When designing a multi-family apartment laundry room, location is the primary concern. Residents prefer laundry rooms within easy walking distance from their apartment units. The apartment laundry room should be near main traffic patterns and not in secluded, remote areas that pose security problems. Read on for tips on planning your apartment laundry room.
When choosing the type and quantity of washers, dryers and other equipment, consider the family composition of your residents, the number of units served, the presence or absence of children and the number of laundry rooms in the building.
Washers recommended: Energy efficient 14-16 lb heavy-duty commercial washers
Dryers recommended: There should always be one energy-efficient, single-load dryer for each washer. Double load dryers are less energy-efficient and may slow the laundry completion process when used to dry less than a double wash load. Instead, use stacked dryers when more than one dryer is needed in a laundry room.
Use the following guidelines to determine the equipment needed for each laundry room location. The following affected the number of machines necessary:
Predominant Resident Profile: Washers and Dryers per unit*
*These figures are based on the predominant resident profile. Adjust according to your particular profile mix. Determine using units by adding all units without an in-unit washer/dryer and half the units with in-unit laundry connections.
Dadson Laundry is a family-owned and operated laundry equipment business serving California, Nevada and Arizona with offices in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Fresno, San Luis Obispo, Redding, Phoenix and Las Vegas. Founded in 1962 by a son and his dad, Dadson provides card and coin-operated laundry equipment and services for all multi-family apartments.
Dadson Laundry is a family-owned and operated laundry equipment business serving California, Nevada and Arizona with offices in Los Angeles, Bakersfield, Fresno, San Luis Obispo, Redding, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
Founded in 1962 by a son and his dad, Dadson provides card and coin-operated laundry equipment and services for all multi-family apartments.
Providing Quality Apartment Laundry Machine Leasing & Services Since 1962.
