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Re: my earlier toot.

Honest question - is a "utility room" some sort of Midwestern thing?

Talking about how to avoid running ducts through attics, it occurred to me that it might be.

Here, if you don't have a basement, there's usually a room with your furnace/air handler, water heater, and washer/dryer. Plumbing often routes there, too.

Sometimes it's less of a room and more of a closet, but we can't just stick the washer and water heater in the garage 'cause they'll freeze.

@TechConnectify I think so. But we didn’t really have that phrase in Texas, despite also not having basements. Is “mud room” exclusive with utility room, or can speakers and locations use both?

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@jason I would not equate a mudroom with a utility room, but I wouldn't call them mutually exclusive.

Generally the utilities are gonna be closer to the core of the structure than the exterior, especially if air handling is involved. But, I have also seen some homes where the back door opens up to the laundry room which also has the other utilities.

@TechConnectify yeah in my 90s construction childhood central TX home we had a laundry room and a closet with HVAC and water heater.

Now in Denver I have laundry in my basement with the water heater but the HVAC is in the attic.

The change is big enough I don’t feel one or the other is very resonant anymore. Whatever works!