Community Chat

[MarthaStewardess]

They are open where I live.  I intend to go to one in the morning. 

[germanshepherdlove]

I would run the machine empty first with a ton of bleach.  

[RedTop]

The local ones here in West Virginia have stayed open.

[shoekitty]

I am in California.  Laundromats are concidered essential service I guess.  A week ago my daughters washer just broke.  Kaput...in the middle of a wash.  She had to run everything over to laundromat.  It was open, but she said, egads it is expensive.  I think it cost her 24 bucks to wash and dry 3 loads!   She said if she had to use a laundromat everyweek with 3 kids, she could buy a washer in 7 months, lol!

[gardenman]

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@shoekitty wrote:

I am in California.  Laundromats are concidered essential service I guess.  A week ago my daughters washer just broke.  Kaput...in the middle of a wash.  She had to run everything over to laundromat.  It was open, but she said, egads it is expensive.  I think it cost her 24 bucks to wash and dry 3 loads!   She said if she had to use a laundromat everyweek with 3 kids, she could buy a washer in 7 months, lol!

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That's a very expensive laundromat. My local laundromat is $2 a load for normal washers or $4.50 for a triple load washer. Dryers are $.25 for seven minutes and $1 per load typically has everything dry. Washing and drying three loads here would be about $7.50-$9. The good news is you're in and out in an hour and a half or so. You're also not having to pay for the water, gas/electric, or repairs to the machines. Sadly, that laundromat has been closed since lockdown started here. 

[MarthaStewardess]

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@gardenman wrote:

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@shoekitty wrote:

I am in California.  Laundromats are concidered essential service I guess.  A week ago my daughters washer just broke.  Kaput...in the middle of a wash.  She had to run everything over to laundromat.  It was open, but she said, egads it is expensive.  I think it cost her 24 bucks to wash and dry 3 loads!   She said if she had to use a laundromat everyweek with 3 kids, she could buy a washer in 7 months, lol!

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That's a very expensive laundromat. My local laundromat is $2 a load for normal washers or $4.50 for a triple load washer. Dryers are $.25 for seven minutes and $1 per load typically has everything dry. Washing and drying three loads here would be about $7.50-$9. The good news is you're in and out in an hour and a half or so. You're also not having to pay for the water, gas/electric, or repairs to the machines. Sadly, that laundromat has been closed since lockdown started here. 

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Same price for me.  $2 a load.  The only things I put in a dryer are things like towels, sheets and blankets.  The rest I bring home to hang dry.  

[shelbyshelbyshelby]

Will your comforter fit in your dryer . I place dryer sheets and the comforter this helps to refresh the item .

[RollTide2008]

My usual laundry is open for drop off service only. Does Happy Nest service your area? They’ll pick up laundry and deliver it back.

[bonnie f]

yes the ones in pa are.. i have to go once a week... but you must wear masks and where i go on the door it says to wait in your car, but there are some that sit in there..  

[Alison Wonderland]

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@Buffalogal47 wrote:

Laudromats in NYS are open; they are considered essential businesses. Dry cleanters are not. Can't figure out the logic in that one!

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@Buffalogal47

You can manage without dry cleaning for a while. 

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This. I haven't used a dry cleaning service in 20 years because I avoid buying clothes that are dry clean only. I do laundry a few times a week. If my washing machine broke, I'd be going to the coin-op, not taking my towels, sheets, and underwear to the dry cleaner.

Like the OP, I take my comforter to the laundromat in the spring. This past winter was so warm I never even put it on the bed, but if I had, I'd put it in trash bag and wait a month or two before taking it to a laundromat.