A self-service laundry , coin laundry , or coin washing is a facility where clothing is washed and dried without the help of a personalized professional.
Laundromates are known in the UK as launderettes or laundrettes , and in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as laundromats (from generic trademarks of Westinghouse Electric Corporation) or washaterias . It is known that George Edward Pendray was the man who coined the term "laundromat" for Westinghouse.
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Staffed laundries
Some laundry employees hire staff to provide services for customers. Minimum service centers can only provide officers behind the counter to provide change, sell washing powder, and watch unattended machines for potential theft of clothing. Others allow customers to undress to be washed, dried, and folded. This is often referred to as fluff & amp; fold , wash-n-fold , drop off , bachelor bundle , wash service or < i> wash with full service . Some of the staff's laundry facilities also provide pick-up and dry cleaning delivery. There are over 35,000 laundrys throughout the United States. Similar services exist in the UK where the term laundry service or full service wash is also used.
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On-premise laundromats
On-premise laundromat is found in locations such as hospitals, university student dormitories, or apartment blocks. The facility manager/maintenance staff works directly with the machine distributor to supply and maintain the washer and dryer. Machine use is primarily reserved for residents of this facility.
Fluff and fold services
The evolution of self-service laundry services has been seen in several "fluff and fold" (also fluff n fold, fluff & fold, fluff 'n' fold, and fluff 'n fold) provided by various laundromats. This service provides end users of washing, drying, and folding services on a per pound basis. Some services offer free pick up and delivery, as well as free laundry bags as part of their customer appreciation. In addition, the dry-cleaning service has been known to use pickup and delivery as a means to help generate additional revenue.
Washateria (United States)
Washateria is the alternative name for a laundromat, especially in Texas. The first named Washateria was opened on April 18, 1934 in Fort Worth, Texas by C.A. Tannahill. Although steam-powered washing machines were discovered in the 19th century, their costs kept them out of reach of many people. Cantrell and others began renting their machines for a short period. Most laundry and washersias in the US are fully automated and coin-operated and generally unmanned, with many (but not all) operating 24 hours a day. The invention of coin-operated washing machines was thought to have originated from Harry Greenwald of New York who invented Greenwald Industries in 1957; the company marketed the device until the 20th century.
The US Census Bureau estimates that there are 11,000 dish styles in the US, employing 39,000 people and generating over $ 3.4 billion each year.
Launderettes (United Kingdom)
The first English laundry (alternate spelling: "laundry") opened on May 9, 1949 in Queensway (London). English Laundle is mainly fully automatic, coin operated and either manned or unmanned. Some may be manned for fewer hours than the operating time each week. They are commonly found only in urban and suburban areas and have been a common feature of urban life since the 1960s. In the last two decades there has been a decline in the number of dishwashers, to about 3000 nationally.
Increased utility costs, lower premises rent and domestic machine purchase costs have been noted as the main reason for the recent decline. High initial launch costs, especially for commercial washing and drying machines, have also been commented as the reason for fewer new entrants to the market. In addition, machine updates can be very expensive, which has kept investments in place.
Most UK households have beds (such as blankets and blankets) that are well above domestic machine capacity, making washing machines the only way available to clean it.
Many manned operations in the UK have added value services such as ironing, dry washing and laundry services, which are proving popular with busy professionals, college students and senior citizens. Student accommodation blocks often have their own unmanned laundry, which is usually commercially run with profit by accommodation providers.
Local directories such as yellow pages and Thomson only show laundrys that have opted to pay for entries in their directories, so trends are difficult to assess. However, cities like Birmingham, London, Liverpool, Manchester, and Leeds have a significant amount of laundry, as do many coastal tourist areas.
The main producers serving the UK in this market are IPSO, Electrolux, Primus, and Maytag. Brands like Speed ​​Queen and Frigidaire are also regularly deployed, with mostly coming from Belgium and the United States.
While the future of laundry in the UK is not guaranteed, domestic machine users are damaged at home, large bed users, and tourists are potential customers, thus making the provision valuable to the public.
Launderettes, coin laundry or launderette (Australia)
Self service is widely available and is used by a good percentage of the population. Due to the mild weather, Australia has a much smaller percentage of dryer owners, as mild weather makes it possible to hang laundry outside for most of the year, with the exception of a few months. Short winters in Australia see a surge in the use of drying machines, usually easily found in self-service supermarkets.
Laundromats (New Zealand)
New self-service supermarkets are available, but they are not widely used. NZ culture tends to be provided with laundry facilities at home, but with increasing apartment dwellers, this slows down. Most homes also operate their own dryers because the temperate climate can often be unpredictable. There is an increase in laundry and ironing services as better New Zealanders are beginning to outsource, according to their time value.
In popular culture
- The 1985 film My Beautiful Laundrette is set in laundry in London.
- EastEnders television soap opera has an automatic washers as one of its focus locations, with several important characters already serving as employees.
- Nivea recorded "Laundromat", a song about a man caught cheating on his girlfriend.
- The first act of The Young Ones episode "Bambi" about the main character who made their first journey to the laundry in nearly three years.
- Levi's iconic television advertising (British, 1985). The 1950s style featured a semi-naked Nick Kamen that changed in the laundry. By Bartle Bogle Hegarty/Roger Lyons.
- Albert King's blues signature album Born Under a Bad Sign was released in 1967 for Stax Records, including the song "Laundromat Blues".
- The children's show Sesame Street produces a laundry song called In Laundromat .
See also
- Mangle (machine)
References
External links
- Coin Laundry Association, a non-profit trade organization serving the self-service laundry industry
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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