Laundry Room Placement

I'm having the same issue at the moment. :(

I have a laundry room in a basement. I had a shelf above the washer and dryer that prevented me from using them. Moved that and now it is working.

"j3n1yn;c-16267698" wrote:
I have a laundry room in a basement. I had a shelf above the washer and dryer that prevented me from using them. Moved that and now it is working.

Let me try that. I do have a shelf above them.

Edit - Yup! That was it! Thank you!!!

"sarahzsmyl;c-16267702" wrote:

"j3n1yn;c-16267698" wrote:
I have a laundry room in a basement. I had a shelf above the washer and dryer that prevented me from using them. Moved that and now it is working.

Let me try that. I do have a shelf above them.

Edit - Yup! That was it! Thank you!!!

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/933457/what-am-i-doing-wrong-washing-machine#latest

someone in this thread posted a link to a modder that fixed this issue

Seeing the dilemma you're facing I thought I'd just pop in to blow everyone's minds;
In the UK we normally have our washers and dryers in the kitchen.

"BabySquare;c-16268280" wrote:
Seeing the dilemma you're facing I thought I'd just pop in to blow everyone's minds;
In the UK we normally have our washers and dryers in the kitchen.

In my childhood we had the washing machine in the kitchen, too (it was a large live-in kitchen). The basement was where the uge cauldrons for cooking the laundry stood and you had to reserve the key to that basement "washhouse" in advance. Nowadays one's supposed to have the washer in the bathroom. Still SO not used to that concept, lol.

"EnkiSchmidt;c-16268305" wrote:

"BabySquare;c-16268280" wrote:
Seeing the dilemma you're facing I thought I'd just pop in to blow everyone's minds;
In the UK we normally have our washers and dryers in the kitchen.

In my childhood we had the washing machine in the kitchen, too (it was a large live-in kitchen). The basement was where the uge cauldrons for cooking the laundry stood and you had to reserve the key to that basement "washhouse" in advance. Nowadays one's supposed to have the washer in the bathroom. Still SO not used to that concept, lol.

Do you mind me asking which country you were in when you had the washing machine in the kitchen? I'm now super-interested in how homes in different countries organise their laundry-doing.

"BabySquare;c-16268324" wrote:

"EnkiSchmidt;c-16268305" wrote:

"BabySquare;c-16268280" wrote:
Seeing the dilemma you're facing I thought I'd just pop in to blow everyone's minds;
In the UK we normally have our washers and dryers in the kitchen.

In my childhood we had the washing machine in the kitchen, too (it was a large live-in kitchen). The basement was where the uge cauldrons for cooking the laundry stood and you had to reserve the key to that basement "washhouse" in advance. Nowadays one's supposed to have the washer in the bathroom. Still SO not used to that concept, lol.

Do you mind me asking which country you were in when you had the washing machine in the kitchen? I'm now super-interested in how homes in different countries organise their laundry-doing.

Oops, sorry. That was in East Germany (but probably an all-german thing). I also remember my parents tell of dedicated washhouses in the interior yard for use for the residents of the surrounding houses, but only ever saw re-purposed shells/foundations of those. Our basement washhouse was for our house only and it was accesable through the basement where the individual families' cellars were and through the interior yard alike. I'm trying to remember how long it was in use before we got a "Waschvollautomat" (full-washing-machine) in the kitchen that was capable of cooking laundry... the early eighties, I think? We were one of the last families in the house to buy a modern washing machine, since my gran was very suspicious when it came to technology.

I live in a warmer area of the US and we've always had the washer in the garage or a patio. I always thought that was in case a hose broke and it flooded. No dryer though since we always had a clothesline.

In Australia we have a specific room just for laundry. I kinda now have to build houses with that in mind. I keep thinking though that if I had a washing machine in the kitchen food would some how get on my clothes.