have to carry it all back up the stairs.

Many times the second floor laundry will be in the Master Suite.
 
Jim W in Tampa said:
Why does a house need 2 laundries ? And if its big enough for 6 bathrooms why does it need to share space with a dryer ? The 6 bathrooms i can understand.They must be full of S---
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If you ment S--- to be Soap as in laundry soap maybe thats why they have two laundrys. If that bugs ya , you might hate to hear the house has 3 dishwashers. And if that doesn't get to you it has 4 refridgerators.
I could keep going but I'm afraid you might not be able to handle the stress :D
 
chris kennedy said:
Great design. Jump out of the shower, no towel, no problem. Five minutes on low, your good to go.
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ha ha reminds me of my brother. He lives in a one room cabin on a river in Iowa (batchelor of course). He said he likes waking up and having the refrigerator right there.
 
Jim W in Tampa said:
Why does a house need 2 laundries ?
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Many of the farmhouses in my area have two laundries. One for "barn clothes" and one for the family's regular clothes. Keeps the cow or chicken crap out of the regular laundry.
 
Jim W in Tampa said:
Why does a house need 2 laundries ? And if its big enough for 6 bathrooms why does it need to share space with a dryer ? The 6 bathrooms i can understand.They must be full of S---
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Why do you care? The more to wire the better.

I hope you aren't one of those guys that angry because there are people with alot more money than you Jim. Let 'em spend it and get as much of it as you can.
 
electricmanscott said:
Why do you care? The more to wire the better.

I hope you aren't one of those guys that angry because there are people with alot more money than you Jim. Let 'em spend it and get as much of it as you can.
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Not at all and i have wired many homes with several bathrooms but never one with 2 laundries.Perhaps this is a northern type thing.
 
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