The rise and fall of the mail chute: mitchw.blog
@MitchW See also: dumbwaiters & laundry chutes. Though we have a laundry chute in this house; I insisted the contractors preserve it through renovations, to their continuing amusement.
@MitchW Occasionally, but with 3 people living here with different ideas about proper laundry protocol (ie, I’m right and they’re not) it’s simpler to just drag my own laundry bag down the stairs.
The fire code reason for disuse is not one I knew about. I saw one a few months ago, with the slots blocked, but now I can't be sure where. Maybe the court building where I went for jury duty.