To gain a quote and design for a commercial linen chute we would request
that you send us floor plans with every floor the chute will be installed. The
reason we ask for every floor is in the past we have found that some floors don’t line up or there’s an obstruction
(door, pipework, wall to close etc). Sometimes it just needs a different eye to pick up on any potential problems. We also require a section drawing which has
finished floor levels. Our commercial laundry chutes are installed from the
bottom up. The discharge end is held up by an Acro prop which bolted to the bottom
of the chute and the floor. Each level has an ‘H’ plate which is bolted to the
floor. The discharge end is at 90° and is double walled to take the weight of dirty linen falling from a
height. We then lower an extension through the floor plate above. The top of
the extension has a female end with four ‘lugs’ welded at 90°. This is bolted to the floor plate. Next, we add the hopper which has a
male end on the bottom which slides into the extension below and is secured in
place with a locking band. The hopper is 1200mm tall x the diameter of the
chute (normally 600mm but can go up to 900mm). We then add a male/female
extension which is 1200mm tall and is also secured in place with a locking band.
At this point we go to the floor above and lower the top extension which is
manufactured to size with an extra 100mm. This is where we require the FFL’s. This
extension goes all the way into the 1200mm below until the ‘lugs’ sit on the
floor plate which is then bolted down. Each floor above this is installed the
same way. The only exceptions are when there is no door required on that floor
in which case, we just install a normal 1200mm tall extension or this floor
requires the linen chute to offset to avoid obstructions. When we get to the
last floor the chute can then either be extended above the roof or end above
the last door with a cowl on top which allows for any backdraft when inserting
large amounts of linen. We then run a the electric and communication cable which
loops from the top hopper door down to each door and finishes at the discharge
end. These cables will be wired into each hopper door control panel finishing
at the master control panel on completion of the chute.
