Easily update your laundry room for its functional usage for yourself and your family, and also for the resale value of your home. You don't just want a laundry room that goes from unfinished to finished, but you don't necessarily need a gorgeous laundry room. What's most important when it comes to this particular room in the house is how well you can function in it. Here are three ways you can get the job done efficiently:

1. Install everything you need in your laundry room to start with dirty laundry and walk out with clean, folded clothes. Things to consider installing: a table to fold clothes, a clean sink with a pull-out sprayer to hand- wash dedicates, and cabinets to store bottles of unsightly and dangerous mixes.
2. Ensure all plumbing is installed and functioning correctly to prevent flooding, home damage, and high water bills. A plumber can install an automatic washing machine shutoff valve to prevent expensive flooding due to broken hoses, leaky valves or other malfunctions, which is especially helpful when you're not home.
3. To speed up clothes drying and prevent lint build-up, install a smooth metal dryer vent. Rigid metal vents are safer than flexible plastic and metal types, which catch more lint, require more cleaning and can reduce airflow. Even worse, flexible ducts are easily crushed, which blocks airflow and causes the dryer to overheat.

 Happy Remodeling, 

Teri and Jim Leinbach 

P.S. If you don't go overboard with the finishes, keep a tight rein on your spending and shop around, a high quality laundry room remodeling project can return as much as 67% - 78% of its initial cost, whenever you go to sell your house.

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