Possibly the general drains are not able to be used for disposing of the washing machines water.
-- Edited by Yuglamron on Thursday 19th of April 2012 03:07:58 PM
neilnruth said
09:58 PM Apr 19, 2012
We don't have a washing machine in our van but lots of people do. Friends were telling us recently that on their recent trip, they found that in some parks people were NOT allowed to use their own washing machine. I wonder why?
mr glassies said
10:45 PM Apr 19, 2012
i recon its the money most park drains here on the sunny coast could do with a good flushing out . but then again i wouldnt have to go and jet them clean as we do regularly and i must say a lot of holiday makers in van parks dont care what they shove down the drains we've even pulled out disposable nappies ****ty undies the list goes on lol yuk
dibs
Cruising Granny said
02:39 AM Apr 20, 2012
There are dozens of private washing machines in this park because the machines in the laundry get really dirty from the workers doing their laundry. This park also allows dogs, and although there are signs everywhere about NOT washing dog bedding in the machines, ....... I use the laundry because I don't have a place for a machine, and I can't be bothered carting one around the country. Some don't have the general plumbing to handle machine run-off, or the plumbing for the water supply to the van machine. Although I'm inclined to believe the $ could be the real reason, even if the other reasons are feasible. At $3 per load it usually only costs me that much per week, or the most it costs is $6 when I do extras like bedding or curtains etc.
trouto said
03:01 AM Apr 20, 2012
There was a BIG s@#$ fight about this subject about 6 months ago" Dreamchaser" would be a good one to ask as he has all the answers to why Caravan parks won't let you use your own washing machine As a ex caravan owner l did'nt have any right to my opinion on this subject Good luck with this
golivers travels said
03:49 AM Apr 20, 2012
I wonder what the difference is between using your washing machine or your own shower. What they do not know won't make any difference. We have a shower and toilet on our van and a portable twin tub. I actually use the shower hose to fill the machine and the shower base as release the waste water. Works really well. Just a bit of domestos to clean afterwards. Saved us HEAPS of money on our recent 12 month trip around Aus, payed for itself many fold. Not only that at least you know what has been in your own machine.
Glenda
neilnruth said
04:07 AM Apr 20, 2012
Sounds like a good idea. I met someone in Tasmania who used canesten liquid in every load she did in the park laundry to prevent fungal infections. I find I just use hot water to kill the germs (only use cold at home but if I'm paying for it may as well use hot.) And I only use park machines to do the big stuff. A regular handwash of the small stuff keeps it under control. Today I heard of a newly wed using 2 machines with half loads (one for his stuff and one for hers) so taking up an extra machine someone else was waiting for. An older lady told her -'Now you're married you can wash your stuff together you know!'
Cruising Granny said
04:20 AM Apr 20, 2012
I don't even separate my whites from everything else these days. I wash in warm water and always dry in fresh air. A dash of vinegar in the wash would kill any fungi, (although these days I'd like to meet one)LOL. Sorry, I digress. I do get cranky at the washing machine sludge, but I can remove it with a slightly damp cloth if it's on good clothes. I hand wash sometimes. It beats boiling the copper and scubbing on the old wash board, hand-wringing, rinsing and wriging again. No wonder people didn't get RSI years ago. Even typists had to physically punch the keys, so the activity kept our hands and arms fit and strong.
_wombat_ said
03:12 PM Apr 20, 2012
I have 7 underpants and they last a month before they need washing, wear them as normal then I wear them back to front, then I turn them inside out wear them again and then back to front, only need washing once a month
gillyb said
03:26 PM Apr 20, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
I have 7 underpants and they last a month before they need washing, wear them as normal then I wear them back to front, then I turn them inside out wear them again and then back to front, only need washing once a month
Oh Wombat I was eating my breakfast when I read that noooooooooooooo!!!!
Kaid said
03:31 PM Apr 20, 2012
eeeeewwwwwwww Wombat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rip and Rosie said
04:02 PM Apr 20, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
I have 7 underpants and they last a month before they need washing, wear them as normal then I wear them back to front, then I turn them inside out wear them again and then back to front, only need washing once a month
I have 7 underpants and they last a month before they need washing, wear them as normal then I wear them back to front, then I turn them inside out wear them again and then back to front, only need washing once a month
Don't you mean ' 7 sets of panties ' ???
