Bimonthly Laundry Schedule For Laundromat

Bimonthly Laundry Schedule For Laundromat

by EngineerMom
(St. Paul, MN, USA)

Washing Clothes At Laundromat

What do you do when you need to use the laundromat for your household's laundry, and cannot do your laundry a little everyday like some other people's weekly laundry schedule?

EngineerMom has a great tip that may help your household. She writes:

My husband or I do laundry every other week. We live in an apartment building with dryers that don't really work. Rather than hang-dry everything, we take our laundry to the laundromat every other Saturday. We have a 7-month-old son. It takes about 3 hours to wash everything, hang up what needs to be hung, and fold the rest, then drive home (it's a 10-15 minute drive from our building).

This schedule works for my family because we don't end up spending every single Saturday afternoon at the laundromat (it takes 3 hours whether we wash 1 week's worth or 2). We would prefer a schedule where we could do one or two loads per night, rather than letting all the washing build up for two weeks (it's heavy!), but right now it's just not possible. Oh, the longing for our own washer and dryer!

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Bimonthly Laundry Schedule For Laundromat

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Laundromat and apartments
by: Diana

I have laundry in the building I live, but they still charge for use. It's cheap, but having quarters lying around is tough and I can never get a routine going, so when I run out of clothes after about 3 weeks I take it all to the laundromat and do it all at once. It's definitely impacted the clothes I have - for example, I need enough underwear to last me for three weeks, unlike most people who probably have less. I also tend to buy more dark neutrals, not because it's classy, but because then I can wash them all in one giganto washer they have at the laundromat.

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3 weeks
by: Anonymous

I go to the laundromat every 3 weeks. Since I do not have a washer and dryer, and I only have to do laundry for myself, I cannot bring myself to go more often.

I also have to time it so that their washers and dryers will not be occupied and I will not have to wait for someone else's laundry to finish since I choose to go to a small laundromat that has natural light. So, I go between 8 and 11:30 in the morning on a weekday.

I do four loads of laundry and it takes 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Then, it is done for 3 weeks. Life is too short to hang out at the laundry mat anymore than necessary.

I don't mind the quiet imposed by the drone of the machines; it is kind of like a library where I catch up on a book or a newspaper. While the thought of going to do laundry is painful, the doing of it is rather meditative.

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How Do Others That Use The Laundromat Do It?
by: Taylor

Obviously, doing laundry daily is not a good option for those who use a laundromat. For those of you who use a laundromat to do laundry, do you have any suggestions for how to schedule your laundry?

Other questions include, does using the laundromat effect the amount of clothes your family must own, and if so, how?

Also, how do you deal with accidental spills and stains that need to be treated quickly?