Perhaps the most tedious part of doing laundry—itself a tedious chore—is struggling down the stairs with a heavy and cumbersome hamper overflowing with stinky clothes. If you've done this on a weekly ...

Like a helpful friend, laundry chutes have transported generations of dirty clothes from a home’s upper floors to the washer in the basement, never complaining, always ready to assist. But there’ve ...

Q. My home was just inspected, and the report says the laundry chute is unsafe for small children. So, I checked with the local building department. They said the chute does not violate any safety ...

When we moved into our new two-story home 38 years ago it came equipped with two laundry chutes — one in the hall immediately outside of the upstairs bathroom and the other on the same wall in the ...

A disabled 9-year-old boy was able to get into a health-care facility’s laundry chute where he died because a worker left a closet door propped open – and the chute inside had a broken lock on its ...