Miles Waters
April 5, 2011
CHICAGO — While your Laundromat roof may be out of sight, it should be on your mind. Routine visits to your roof help avoid costly repairs and keep your equipment running...
Miles Waters
April 3, 2011
CHICAGO — While your Laundromat roof may be out of sight, it should be on your mind. Routine visits to your roof help avoid costly repairs and keep your equipment running...
Bruce Lang
March 15, 2011
PALO ALTO, Calif. — One key challenge regarding energy efficiency in Laundromats is dealing with
PALO ALTO, Calif. — One key challenge regarding energy efficiency in...
Lee Ferguson
March 7, 2011
CHICAGO — In this article, I tackle questions submitted by operators.
Q: My washers buzz in the upper left corner, near the horse (Dexter) logo. How do I stop this? Someone...
Lee Ferguson
January 20, 2011
CHICAGO — If you’ve read my columns, I hope you realize that performing routine preventive maintenance (PM) on your laundry equipment is a must if you want to...
Lee Ferguson
January 4, 2011
CHICAGO — Now that I have written several columns, I’m wondering what you are really thinking.
I’m guessing some of you are thinking:
“I don’t have time to do preventive...
Lee Ferguson
December 15, 2010
CHICAGO — Have you had a chance to put together your maintenance calendar? In the last column, Preventive Maintenance: It’s All in the Routine, I mentioned some wintertime...
Lee Ferguson
November 17, 2010
CHICAGO — Why is preventive maintenance such a difficult task? Do you lack the time or money to perform the necessary tasks? Are you short on labor, knowledge or...
Lee Ferguson
November 17, 2010
CHICAGO — Why is preventive maintenance such a difficult task? Do you lack the time or money to perform the necessary tasks? Are you short on labor, knowledge or motivation...
Lee Ferguson
November 17, 2010
CHICAGO — Why is preventive maintenance such a difficult task? Do you lack the time or money to perform the necessary tasks? Are you short on labor, knowledge or motivation...
Lee Ferguson
October 13, 2010
CHICAGO — Having worked as a service technician and a service and parts manager for 13 y
CHICAGO — Having worked as a service technician and a service and...
Lee Ferguson
October 12, 2010
CHICAGO — Having worked as a service technician and a service and parts manager for 13 years, I can attest to how vitally important it is to have preventive maintenance...
Robert Small
July 16, 2009
When owners of self-service laundries buy new washers and dryers, they want to receive the maximum performance from that equipment for the maximum length of time. One of...
Frank Rowe
January 23, 2009
Laundry owners can get caught up in washer and dryer maintenance, but laundry carts need to be maintained, too. The worst part of this maintenance process is taking care of...
Jason Hicks
September 8, 2007
LOUDON, Tenn. — With the cost of utilities weighing heavily on many coin laundry owners across the country, a wide variety of cost-saving products have been developed to...
Dion Marcionetti
March 7, 2007
CHICAGO — There are three keys to building a strong coin laundry — location, layout and design, which includes your equipment mix. In this column, I’m going to explore an...
Don Miller
January 7, 2007
CHICAGO — In conversations with operators, it’s not unusual to chat about how one would do things differently if given the chance to change a store design. With this topic...
Frank Rowe
May 2, 2006
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Everyone likes to take pride in their ability to put something together. It’s human nature. However, some coin laundry owners have missed the mark when...
