The laundry

A comment by River about Fire Fighting Nephew not having a laundry in his apartment made me wonder if he had what we call a Euro laundry, so I had to check the plan on the website. I believe they have a stackable washing machine and dryer in the large enough bathroom. 

I last showed my Euro laundry in 2020 when at the worst of Covid lock down, our wall mounted clothes dryer broke down. It would have been 22 years old, and we had already replaced the door hinge and the rubber drive belt. This time it was either the motor or heating element. I can't remember but it had to be replaced. Our washing machine was also old, so what about a combined system? A washer and dryer built into one. 

We found a bargain at an online site for a dual machine. It was duly delivered by a couple of handsome men, with the old appliances taken away, We were well aware that such a machine took a long time to wash and dry clothes, but we washed about three loads of washing each week and aside from a drying finish off to soften towels after they were already dry from being hung on the clothes rack, only socks and underwear and bedding were dried in the dryer. The rest of our clothes dried on the clothes rack too. 

The clothes rack sits in the spare room and if the door is closed, it can feel very damp in there, but with the overhead fan on, the clothes dry quickly, like in about eight hours. 

I've showed my Euro laundry before but readers come and go. Here it is again. We had already updated the bathrooms a few years earlier, so there were now nice chrome taps. 

The dryer used to sit above the washing machine on the left. If you embiggen this photo and look at the shelves Ray that I put up, you can see the old dryer vent above the lower shelf, covered with silver foil. It vents into the main exhaust system, so best that we blocked it off. My washing basket is on the left and that of Phyllis, sans handles, is on the right. The iron and ironing board have not been used since Ray died. 

I am not sure how clearly you can see this but after having lots of bathroom tiles regrouted last year, mould has reappeared in my shower. From a YouTube video, thanks Scott, I have applied  toilet paper wet with bleach to the areas of mould. To simply explain, a sheet of toilet paper wet with bleach on the mould spots. It will be interesting to see how well this works this morning.