Can You do 20 tons of Laundry per Month?

by Robert Mumby

In October 2022, the RVM Laundry facility’s eight staff members with Environmental Services Manager Teresa Williams washed 20.2 tons of laundry without losing track of your things. The total is down since the Skyline Plaza dining rooms reopened; their linen is cleaned by a contractor. To process 20 plus tons of laundry per month, the facility is working seven days per week, for 19 ½ hours on week days and 10 ½ hours each Saturday and Sunday.

Residents’ laundry is brought to a sorting room where towels and sheets are separated out into mesh bags, all identified with apartment/cottage numbers. Towels and sheets are washed separately.

sorting laundry

Five large washers are loaded by poundage. Two washers can hold 60 pounds, one can take 85 lbs., one 90 lbs. and one holds 140 lbs. (Give or take 10 lbs.) Four huge dryers are next, and then two ironing machines. The large one, shown with Teresa helping, irons sheets. A slightly smaller machine irons dining room tablecloths and napkins.

the washers

For those residents with special requests, such as, “no fabric softener,” or “wash dark clothing separately,” there are regular size washers and dryers.

the dryers

Ironing Sheets