WALE supplies, installs and services laundry equipment for childcare settings and nurseries across Ireland. Every machine is sized for daily hygiene routines, bedding changes and the fast turnaround a busy nursery day demands.
Machine capacity range
Nurseries wash constantly. Bedding, bibs, clothes and soft toys all need washing several times a day across multiple rooms, often at short notice when an accident happens mid-session. A slow or unreliable machine holds up the whole room.
WALE supplies commercial washing machines, tumble dryers, ironers and roller irons sized for childcare use, from a single-room creche to a multi-site nursery group. Every recommendation starts with child numbers and daily wash frequency.
Why On-Site Laundry
Many nurseries manage with a domestic machine tucked into a staff kitchen, or send heavily soiled items to an external service. Both struggle once child numbers grow past a handful, since domestic machines aren’t built for multiple daily cycles and external services can’t turn items around within the same session.
What changes once washing, drying and finishing move on site.
| FACTOR | OUTSOURCED LAUNDRY | IN-HOUSE LAUNDRY |
|---|---|---|
| Turnaround time | Depends on a domestic cycle or a supplier's schedule | Same-session turnaround within your own nursery |
| Machine reliability | Domestic machines wear out under constant daily use | Built for multiple cycles a day, every day |
| Hygiene consistency | Varies between rooms or laundry batches | Set and controlled by your own staff |
| Illness response | Slower to scale up washing during outbreaks | Extra capacity available on demand |
| Costs | Frequent replacement or ongoing contract fees | Fixed cost after installation |
Four categories of equipment cover most nursery laundry rooms. Capacity and power options are set around child numbers and daily wash frequency.
Washes bedding and soft furnishings at the temperatures daily hygiene routines call for, with capacities from 8kg for single-room settings up to larger models for multi-site groups.
Quick drying keeps bedding and soft items available for same-session reuse, in electric or gas models.
Finishes bedding and table linen to a neat, presentable standard for daily use across rooms.
Processes high daily volumes of bedding across multiple rooms without a bottleneck, built for continuous use.
Hygiene & Compliance
Laundry in a childcare setting protects children who are more vulnerable to infection than most adults. Wash cycles need to reach a temperature that removes common pathogens, without damaging soft fabrics that touch young skin every day.
We review child numbers, room layout and existing electric or gas supply.
We propose machine types and capacities matched to your daily wash frequency.
Our team fits equipment around nursery hours, limiting disruption to children and staff.
Scheduled servicing and rapid-response repairs keep equipment running to plan.
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Machines built for multiple cycles a day, not occasional washing.
Wash programmers that protect soft furnishings used daily by young children.
Fit-outs scheduled to limit disruption to children and staff.
Coverage across all 32 counties, with responsive support when washing needs spike.
Sales, installation and servicing sit with the same WALE team.
Direct manufacturer backing and warranty support, without a chain of resellers
Yes. WALE reviews your current child numbers alongside any planned room expansion, then recommends a capacity with some headroom built in, so the equipment keeps pace as your nursery grows rather than needing replacement within a year or two.
WALE’s nationwide service team can prioritise urgent call-outs when equipment struggles under sudden demand, though most outbreaks are managed through the extra capacity built into your original sizing recommendation rather than needing emergency support in most cases.
Yes. Commercial machines offer adjustable temperature and cycle settings, so gentler items such as baby clothing and soft toys can be washed on lower-heat, lower-agitation cycles alongside more robust cottons like bedding and towels in the same laundry room.
Yes. WALE’s smaller-capacity models suit single-room settings without requiring the same floor space or budget as a multi-site nursery group, and our team confirms the right size during your site assessment rather than a standard package.
