Commercial Laundry
Commercial laundry equipment covers washing machines, tumble dryers, ironers and laundry detergents built for high-volume, high-temperature cycles that domestic machines can’t sustain, used by hotels, guesthouses, holiday parks, care homes and larger pubs processing linen, towels and chef whites on-site. Load capacity (kg) matched to daily laundry volume comes first, since undersized machines wear out fast under commercial use.
Key specifications
Commercial washing machines typically range from 6kg for smaller sites up to 20kg+ drum capacity for hotels and care homes, running on three-phase power for larger capacities and cycles as short as 20-30 minutes for rapid turnaround. Tumble dryers are similarly sized by kg load, with ironers (rotary/flatwork) rated by roller width (cm) for sheets and tablecloths. Gas and electric heating options are common at the larger end, with reverse-tumble dryers and sluice-cycle washers standard where care home hygiene requirements apply.
Commercial Laundry — FAQs
Does a hotel need a commercial washing machine or can domestic machines cope?
Domestic machines aren’t built for the daily cycle volume and high-temperature washes (60°C+) needed for hygienic linen processing, so any hotel or care home doing on-site laundry needs commercial-rated machines to avoid frequent breakdowns.
What size commercial washing machine is needed for a small care home?
A 10-13kg capacity machine is typically the starting point for a small care home, scaling up to 20kg+ for larger sites with higher daily linen and resident laundry volume.
Brands typical of this category include Miele Professional, P&G Professional and Electrolux, all well suited to hotel and care home on-site laundry rooms.