Laundry Mats - It pays to shop around

natalie_ca

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I've been putting off doing bedding for weeks, as a result I had 3 sets of sheets and pillow cases, my mattress pad and a load of large bath sheets.

I have a portable washer that I pull up to the sink in my kitchen and it can hold 2 queen sized sheets and 2 queen size pillow cases. My mattress pad is another load, and the towels would have been a separate load. So that's 5 loads of just sheets and towels. Drying all that in my small dryer would have been a 10 - 12 hour marathon with just the towels taking about 3.5 hours! I wasn't up for that! So I decided to do the laundry mat thing and get it all done at once.

I live between 2 laundry mats about equal distance apart. One is more convenient to get dropped off and picked up at than the other. I picked the one that was easier because it is on a side street.

Glad I did because it was more than 1/2 the cost of the other one! I spent $9.00 to do all of my laundry, vs about $20.00 had I gone to the other place. The wash where I went was only 75 cents for a double load!! I'm going back on Friday to do my 3 pillows. I have 2 queen sized pillows and 1 body pillow.

I think from now on instead of heating up my apartment with an unvented dryer to dry sheets and towels, I'll just take them to the laundry every couple of weeks and do them all at once. Took me 2 hours from the time I got there to the time I got home. Far better than 12 hours of laundry!!!
 

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If you're paying for heat anyway, heating up your apartment with the dryer is a win/win situation. If not, that's a different discussion.
 

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In my condo apartment that I rent, I have my own water softener, hot water tank and a stackable washer/dryer. My washer/dryer will hold a decent load but I would definitely have to go to a laundromat to do comforters and mattress covers. Some laundromats are dirty and people don't wipe out the washers so I worry about what kind of icky stuff is left.
 
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Originally Posted by mrblanche

If you're paying for heat anyway, heating up your apartment with the dryer is a win/win situation. If not, that's a different discussion.
I don't pay for heat, but I live in a high rise and the heat rises up and my apartment is so warm that I keep my windows open even in the winter. It's not unusual for the temperature in my apartment in the winter to be 90 degrees, and in the summer, even hotter than that 24/7. This place becomes a sweat box when I put my dryer on
Even turning my oven on for a couple hours means a drastic rise in the apartment temperature. When I move I'm making sure I have central air conditioning!!




Originally Posted by Yosemite

In my condo apartment that I rent, I have my own water softener, hot water tank and a stackable washer/dryer. My washer/dryer will hold a decent load but I would definitely have to go to a laundromat to do comforters and mattress covers. Some laundromats are dirty and people don't wipe out the washers so I worry about what kind of icky stuff is left.
I don't much care for public laundry either, but this place was really clean. The woman working there cleaned out the washers and dryer lint trays after I removed my clothing, and she did the same for other washers and dryers as they became free. It's in an upscale area of downtown and is owner run.

I would have no problem going back there again.
 

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Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

II don't much care for public laundry either, but this place was really clean. The woman working there cleaned out the washers and dryer lint trays after I removed my clothing, and she did the same for other washers and dryers as they became free. It's in an upscale area of downtown and is owner run.

I would have no problem going back there again.
Sounds like a well-run business - great that you found it.
 
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