Bathroom furniture for a washing machine: pros, cons, choice

When deciding where to put a washing machine, most often stop at the option of placing in the bathrooms. In this case, you can not just put the equipment in the corner of the room, but also integrate the machine into the furniture.

• For furniture in which you plan to build a washing machine, durability and functionality are important.
• When choosing a cabinet in which a washing machine of a built-in type will be placed, it is necessary to ensure a free distance between the surface of the equipment and furniture. If between them there will not remain even a few centimeters, the vibration of the machine will threaten the integrity of the furniture. So that the top in no case should not touch the typewriter.
• When the machine is installed in a closet, it is important to have easy access to the equipment. The cabinet can have only one door, and you can install two doors.
• If the cabinet is provided with a socle, you should think about everything so that the plinth is not an obstacle to the operation of the equipment.
• You need to think about how to properly put water and electricity to the washing machine, and also take care of the drain into the sewer.
• It is convenient to put the built-in machine in a niche, placing shelves above the technology and closing all vertical blinds.

• At the top of the cabinet it is convenient to store towels, cosmetics and other things.
• With such a cabinet in the bathroom will be the order, and you will get a special place for all the accessories used for washing.
• Cleaning in the bathroom with a similar closet is easier.
• Doors of the cabinet not only hide the machine from the eyes, but can be decorated in the style of your bathroom. They can be selected taking into account tiles or other furniture.
• You can also place a mirror on the door.

• Built-in machines are quite high price.
• Assortment list of similar technology is relatively small.
• These machines have less functionality( for stand-alone machines, the number of functions is greater).
• Embedded machines have only one depth, which is standard - 60 centimeters. Sometimes such dimensions are not suitable, while separately located machines are more variable in size.
• For embedding in furniture, only machines with front loading

furniture. If you think about furniture in which you can hide the automatic machine, you need to immediately decide how such furniture will be made. You can make it yourself, and buy it in a store or order it in a furniture company.

It is also important to determine the shape of the cabinet. The classic cabinet model is furniture up to 110 cm high. These cabinets are available in different colors. If your washing machine is in a free corner, then the corner cabinet model is the best choice. The disadvantage of this model is called a small capacity.

You can prefer the horizontal cabinet, the height of which will not exceed 40 cm, and the width of your choice( up to the width of the whole wall).This cabinet model is preferable for people with small growth. They will not have to reach the top shelves behind soap or powder.

With regard to the material of manufacture, the conditions of a rather high humidity and the risk of water penetration make the itself the preferred materials such as MDF, glass, metal, plastic and treated wood. MDF boards, though protected by a special film, are also affordable, but due to the penetration of moisture into the ends and fasteners they are still short-lived.

Plastic models are notable for their low price, brightness and considerable resistance to water. Impregnated with moisture-proof wood, the wood looks attractive and unique, but is expensive and also deteriorates with time, like MDF.

If the dimensions of the bathroom and the selected machine allow you to buy standard furniture, you can safely go to the store. To build a store version of the cabinet does not need special skill. The purchase of the cabinet will also help those who want a model of individual design or with special dimensions. In this case, individual production is recommended, which allows you to get furniture as a result, which ideally fits your room.

If you have the experience of carpentry and the necessary tools, you can make furniture for the bathroom yourself. Moreover, now it is possible to buy already sawn material, which you just need to collect at home.

Before you start making a bathroom cabinet with your own hands, make sure you have free time, and make sure you calculate the estimate( so you'll know if homemade furniture is more expensive than finished).You need to accurately take off the dimensions and make markings in the bathroom, buy the necessary materials, then create a frame around the washing machine and trim it with panels from the selected material.