Are You Overpaying for Laundry in Your Care Home?

When was the last time you reviewed your laundry costings? Many care homes miss out on potential savings by not assessing how efficiently their laundry system works.

Do You Know Your True Laundry Costs?

Do you know your cost per wash cycle? This is the only accurate way to understand your real washing expenses.

Many providers focus on the price per drum of detergent. But that doesn’t tell the full story. Concentration and effectiveness matter more. Just like how Fairy Liquid lasts longer than cheaper alternatives, a high-quality, concentrated detergent can reduce your total cost—even if the upfront price is higher.

The Hidden Cost Breakdown of Laundry

Detergent typically makes up only 5% of your laundry system’s total cost. However, it directly affects the overall efficiency. More effective products reduce rewashes, water use, and energy bills.

Pie chart showing percentages: 50% Labour, 20% Textile replacement, 15% Indirect, 10% Energy, 5% Detergent.

The average care home’s laundry cost breakdown

We Offer a FREE Laundry Site Survey

At Able, we offer a free, no-obligation Laundry Site Survey. It helps you:

  • Understand your actual costs
  • Pinpoint inefficiencies
  • Discover your true cost per wash cycle

Book Your Free Site Survey

Expert Support, Honest Advice

Our experienced laundry experts spend time with your team. We assess your current setup, listen to the challenges you face, and provide tailored advice. If your system is already efficient, we’ll tell you. No pressure, just honest insight.

Smarter Solutions with Auto-Dosing

We may recommend our auto-dosing system, which adjusts to:

  • Soil type and level

  • Fabric type

  • Water conditions

  • Temperature

  • Budget needs

This ensures total control and consistency. Combine this with our Ocean range of laundry chemicals, and you have a powerful solution.

The Ocean Range – Superior Cleaning at Lower Costs

Ocean Diamond Range

  • Detergent with fat-digesting enzymes

  • Multiple surfactants for deep cleaning

  • Softener with anti-static and long-lasting fragrance technology

Ocean Professional Range

  • Affordable and effective detergent

  • Softener leaves fabrics soft and fresh

  • Destainer removes tough stains at high temps

Both ranges often offer a lower cost per wash despite higher product quality.

Five large detergent containers with labels: D4, D3, D7, P6, and P5. The containers vary in color: blue, green, purple, and clear and are part of the Ocean branded range.

Our Ocean range of chemicals often provide a lower cost-per-wash

After the site survey, your team will receive a written proposal detailing our findings, recommendations and equivalent cost per wash comparison for your consideration.

Real Results: A Care Home Case Study

One care home used cheap laundry products but still had poor results. Stains and odours remained. Residents noticed. So did their families. They also had hidden costs—more water, more energy, and more rewashing.

We discovered their detergent was watered down. To clean properly, they had to use over twice the amount per cycle. That drove up their cost per wash—far beyond ours.

They switched to Able. Now they enjoy:

  • Cleaner laundry

  • Happier residents

  • Free, high-tech auto-dosing equipment

  • Regular maintenance

  • Lower overall costs

Book Your FREE Laundry Site Survey Today

Don’t let hidden costs hurt your care home. Book your free site survey today and start saving.

What do you have to lose?