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Laundry-Room the choices on how to proceed Laundry-Room, a quick guide to choosing the best room for your laundry.Things to check before building a laundry room. Insider tips.When you decide to build your Laundry-Room, it is most important to start with at least one outside wall for the fresh air ventilation.An outside wall will also have a drain or waste pipe within close proximity of the wall to allow the waste from the the washing machines to be disposed of without any hassle.
You may think this is so basic it's not worth mentioning but I can assure you I have been asked to place a range of laundry machines inside a building where there was no fresh air which had to be delivered to the room by a range of ducts at vast expense, because the architect was unaware of the need.Check for water supply both hot and cold, is the header tank high enough above the room to provide enough head to fill the machines?Is a decent power supply distribution box anywhere near? Power is the easiest to to remedy, but still expensive if it has to come a long way. Is the fuse box capable of taking the heaters from the washers and dryers should they all come on at once? A Laundry-Room can use a considerable amount of power in short bursts, Typical heaters for a washer are 6kW at least. Then multiply by the number required and you have some idea of the power needed. A good Laundry-Room will have heated cold fill washers which will provide a better wash than ones with a warm fill from the mains supply boiler. See How to do Laundry for the reasons. Access. Can the washing machines get into and out of the Laundry Room?Unless you would like to pay for cranes and removing the roof for servicing and replacement of machines, check the doors are wide enough for the machine to enter. They cannot be dismantled and reassembled inside.Cellars are a nightmare for a Laundry-Room, avoid at all costs.I try to walk away from people who insist that the laundry must be placed in the cellar and their office has to stay in the one large airy room that would fit the bill.The problems with ventilation, drainage alone are enough to say no. Then there is the problem of gas dryers, steer clear of all cellars for a laundry. OK for a Nightclub but not a Laundry-Room. Access down the stairs for heavy machinery is also a big problem. Share your knowledge on the world wide web Now. It's easy peasy no html or guru stuff required.If you have some specialist knowledge, hobby, interest, or news you would like to share with the net, or you may be a work at home mom, a "WAHM" have a look at my site build it page where you will see all the different approaches to building a website.Site Build It make it so easy and the community of members on the forums are so helpful, you cannot fail, this site was started in November 2005 and is approaching 3000 visitors a month an building daily. There is no need to have anything other than a bit of typing skill at the keyboard and know how to navigate around the net, which you can obviously do because you got to my Laundry-Room page without difficulty. If you are really keen go have a look now at
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A quick summary of Laundry-Room needsand solutions.Always check what power is available on site, is there enough, is it three phase and neutral?The correct machines for the job cannot be ordered before the power and water supplies have been confirmed. If gas is to be used which type of gas is it? LPG, or natural gas from the oil fields. Or gas produced from coal. Water supples may need to be suppleid via a break tank which isolates the mains water from the laundry room. Most washing machine require a minimum of 1bar pressure or 37psi so if you have several machines in a row large pipes and adequate flow will be required to ensure a fast fill and a clearance of the soap from the hopper. Are the machines pump drain or gravity drain, most commercial machines are gravity drain. In which case a fall from the rear of the machines to the sewage system is needed. You may be required to lift the machines up on a plinth. Try to visualise the laundry-room process from start to finnish.Try to visualise the laundry process from start to finnish with a flow of work from the entrance of the laundry with dirty washing to the exit with clean finished linen.Dryers work best when placed against an outside wall to reduce the length of the ducting to fresh air. You will require a Receiving and sorting area as near to the entrance as possible. A wash area close the receiving area where the washing machine can be loaded quickly and cleanly. A drying area without cross contamination from the dirty washing in the receiving area. A finishing, folding, and ironing area with a selection of finishing equipment. Then a storage area to store clean laundry in airing room or cupboard. Arrange for a "Deadman's switch" to pe placed as near to the exit door as possible in case of fire and a quick exit is requiredCheck safety with regard to dead man switches for gas and electricity near exit to room.Are there adequate fire exits, for safe evacuation of the building? And should you require any plumbing bits and pieces have a look at; PlumberSurplus.com offers its customers tens of thousands of home improvement and plumbing products from over 100 brands in a variety of categories. With tens of thousands of products available, our knowledgeable staff can help answer customer's questions quickly and easily on-line via email or live chat, or on the phone. PlumberSurplus.com aims to make buying plumbing products online easy as Point. Click. Through our strong relationship with the world's leading distributors, PlumberSurplus.com gives customers direct access to the latest, most popular and hard-to-find products available via our easy to navigate website. PlumberSurplus.com ships to the Continental United States including Alaska and Hawaii, and Canada using multiple methods and carriers.For all your plumbing needs have a look at
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