Laundry processing is one of the key areas that shouldn’t be forgotten when implementing infection control procedures in a care home or hospital environment. This helpful film from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) provides some useful guidelines on how to manage your laundry processes and gives some great tips on how to make sure that

A care home laundry is always very busy with a whole range of items being washed, from client’s clothes to uniforms as well as sheets and bedding.  We know that there are lots of ways that you can make sure that your care home laundry is as efficient as possible, so that all the laundry

Designing a commercial laundry room for a care home, hotel or housing association is important. Over the years we have worked with architects and construction companies who have run in to trouble towards the end of the build when they realise that they have not allocated sufficient space for appliances, or not allowed for ducting

Heat pump tumble dryers have been around for a few years, however it’s only recently that companies such as Miele have developed them so that they can offer an “A” Energy rating. This makes them the perfect choice if you want to save on energy bills and also want a more energy efficient and environmentally

This is an innovative video we have produced with Envirovent and Bioclad to show where the major risks lie in care homes. The section on laundry care highlights how you can reduce the risk of cross contamination of superbugs in your laundry, as well as how modular build laundries can be a great solution when

We have just introduced a new cost effective way of having a commercial washing machine. This will be of particular interest to kennels, catteries and equestrian properties, where there is a large volume of blankets, bedding and other fabrics.  Since it means that you will  have a commercial washing machine to cope with all your

We regularly get enquiries from stables and equestrian centres who want to know how they can wash their own and their client’s horse rugs, blankets and and saddle pads without having to send them out to be cleaned by third parties. They want to know how to wash their rugs and blankets and if a

Soap all over the floor? Many laundries that use powder as a detergent end up with half the soap powder on the floor where it gets wet and creates a slip hazard. The soap hopper is usually encrusted with old powder deposits that have solidified like concrete and operators seem to be forever wiping the

There is nothing worse than that unexpected “zap” of static when unloading a tumble dryer. It’s worse in the colder months of the year. Here are 10 top tips to eliminate static: Ensure that you use a good fabric conditioner Separate man made synthetic fabrics from natural fibre fabrics and dry separately. Always add a

As founding members of the Miele Professional Partnership it was great to be a part of Miele’s recent launch of their new slimline range of laundry equipment and the super energy efficient heat pump dryers. We managed to give Les Marshall, Sales & Marketing Director – Professional, a pleasant shock when we announced we had

The sales team here at JTM are very keen to make purchasing your new laundry equipment as affordable and stress free as possible and with this in mind we are pleased to offer our great new finance deal-the 50/50 deal, this deal enables you as the customer to buy new laundry equipment but only pay

I am often asked by clients “what is the best machine to buy?” and my answer is “what do you want it to do and how long do you need it to last” in other words what is important to them. The answers range from the quality of the wash results to running costs and

I have lost count of the number of times clients have asked me to look in to why they were not getting good wash results from their commercial washing machines. The problem in many cases was simply caused by overloading the drum! Any commercial washing machine needs TACT to get the wash load clean: Time

Hi there! I have been  serving the Commercial laundry industry for over 30 years now and have found solutions for most problems likely to crop up and some you would never imagine! I thought it would be helpful to post useful things on a blog and invite questions from anyone who has a commercial laundry