_wombat_ said
05:02 PM Apr 20, 2012
jack biggles wrote:
_wombat_ wrote:
I have 7 underpants and they last a month before they need washing, wear them as normal then I wear them back to front, then I turn them inside out wear them again and then back to front, only need washing once a month
Mrs W has those
Don't you mean ' 7 sets of panties ' ???
jack biggles said
05:11 PM Apr 20, 2012
Are you coming out that you actually wear Mrs W's panties?
She must get really annonyed with the skid marks you leave behind.
Beth54 said
05:59 PM Apr 20, 2012
As well as all the work b-i-l has done on my Lulu, he's just fitted a washing machine into their caravan. They mostly bush camp, and got fed up with the cost of laudromats, so bought their own. Previously, they'd take it out of the caravan and wash outside. And of course, they air dry.
It's a Lemair fully automatic 2lt washer, and it only weighs 17kg. Bil said don't buy from a caravan supply place, as they add $150-$200 to the price. They bought theirs from Harvey Norman for $400. HN ordered it directly from Lemair and it only took 2 days to be delivered.
This online site has it for $349.
Yes, he does a good job with his woodwork Wombat. He was just dissapointed he couldn't match the colour.
jack biggles said
09:23 PM Apr 20, 2012
Beth, they are a 2.2 litre machine and they can also be bought from most electrical retailers. Ive seen them inside shops for about $385 etc
johnq said
09:44 PM Apr 20, 2012
Ultraviolet is just as effective at killing bacteria as any of the methods suggested. Hang clothes in sunlight to dry. The main problem is that few people know to wash their hands with ordinary soap after doing the laundry and that includes their own.
There is some gross stuff put through where they don't own the machines themselves. In all honesty bleach in very hot water wouldn't kill it all. Fabric softeners build up in machines to hold gunk like glue.
Beth54 said
11:09 PM Apr 20, 2012
Yes Jack, it's 2.2lt. I was quoting bil.
I thought Harvey Norman was an electrical retailer, as well as furniture etc. They just didn't didn't have any in stock, hence ordering it for them. And apparently it's only $349 if you order online.
I wouldn't like to was my clothes in hot water. Half of them would shrink. I just add Eucalyptus Oil, it kills bacteria.
Nicholstones said
01:12 AM Apr 21, 2012
A lot of caravan parks don't have any hot water connected to the washing machines, you can only wash in cold. It's not always obvious as you can still select warm or hot wash on the machine, but they have the cold water connected to both inlet taps.
Ellice said
07:20 AM Apr 21, 2012
O No this is gross, you need a few more pairs.....Ellice.
_wombat_ said
12:03 PM Apr 21, 2012
I often find dog hair in those CP washing machine's and I think to myself, what nasty dog owner would put their dog in there
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Saturday 21st of April 2012 12:03:43 PM
Muso said
12:58 PM Apr 21, 2012
jack biggles wrote:
Are you coming out that you actually wear Mrs W's panties?
She must get really annonyed with the skid marks you leave behind.
You can laugh!!. This is a true story. I was a muso for 35 years and the band was playing at the Paringa Hotel. I was first to hit the shower and my wife said my underwear was on the end of the bed. Finished the first set and my wife informed me I have her knickers on. Thought something didn't sit right.
Rip and Rosie said
03:37 PM Apr 21, 2012
Muso wrote:
jack biggles wrote:
Are you coming out that you actually wear Mrs W's panties?
She must get really annonyed with the skid marks you leave behind.
You can laugh!!. This is a true story. I was a muso for 35 years and the band was playing at the Paringa Hotel. I was first to hit the shower and my wife said my underwear was on the end of the bed. Finished the first set and my wife informed me I have her knickers on. Thought something didn't sit right.
I once had a friend who told of being in hospital for the birth of her first child. She asked her husband to bring in clothes for her to wear home, and he arrived with boy knickers.
Rosie
Gerty Dancer said
06:48 PM Apr 21, 2012
Nicholstones wrote:
A lot of caravan parks don't have any hot water connected to the washing machines, you can only wash in cold. It's not always obvious as you can still select warm or hot wash on the machine, but they have the cold water connected to both inlet taps.
I'm happy to use caravan park laundries thus far. I use cold-power, and sometimes soak items overnight if really grubby. One advantage is the social contact in laundries, also we dont have to worry about the extra weight and drains etc of a washing machine on board.
I've heard horror stories, but its easy enough to wipe the wm out first, if theres any dog hairs you'd find them, and go to next machine! Havent found any yet.
Beth54 said
07:06 PM Apr 21, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
I often find dog hair in those CP washing machine's and I think to myself, what nasty dog owner would put their dog in there
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Saturday 21st of April 2012 12:03:43 PM
Happywanderer said
07:20 PM Apr 21, 2012
You sure it wasn't wombat hair, do they look similiar?
