On site laundry room
We are soon off on our longest trip away in our "van" only 9 nights, but nevertheless our longest. I anticipate doing a little bit of laundry for the first time on site. So my question is this, is there an iron available in the laundry room?
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I think they have taken them out now, or at least on the sites I've been too. Buy a cheap iron from tesco might be a good idea.
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I have used a number of Laundries at various times... I don't remember there being an iron availabe. Maybe a quick call to the wrden on the site concerned would give you the answer? Hope tis helps.....
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No irons and no ironing boards. We carry enough clothes for that length of time but do use onsite laundry as we are usually away between 4 and 7 weeks. For OH we carry a steam iron and a small table top ironing board. Over Christmas we are normally away
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Oh says "what is ironing?" ! She rarely needs to iron anything, hangs things up before they are totally dry and the creases disappear apparently.
For a 9 day trip, we would not need to wash anything, we usually cater for at least 21 days without washing, but can do 28 days if necessary.
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There used to be coin in the slot irons plus boards but they were all removed a few years ago on H&S grounds. Some AS still have them and C&CC sites. Obviously they don't follow the silly CC ways.
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I have used laundry facilities on sites before, but to be honest they are good only for a freshen up of clothes and do not wash well - usually 30 minute wash. I have an iron in the van which I have used and loaned to others at campsites before. cheap
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We found they washed OK, but the rinse was very poor, could still see flecks of soap powder on the clothes, had to take them and rinse again in the laundry sinks.
For this reason we do not use CC machines.
We find the Miele machines used on many sites abroad wash and rinse very well, AND are a good bit less expensive than the CC machines.
We used machines in Luxembourg that charged only 3 euros for a 60degree wash.
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Just had 9 weeks in the caravan and we handwashed everything, even the bedding. Got to commend my better half as he did the lions share of the washing, not something he would think about at home however. No necessity to iron though when clothes drip dry.
One site we stayed on had an old fashioned mangle that was a real bonus
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unless you are one of those that iron undies - hanging stuff wet on your whirly gig should do the trick! I have taken an iron with me on rare occasions that I have a function to go to - but not on an ordinary break. If you need to you can get ironing mats
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I bought a small travel iron and Ikea ironing board but they rarely get used. The rotary clothes dryer gets a lot of use though.
As far as I can recall they've blocked off the sockets in the laundry rooms so you can't even use your own iron in there.
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We use the Laundry room when we are away for 3 weeks. There is no iron or board any more. We have a table top board and iron in our van. I sometimes iron outside or on the tailgate of the car. It is just easier than inside. I have to say this year I
find the cost of the machines and tumble dries very expensive. I have been to several indepent sites this years and the laundry facilities were much cheaper and just as good.0 -
We've used the laundry rooms (and launderettes in villages) when we've been away for 3 weeks plus - less than that hand wash a few bits only and they drip dry. Wouldn't bother to iron if clothes hung to dry properly ie. with less chance of creasing. Your
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They are very expensive on CC sites. One AS we stopped on was half the price. The machines we have used seem to wash and rinse OK, my gripe is with spinning. They get it nowhere near as dry as our machine at home, I think they are probably only spinning
on about 800 rpm. I would imagine this minimises the maintenance required. However, it also means it costs a fortune in the tumble dryers, if it is not nice enough to hang outside.0 -
I can go 365 days without an iron
Do you never end up in a bunker or do you use a wood all the time?
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They are very expensive on CC sites. One AS we stopped on was half the price. The machines we have used seem to wash and rinse OK, my gripe is with spinning. They get it nowhere near as dry as our machine at home, I think they are probably only spinning
on about 800 rpm. I would imagine this minimises the maintenance required. However, it also means it costs a fortune in the tumble dryers, if it is not nice enough to hang outside.We are happy to hang clothes in the van. Washing done by 7am, hung outside on hangers to drip. Inside when we go out at 9am for the day. By 3 pm when we might return all dry except maybe a couple of trousers to go in the bathroom area. Never tumble
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On a trip longer than 4 weeks, we take along our camping twin tub (as discussed on another thread), but ours only takes a smaller load so we find we need to use a site machine for the double duvet cover, the bath towels, and my jeans.
When these need washed we will add in anything "coloured" to make a load if necessary, but best not to overfill the site machine. We prefer not to use the CC site macines as I said earlier, but we rarely do more than 3-4 week trips in UK at present.
If the weather is not too great, we put the twirly up under our Fiamma canopy, still gets a good blow. We rarely use the tumbler when away.
Towels and small items are pegged out as normal. T-shirts and trousers are put on hangers. If they do not get dry enough that way, we can then finish them in the tumbler if necessary, but generally just hang them up in our shower room as we have plenty
of towel rails and hooks available.A small fan heater placed in there with just the fan circulating air is very effective.
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I have a padded metalised sheet that allows the caravan table to be used for ironing. Only a few quid from the usual on-line place.
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We have used the onsite laundries back in the day when we had small children with us, but rarely use them since its just the two of us now. We wouldnt iron anyway - only work clothes get ironed!!
I believe the irons were taken out for so-called safety reasons so I would get a small table top ironing board and a cheapo iron that is low enough watts not to trip your hook up.
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