The Laundry Room Makeover

Our laundry started life (for us) in bad condition: nasty yellow vinyl flooring, a loose and clogged dryer vent, and all sorts of wall maladies.

The loose dryer vent would thrash when the dryer ran. I discovered the duct had become completely clogged with lint and the pressure detached the duct so it was venting hot humid air into the floor joists. This likely accounts for the squeaky subfloor upstairs. I bought a duct cleaning brush but it was only 12' and he duct was longer so I had to attack it from both sides. I removed a ton of lint.

Sadly this flooring never came back in style

The plumber who installed the new rough-in valve for the bathroom (other side of this wall) suggested a nice box for the laundry plumbing. It was a great idea.  

When we demoed the bathroom (left wall of laundry room), we discovered 2x6 studs. This allowed us to run a new dryer vent in between the walls and to vent out just above the window (south). When I had AC installed I asked them to install the new dryer vent (rigid). I have yet to figure out why the original builder ran it about 14' longer to the east side of the house.

The new laundry room with no dryer vent exposed. The walls had to be patched and textured in a number of areas. The texture is called stomp and requires a funny looking brush. We used a flat enamel Home Depot paint to minimize the texture. I would have liked a white window but we saved some money by going with a vinyl window in this room and it only comes in one color (our exterior window color is tan).

Last thing to do is to add floor trim, a cabinet, a new door and we're done