_wombat_ said
08:57 PM Apr 21, 2012
Happywanderer wrote:
You sure it wasn't wombat hair, do they look similiar?
They can't make money out of your machine.
Possibly the general drains are not able to be used for disposing of the washing machines water.
-- Edited by Yuglamron on Thursday 19th of April 2012 03:07:58 PM
We don't have a washing machine in our van but lots of people do. Friends were telling us recently that on their recent trip, they found that in some parks people were NOT allowed to use their own washing machine. I wonder why?
dibs
This park also allows dogs, and although there are signs everywhere about NOT washing dog bedding in the machines, .......
I use the laundry because I don't have a place for a machine, and I can't be bothered carting one around the country.
Some don't have the general plumbing to handle machine run-off, or the plumbing for the water supply to the van machine.
Although I'm inclined to believe the $ could be the real reason, even if the other reasons are feasible.
At $3 per load it usually only costs me that much per week, or the most it costs is $6 when I do extras like bedding or curtains etc.
as he has all the answers to why Caravan parks won't let you use your own washing machine
As a ex caravan owner l did'nt have any right to my opinion on this subject
Good luck with this
A dash of vinegar in the wash would kill any fungi, (although these days I'd like to meet one)LOL. Sorry, I digress.
I do get cranky at the washing machine sludge, but I can remove it with a slightly damp cloth if it's on good clothes.
I hand wash sometimes. It beats boiling the copper and scubbing on the old wash board, hand-wringing, rinsing and wriging again.
No wonder people didn't get RSI years ago. Even typists had to physically punch the keys, so the activity kept our hands and arms fit and strong.
I have 7 underpants and they last a month before they need washing, wear them as normal then I wear them back to front, then I turn them inside out wear them again and then back to front, only need washing once a month
Oh Wombat I was eating my breakfast when I read that noooooooooooooo!!!!
eeeeewwwwwwww Wombat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yucky boy, wombat.
Don't you mean ' 7 sets of panties ' ???
She must get really annonyed with the skid marks you leave behind.
As well as all the work b-i-l has done on my Lulu, he's just fitted a washing machine into their caravan. They mostly bush camp, and got fed up with the cost of laudromats, so bought their own. Previously, they'd take it out of the caravan and wash outside. And of course, they air dry.
Hi Beth, can you please give more details on that washing machine, make and how much does it hold, or maybe a link to the site.
neat job he did with the woodwork.
http://www.appliancesonline.com.au/lemair-top-load-washing-machine.aspx
It's a Lemair fully automatic 2lt washer, and it only weighs 17kg. Bil said don't buy from a caravan supply place, as they add $150-$200 to the price. They bought theirs from Harvey Norman for $400. HN ordered it directly from Lemair and it only took 2 days to be delivered.
This online site has it for $349.
Yes, he does a good job with his woodwork Wombat. He was just dissapointed he couldn't match the colour.
There is some gross stuff put through where they don't own the machines themselves. In all honesty bleach in very hot water wouldn't kill it all. Fabric softeners build up in machines to hold gunk like glue.
Yes Jack, it's 2.2lt. I was quoting bil.
I thought Harvey Norman was an electrical retailer, as well as furniture etc. They just didn't didn't have any in stock, hence ordering it for them. And apparently it's only $349 if you order online.
I wouldn't like to was my clothes in hot water. Half of them would shrink. I just add Eucalyptus Oil, it kills bacteria.
O No this is gross, you need a few more pairs.....Ellice.
I often find dog hair in those CP washing machine's and I think to myself, what nasty dog owner would put their dog in there
-- Edited by _wombat_ on Saturday 21st of April 2012 12:03:43 PM
You can laugh!!. This is a true story. I was a muso for 35 years and the band was playing at the Paringa Hotel. I was first to hit the shower and my wife said my underwear was on the end of the bed. Finished the first set and my wife informed me I have her knickers on. Thought something didn't sit right.
I once had a friend who told of being in hospital for the birth of her first child. She asked her husband to bring in clothes for her to wear home, and he arrived with boy knickers.
Rosie
I'm happy to use caravan park laundries thus far. I use cold-power, and sometimes soak items overnight if really grubby. One advantage is the social contact in laundries, also we dont have to worry about the extra weight and drains etc of a washing machine on board.
I've heard horror stories, but its easy enough to wipe the wm out first, if theres any dog hairs you'd find them, and go to next machine! Havent found any yet.
na, wombats don't like washing machines