Water savings

[chad]

Helllo Everyone!

As you all remember I ripped out my 5yr old washers and replaced them with the SQ qunt machines.....


My water bill was on the average of $4,500 per month!

I just got my new water bill in the mail and it was $2,358.00!!!!

A saving of more then $2,000 just on water alone!

[chad]

BTW that also adds $2,000 to my bottom line so when it comes time to sell my store that $24,000 a yr in EXTRA gross income goes a long way!

[Jefflange]

Sounds great. How do the new machines save you water? What type of cycles did the old machines have compared to the new. Were the old mechanical timer with prewash,wash and 3 rinses?

[chad]

Originally Posted by Jefflange

Sounds great. How do the new machines save you water? What type of cycles did the old machines have compared to the new. Were the old mechanical timer with prewash,wash and 3 rinses?

I removed the pre wash and 1 rinse. Yes the old ones were mechanical with those washes. Havent had much complaints but I am very happy with the results.

[Jefflange]

Do you offer prewash and 3rd rinse as option.

[chad]

Originally Posted by Jefflange

Do you offer prewash and 3rd rinse as option.

3rd rinse yes.

20s and 30s $.25 more
60s $.50 more
80s $1.00 more


The way I see it, does a customer really need a pre wash wash and 3 rinses... I dont think so. I had the same machine set up in my other store for about 1yr and never had complaints. In this store for the few 2 weeks or so complaints here and there but customers dont say anything now. I have seen that a very good amount of customers more then 50% always chose that extra cycle that gives them that extra wash time.

[rbh]

Chad, I did something similar within the past two months, replaced my old ipso's with 5 baths to Dexters, 1 wash, 2 rinse standard. My water bill went from averaging 3,300 a month, first full month was 2,100. You are either in a high water rate area like me, or just doing a heck of a volume, but either way, it was a no brainer!

[jh]

I've observed that most of the time the washers finished with excessive soap inside was because the customers put too much clothes and left little space for water. I once gave out a full refund to a regular customer to rewash for another 30 minutes. The washer still ended up with soap all over the glass door. If there were no prewash and 3rd rinse, those customers would blame my store and go somewhere else. For now, I prefer increasing the price rather than reducing the wash time. It would be too much to convince customers that 22min wash is the same as 30min.

[chad]

Originally Posted by rbh

Chad, I did something similar within the past two months, replaced my old ipso's with 5 baths to Dexters, 1 wash, 2 rinse standard. My water bill went from averaging 3,300 a month, first full month was 2,100. You are either in a high water rate area like me, or just doing a heck of a volume, but either way, it was a no brainer!

Its a high volume store and I am in Los Angeles. Water rate is pretty high but I am very happy with the savings.

[chad]

Originally Posted by jh

I've observed that most of the time the washers finished with excessive soap inside was because the customers put too much clothes and left little space for water. I once gave out a full refund to a regular customer to rewash for another 30 minutes. The washer still ended up with soap all over the glass door. If there were no prewash and 3rd rinse, those customers would blame my store and go somewhere else. For now, I prefer increasing the price rather than reducing the wash time. It would be too much to convince customers that 22min wash is the same as 30min.

Its all about having the correct settings on the washers along with the right water levels. You can not increase your price enough to account for the savings that i just saved. I am able to do just about anything I want to the machines using the program and wand that SQ gave me.

I have not seen any drop in volume, I have seen a slight increase due to customers wanting that extra wash time and paying for it now.