12kg Hot Fill Washing Machine ?

neilmcl

Apodemus said:

Not sure if this is a daft suggestion...but if heating time is that critical to you, could you not simply plumb a cold-fill machine in to your hot feed? Ok, it means using hot for the rinse cycles too (unless you got fancy and did something manual with your plumbing).  A compromise could be a set-temperature mixer valve on the feed, so that the fill started off at a warmer temperature, but you weren’t wasting too much energy on the rinse.

Do not do this! It could end up knackering the machine and you can kiss any warranty goodbye.

getmore4less

Horizon7000 said:

Thanks for all replies.

I need one capable of washing double/king Sized duvets, hence a big porthole and 12kg size.

(Modern 10kg ones seemed to have shrunk in porthole size?)

These are for a small guesthouse, and Covid-19 government guidelines say the bedding, towels etc must be washed at the maximum temperature the item can be washed at. In the case of cotton, that's 60 degrees.

So to operate safely in the current climate, there is a lot more washing required at higher temperatures, which all adds to the time it takes

I want a hot water feed, as waiting for the water to heat up in a cold feed washing machine adds at least 30 mins to the cycle, on our current domestic machine (10kg Whirlpool) which is quite old and due to be replaced anyway.

This is then "dead time" I'm paying the housekeeping staff to wait whilst it finishes the cycle before it can be dried and ironed

I'll check out the ideas you have given and see what I can find.

Have you checked out top loaders?

https://www.appliancecity.co.uk/laundry/washing-machines/15kg/

Buy more duvet  so you can cycle through them and you can time the washing to match up with your cleaners hours.

don't need top quality if you have decent covers, £16 for duvet pillow set from Argos
at that price almost disposable and won't need covers that will also need washing
(gift to the homeless after use).

even cheaper here
https://www.linenslimited.com/linens-limited-value-range-polypropylene-hollowfibre-anti-allergy-duvet-4-5-tog-king

For that price(there are probably cheaper) the covid line new duvet for every guest can overcome the quality issue if you normally supply upmarket bedding,  a decent top sheet that needs a wash may suffice.

tetrarch

Horizon7000 said:b

Thanks for all replies.

I need one capable of washing double/king Sized duvets, hence a big porthole and 12kg size.

(Modern 10kg ones seemed to have shrunk in porthole size?)

These are for a small guesthouse, and Covid-19 government guidelines say the bedding, towels etc must be washed at the maximum temperature the item can be washed at. In the case of cotton, that's 60 degrees.

So to operate safely in the current climate, there is a lot more washing required at higher temperatures, which all adds to the time it takes

I want a hot water feed, as waiting for the water to heat up in a cold feed washing machine adds at least 30 mins to the cycle, on our current domestic machine (10kg Whirlpool) which is quite old and due to be replaced anyway.

This is then "dead time" I'm paying the housekeeping staff to wait whilst it finishes the cycle before it can be dried and ironed

I'll check out the ideas you have given and see what I can find.

Just looking at the maths. Let’s assume that your paying your housekeeping staff £10 per hour. Your real cost is £5 per duvet clean. It wouldn’t take very long to justify the cost of doubling-up on your linen provision so that the washing machine cycle length becomes irrelevant.

Regards

Tet

getmore4less

Another thing with washing/dry cycle times are only relevant if you have people getting paid to stand and look at them because they have nothing else to do.

Even with a modern machine with 3hr cycles I can do 4/5 wash and drys on a day I am at home with total time to attend(load/unload) under 30mins a bit longer if stuff is going outside to dry.

Even on days I am out can do 2/3 with timed starts on the machines.

if the guesthouse does breakfasts that's a time period where a couple of loads could be done by anyone with minimal interruptions to breakfast service then left in the laundry room for housekeeping to iron

karenadona

I am also looking for a hot fill machine because I have asthma and also we have free solar hot water. I went back to the site your recommended AO.com and they have semi commercial and commercial hot fill machines on there. I was just thinking, instead of trying to find big one m, you could get two smaller ones. It would be more flexible. If you found one in the interim, let me know. 

Alanp

As a former commercial laundry engineer for 30 years, I can see a few problems going down that route in a domestic setting, they use hot water as many are used in care homes for 75/90 degree washes and it’s quicker to heat , most are 3 phase, but can be downrated even to 13a, but that would be a waste of time, minimum would be 30a, they also come with a drain valve instead of a pump, although they can be specified with a pump, interestingly the ipso( JLA) smart washers do use a hot final rinse, supposedly to cut drying time..??., I’m not too sure about domestic top loaders but the commercial versions don’t have elements in them and use only what’s in the hot water tank , fine if you are on a camp site with a dedicated boiler, but not so in a domestic situation...