Concept of apartment laundry
The concept of apartment laundry is a very westernized concept dating back to centuries. This is one of the commonly available value added services for most of the apartments. An apartment laundry puts an end to the hassles of regular maintenance of clothes by washing, cleaning, dry cleaning and sophisticated laundering maintenances. Those who live with the problem of paucity of enough time for home and family, find apartment laundromats as a very good solution. However, this solution being referred to is the large scale commercial laundromats serving for many apartments. Otherwise, one can also design a personal laundry if the minimum space area is available for all sorts of related installation in his apartment.
Pre-requisites for an apartment laundry design idea
Whether it is commercial or a personal laundry service that one wishes to design, there are some basic pre-requisites that need to be met in order to complete the set up. They have been broadly classified.
General Requirements
There are some general pre-requisites for a laying down the design for an apartment laundry:
- A segregated set up area secluded from the rest of the apartment rooms.
- Family composition of the residents in case of a commercial installation.
- Number of apartments residing or the number of family members to avail the service.
- If it is a large scale commercial laundromat, then security of the belongings need to be ensured.
Designing related Requirements
When considering the interest of architects, builder or any owner, the following major informations are required for providing the foundation base of design ideas:
- Total land area available for design and planning.
- Tiled Floor area with a descent slope towards drains.
- Sufficient light availability of good wattage.
- Preferably, sound proof walls that would prevent dissemination of sound.
Equipment related requirements
With respect to equipment related requirements, the following need to be considered in the design ideas:
Washers
An energy efficient heavy-duty washer of appropriate capacity depending on personal or commercial needs.
Dryers
A single load, energy efficient dryer is required for each washer with adjoining fire proof walls.
Advantages of some of the best accepted models of apartment laundry design advantages
In this section, I have briefed on some of smart apartment laundry design approaches applied for a modern apartment that can serve as a role model for many others. The supporting pictures may further substantiate on this.
- Environmentally friendly ideas with potted plants and flowers and single tub energy efficient equipments
- A multi-tasking approach where a laundry room can serve other purposes of storage and work station
- Assemblage of a hang and dry system of sleek and stylist stainless steel rods that can be easily lowered and raised
- Impedance of natural light that would enable natural drying and thus saving a bit on cost
- Smart concealment areas for storage and assemblage of dumped clothes.
