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 grew up in upstate NY and if the house didn't have a basement (mostly trailers or various other types of prefab house) there was usually a "laundry room" that had the furnace and water heater in a closet
If you want me to change how I write my articles, you can pay me an eye-watering amount of money per article (more than I will ever make off of any individual article, even a super-banger).
@cadey I'm curious but also afraid to find out what kind of dev team this person has that doesn't believe "furry avatar" is a hallmark of extremely competent computer touchers
how cool is it that every ceo in america simultaneously realized that the most profitable way to operate a corporation is to eliminate the staff, products, and customers
every time there's a new user influx I have the same "I should just start a personal instance" thought followed by the same "but it's gonna be more expensive than ever" thought