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I was having a chat with some friends and we were talking about how, in the U.S. at least, washers are usually on the left and dryers on the right and why that might be. Someone pointed out that we wash first and then we dry. But then someone else pointed out that we are sort of primed to think in left-to-right terms already since that's the direction in which we read. So here is my question:

Are washers usually on the right and dryers on the left in the Middle East?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Are the room and door arranged so that the washer is the first thing you come to when you walk in? I’d bet this is also a factor, in addition to the left-to-right thing.

It’s decided by builders, though, when they install the hookups and vent, so this question is really about what they are thinking, not any of us.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

When the W&D hookups were installed, the basement was mostly unfinished and open-plan. Previous owner put up a wall to make a laundry room. Door opens right between them, so neither are the first thing you see.

I'm just assuming it's questionable choices made by multiple previous owners all the way down lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Another commenter made the point that the washer placement is influenced by where the plumbing is, and plumbing generally fans out from one location where the main enters the house, and the direction of the sewer is also a factor for the drain. This is a bigger deal than running a duct for the dryer vent, which is a one off thing not dependent on a central system. So again, it gets back to the builders one way or another.