I Do Hate Bad Design
As they say, a widow’s work is never done, but in this house it would help if everything was properly designed. Monday is washing day and look what I have to put up with to do it.
How Not to Install a Washing Machine
There is nothing wrong with the washing machine, except that a washer/dryer would be much better, but it is installed in a cupboard in the hall, along with the boiler and the hot water cylinder.
This picture doesn’t quite do the installation justice, as the flash overcame one of the biggest problems and that is the lack of light, as there is no light in the cupboard and no light in the hall. So I now use a torch to check that I haven’t dropped an escaped sock on the floor.
It would also help if I was a few centimetres taller.
So if I ever find the so-called architect or designer, who thought this up, he’ll get more than a pece of my mind. It was obviously a man, as women tend to be shorter and wouldn’t have mounted the machine so high.
There is never any excuse for bad design. At least I had an architect at my housewarming and he was able to suggest a few things for the other faults in the house that annoy me.
The Anonymous Widower 
Try installing one of the LED battery operated push lights on the door itself. They are quite good and very cheap with no installation expense or mess either. Guessing you could lower the washing maching too? I think it looks quite neat and room underneath for dirty laundy basket.
Comment by Karrie | January 17, 2011 |