Thread Number: 77807
/ Tag: Modern Automatic Washers
Good commercial washers 20 to 30 pound for bed breakfast |
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Post# 1018459   12/18/2018 at 23:16 (1,926 days old) by dylanmitchell (Southern California)   |   | |
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What are the better quality and function options for commercial laundry in a 6 room bed and breakfast? We have lots of bulky loads from comforters and bedding to some pretty large loads or towels. Replacing two older 2007 era Speed Queen front loaders home style machines and don't want to schlep king conforters to the laundromat anymore. Looking at the 20 to 30-pound options designed for multi-housing or commercial with no coin dispenser. Want something that can handle a king comforter easily. Price is open but hopefully under the 7k to 10k range for a commercial style washer and companion dryer. We need it to be softmount but can provide the 220 or 240 volt power and set up a floor drain since most won't have a pump like a home machine.
Looking at something like these but it's hard to determine costs and use equipment we've seen is often at the end of it's life not too many folks give these up until they're practically dead machines walking. www.pwslaundrywest.com/i-... unimac.com/products/unimac-washer... Know SQ, Unimac are Alliance brands also open so something like a Dexter or other quality low maintenance brands. |
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Post# 1018462 , Reply# 1   12/18/2018 at 23:27 (1,926 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Post# 1018471 , Reply# 2   12/19/2018 at 03:58 (1,926 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 1018476 , Reply# 3   12/19/2018 at 05:33 (1,926 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Unless planning to launder one duvet at a time, you may want to seriously consider a 50lb washer.
Unless programmed to spin before pre-wash, between that cycle and wash or after down filled items won't compact the same as say a load of towels or other absorbent items. So you want to give duvets and pillows plenty of room to move about. Our local only has the one 50lb unit which nearly always is busy. Often with people doing half (or barely) loads, but I digress. Have put one king down duvet in the 35lb washers, but don't think two would be a good idea. |
Post# 1018477 , Reply# 4   12/19/2018 at 06:00 (1,926 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Electrolux has a range of soft mount machines:
professional.electroluxusa.com/l... Use the filter to find the soft mount machines. |
Post# 1018483 , Reply# 5   12/19/2018 at 07:41 (1,926 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I would consider two new SQ FL machines, since there redesign three years ago they are easily big enough to wash a king sized comforter.
But most importantly get something that has good local affordable service unless you don't mind service visits that cost well over a $1000.00 a pop when something goes wrong with the Miele, etc. When you get into the commercial brands it can be great or expensive with long waits for parts and service, so your decision should be heavily based on what can be serviced locally.
Having two washers and dryers would be a must for me, SQ also has a good double stack Gas or electric dryer if space is tight.
John L. |
Post# 1018515 , Reply# 6   12/19/2018 at 15:19 (1,926 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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A fifty or even thirty pound machine may not be possible due to local codes.
Here in NYC building codes prohibit a "residential" washer above 20lbs. This would apply to a B&B (one assumes) running out of a townhouse, brownstone, former mansion, etc... Commercial buildings are another matter. Our local "Y" has a huge SQ washer and dryers for dealing with towels and other linen in house. |
Post# 1018523 , Reply# 7   12/19/2018 at 16:38 (1,926 days old) by dylanmitchell (Southern California)   |   | |
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Thanks for the suggestions. Local service is important we have a local shop that services Alliance. If we can fit it having one 50 pounds and one 20 or 30 pound and appropriately sized dryers would give us a lot of flexibility and programming is another reason we'd really like having our own large machine. At the laundromat, we often have to run a second rinse only mode. And putting everything in the van takes time and one of us offsite while onsite laundry would let us use the time for all the other tasks that back up. And we're lumped into multi-family zoning and codes like an apartment building so that's something we'll check into before going forward.
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Post# 1018540 , Reply# 9   12/19/2018 at 19:28 (1,925 days old) by Lowefficiency (Iowa)   |   | |
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