Laundrette's tumble dryer burned my washing

Ian_Skinflint · 12 June 2017 at 9:34PM

The OP of this thread claims that his sheets "discoloured", but that's not the same as being burned.

The discolouration came from burning. There was a definite smell of scorching when I opened the door, and while the sheets in general were tinged towards yellow/brown, in places it was much more obvious that they were on their way to catching fire.

angryparcel · 12 June 2017 at 9:35PM

Moneyineptitude wrote: »

I'm not sure you appreciate how (small) businesses work.

Where do you anticipate the money is going to come from to replace all those machines in such a short space of time?

i was only suggesting they replace them in stages rather all at once. Eventually they will need to be replaced or he will not have a business, so all this should be in his business plan and annual projections to allow fund to be used or put to one side to replace machines.
i have ran my own small business since 1999 so know how they work

Ian_Skinflint · 12 June 2017 at 9:37PM

Where do you anticipate the money is going to come from to replace all those machines in such a short space of time?

I've used a lot of laundrettes over the years, and this one is neither cheaper than usual nor quieter. In fact, it's one of the busier I've ever used, though this might be an impression given by the fact that not all the machines actually work.

Wholesale replacement of the machines isn't necessarily needed, but having so many of the same machines out of order for so long shows that their policies are in some ways lax.

[Deleted User] · 12 June 2017 at 9:37PM

I think this thread is running a little off topic now...

Ian_Skinflint · 12 June 2017 at 9:41PM

Interesting, though.

Fosterdog · 12 June 2017 at 9:50PM

What load do the tumble dryers take? I've seen commercial ones as small as 8kg and going up to around the 20kg mark. Is it possible they were overloaded? Two king sized beds worth of bedding would be around the 16kg mark (I base this on my king sized bedding from one bed filling my 8kg WM and TD to capacity)