Laundromat owners, multi-housing and on-premise laundry managers often struggle deciding between top and front load washers. Which model works best in my laundry room design? Which machine will help lower my monthly utility bill? What type of machine increases productivity and is user-friendly? Front and top load washing machines offer unique benefits – weighing the pros and cons will help you make the right decision. Front Load Washers Pros Easy to stack: The front-load design and front-facing controls leave the top unimpeded making it easy to stack these washers to save space in a crowded laundry room. Larger drum capacity: The front-load design offers a bigger drum capacity allowing you to fit bulkier items and larger loads per cycle. High extraction rate: The high spin speed extract removes more moisture from items per cycle helping cut down on dryer time. Power efficiency: Energy Star compliant front load washers provide 20 percent more power efficiency than standard machines helping cut down on monthly utility bills. Cons More expensive: Front load washers are designed with advanced technology and special features resulting in higher initial costs however, these features improve overall efficiency. Trapped water: The side machine drum design makes it a little…

Coin operated laundry loyalty card programs entice customers to your vended laundry and keep them coming back. Set your laundry apart from the competition with unique loyalty card programs and discounts. Customers like loyalty card programs because they are an easy alternative to inserting coins into every machine. Some of the most common program ideas offer discounts to seniors or military members but you can set your store apart from the competition with unique laundromat loyalty card program ideas. Big Bill Bonus: This is a great way to encourage customers to pay more up front for a small bonus. Offer customers $2 for every $20 placed on their loyalty card. Not only will you receive money up front but you’ll also receive multiple return customers who may pay for snacks, detergents or games in your store. Free Dry: Take a deep breath, we’re not advocating giving away free dries all day but this is a great way to entice customers to your store with an eye-catching graphic in one of your windows. This program is simple to implement allowing you to program when customers receive a free dry whether it be every 15, 20 or more dries. You can even go…

Laundrylux’ latest video showcases the significant water savings on-premise and multi-housing or vended laundry owners receive with their newest drain valve design in Electrolux and Wascomat machines. Angel Vasquez, Regional Business Development Manager for Laundrylux, displays how competitor drain valves are made with a large basin area located under the actual operating valve assembly. This large basin is attached to the bottom of the drum and needs to fill up completely with water for every pre-soak, wash and rinse cycle – this process is known as dead water. This drain valve holds and uses 2 gallons of water per wash cycle. Electrolux and Wascomat’s new drain valve design is significantly smaller while the basin attaches below the valve translating to less dead water accumulation without sacrificing performance. This design holds and uses 8 ounces or 0.0625 gallons per wash cycle. To calculate the savings in your particular multi-housing and on-premise or vended laundry multiply the amount of dead water by the number of machines in your store or laundry room. Then multiply the sum by the average number of cycles each machine makes per wash. Vasquez broke it down for a laundry room with 20 machines. Using the competitor’s drain…

Owning a laundromat is a terrific investment and allows you to control your own schedule, be your own boss or earn a supplemental income. Owning a laundromat is about as fool-proof of an investment as you can get. Owners that do their homework by studying location demographics, store design, signage and finding the best equipment you’ll fall into the nearly 95 percent of successful laundromat business owners. Vended laundry owners see, on average, a 20 to 35 percent return on investment due to these four benefits of owning a laundromat. Recession-resistant Business: Clean clothes, bedding, wash cloths, towels, etc. are a necessity just like food and shelter. No matter the economy people will always be living in homes or apartments without laundry machines and your business continues to turn a profit. Limited Labor: The majority of laundromat owners’ employ between zero and two part-time employees. The only daily labor employees are in charge of keeping the store clean and occasional machine maintenance. Repeat Customers: Ninety percent of vended laundry customers will be repeat customers. The vast majority of laundromat customers will find a store they like or is convenient based on where they live because their home or apartment has…

When commercial laundry equipment is down you’re losing out on potential sales and limiting productivity. Avoid machine down time to ensure multi-housing, on-premise or vended laundries are always running at max efficiency delivering top productivity and profitability. Regardless of your diligence performing preventative maintenance tasks washers and dryers eventually need repairs to operate at peak performance. Luckily not every repair requires a service professional. If you have the right laundry parts you can solve these five common washer and dryer problems to get your machines back up and running. Washer doesn’t fill with water This problem needs to be addressed right away and you should immediately look at the inlet hose. First check if the washer inside the hose is damaged or if there is a kink in the hose – if there is a leak in the hose you might be able to install a temporary patch before replacing the entire inlet hose. While installing a new inlet hose always remember to keep the hose straight to avoid potential damage in the future. Water doesn’t stop running Immediately check the overflow switch. This switch detects when the washer tub is full and automatically stops the water flow. Before installing…