What to be Aware of When Purchasing Laundry Equipment
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Consumers need to be mindful of numerous considerations and options when choosing equipment with which to operate their laundries. First and foremost, your proposed site requires an operator who will ensure a visit to your establishment to discuss what, if any, limitations you may have in regards to utilities required to operate machinery: for example, is the electrical and plumbing infrastructure sufficient to run machinery required? In these days of digital technology, even remote sites can be viewed with photos scanned and viewed, making a 'cyber site inspection' possible too.
The companies you choose should provide knowledgeable staff, who know their product thoroughly and can answer any questions you have in relation to the workings of same.
Secondly, the investor needs to phone around and obtain information from the laundry equipment provider to gather all the energy information about their machinery and key features that are be pertinent to your establishment.
The cost of electricity, gas and water required to operate equipment can be a considerable expense, you need to make sure that the equipment you're looking at is energy efficient – living in New Zealand we need to protect our resources so sourcing an equipment provider with energy efficient, quality and reliable machinery is imperative.
Thirdly, each establishment is unique – is this a permanent residence management rights in need of a commercial grade washer or is this a backpackers hostel? Both situations require reliable, efficient machinery; either way, you need to look for simple operations, a machine that will perform exactly how you need it to and to launder exactly what you need laundered!
Operating a coin laundry requires machinery that is easy to maintain, you want to avoid down time at all costs. Sometimes this is unavoidable but you need to source machinery that has a history of reliability. Check any warranty that is available – a good laundry equipment provider will ensure you obtain quality machinery, backed up by reliable service technicians and should also stand by an impressive warranty backing.
The company you approach ideally should be able to assist you from go to whoa. Essentially from the planning stages of your laundry, to providing the equipment, to installing the equipment and finally providing any back up service required, whether technical advice or service technicians to attend to any operational difficulties encountered.
Providing you have done your homework, so to speak, a coin laundry could be the best business investment you will ever make!
Gabrielle & David Worthington
Dependable Laundry Solutions
