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Equipment mix optimizer

The two mistakes that sink a floor plan: not enough dryer capacity for the washers, and machines sized for the customer you wish you had.

Your floor

Customer mix (%)

Dryer strategy

Results

BCT030 30-lb washers
BCT040 40-lb washers
BCT060 60-lb washers
Dryers
Wash capacity / day
Dry capacity / day
Dry vs wash balance
Wall used
Equipment cost

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Widths used: BCT030 29 in, BCT040 30.6 in, BCT060 34.1 in, BTT stack 32 in, BT035 32 in — plus 2 in of service clearance per machine. Confirm against your own wall before you order.

Why the wash-to-dry ratio decides the store

A laundromat fails at the dryer wall, not the washer wall. If dry capacity trails wash capacity, customers finish washing and then queue — and the queue is what they remember. The working target is dry capacity at 105–115% of wash capacity, because 200g extraction leaves loads dry enough that dryers run shorter cycles but customers still want a machine free the moment they need one.

Where stack dryers earn their price

A BTT stack puts two independent pockets in the width of one machine. On a width-limited wall that is the difference between a balanced floor and a permanent bottleneck — which is why the optimizer defaults to stacks.

Turns per day is the honest number

Four turns per machine per day is a healthy performing store. Six is a very busy one. If your model needs seven to work, the model is wrong, not the market.

This tool sizes the floor. The startup cost calculator prices everything around it, and the break-even calculator tells you how many of those turns you actually need.
Straight answers

Common questions

Size by capacity, not by machine count. Target dry capacity at 105–115% of installed wash capacity. In machine terms that is often close to one dryer pocket per washer, but capacity is what matters — a 60-lb washer needs far more dryer than a 30-lb one.
Four turns per machine per day is a solid performing store; six is very busy. New builds usually ramp over 12–18 months, so model year one lower than your steady-state target.
On a width-limited wall, yes — a stack gives two independent pockets in one bay. Single dryers are simpler to service and slightly cheaper per pocket, so they win when you have wall to spare. See stack dryers and single dryers.
Published pricing · No quote wall

Equipment prices are published.

When the model works, the machine list and every price is one click away — no quote wall.