Whether you’re investing in new commercial laundry equipment or maximising the service life of your older machines, you’ll already know that preventative maintenance is an essential part of your laundry equipment care plan.
But when you have lots of priorities to juggle, it’s all too easy to let servicing lapse – or forget to plan for it at all.
In this post, we explore the many benefits of preventative laundry equipment maintenance – and why it often pays off to hand over the admin (and actual work) to a trusted commercial equipment specialist.
Maintenance reduces the chances of downtime and disruption
Carrying out regular checks and scheduled maintenance is the best way to identify and quickly fix minor issues before they turn into major problems that put you out of action. Through routine maintenance, you’re far more likely to keep your equipment in good working order, and reduce the chance of costly interruptions or service disruptions.
Planned maintenance also allows you to schedule any essential inspections or servicing at times that work better for you. This is ideal for seasonal businesses like holiday parks, hotels, hospitality venues or sports clubs.
Extend the life of your critical equipment
Preventative maintenance helps to ensure your equipment lasts as long as possible, saving you the time, money and hassle that comes with organising reactive repairs or ordering replacements.
In fact, regular servicing and parts replacement is the best way to keep commercial laundry equipment running smoothly, and will often extend its working lifespan.
Increases efficiency and reduces operating costs
Regular preventative maintenance optimises your machinery’s performance and efficiency, in turn speeding up cycle times and helping you save on electric, gas and water costs, while keeping wash quality consistent.
Issues like clogged lint filters and ducts in dryers, or malfunctioning water inlet valves in washers, will mean your machines have to work harder to maintain the same output, using more resources and costing you more in energy. Repeat washing or drying cycles will also eat into your staff’s valuable time.
Protect your compliance and safety record
As part of an engineer’s planned service visit, your machines will be inspected and fully certified to ensure compliance and give you peace of mind. As part of this process, any portable electrical appliances attached to your equipment will be tested (PAT) and signed off for continued use.
Using a trusted service partner like JLA means you’ll also receive an Equipment Safety Service report when the job is finished. This way, you can maintain a paper trail and stay on top of scheduling.
Regular servicing improves satisfaction and protects revenue for launderettes
For any launderette, but particularly those located in shared housing or holiday parks, preventative maintenance is a proven way to keep your customers happy and satisfied with the facilities you offer. A simple reduction in downtime and disruption will hugely improve the customer experience, do more to protect your reputation, and help prevent any loss of revenue from issuing refunds.
Enhanced hygiene and infection control
Servicing has a big part to play in maintaining hygiene and infection control standards in high-care environments like care homes, hospitals and other settings where thorough disinfection is critical for the safety of patients, residents, visitors and staff.
For machines that use JLA’s OTEX ozone technology, regular maintenance is also vital for preventing the risks of cross-infection.
What’s involved in preventative maintenance?
JLA’s preventative maintenance is carried out by one of our 450 in-house engineers, on a schedule that suits your organisation’s requirements. Their visit will cover all the essentials, including:
- Component and parts checks to ensure everything works as it should, and that nothing needs replacing
- Water pressure and drainage inspection, looking out for any leaks, and to check water is flowing freely
- Full safety checks and certification for your machines, ductwork and other critical systems
- PAT testing for any electrical appliances used alongside your core equipment
To chat through a preventative maintenance plan that works for your organisation, please feel free to get in touch today.
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