Laundry and dry cleaner equipment movers in Jeddah
Relocating a laundry or a dry cleaner is not an office move. The machines are extremely heavy and tied into water, drainage, high-load electrical supply and sometimes steam or gas. A single day of closure means lost customers and, worse, customer garments sitting in limbo. This page explains how we relocate laundries in Jeddah with the least possible downtime: what gets disconnected first, how an industrial washer is handled without wrecking its bearings, and how the single overnight window is organised.
Why a laundry is harder than any other commercial move
Three factors combine in one small space.
The first is weight. An industrial washer can run to several hundred kilograms concentrated on a small base, which makes moving it across tiles or through a narrow doorway an engineering problem rather than a muscular one.
The second is services. Cold and hot water, drainage, a high-load electrical supply, and sometimes a steam line or gas feed to the dryer. Each needs correct disconnection and safe capping before anything is moved.
The third is customer property. A laundry always holds customer garments. Those cannot be mixed up or lost during the move, or the relocation becomes a problem with your customers rather than with your equipment.
- The weight calls for machine skates and slider boards rather than hand carrying.
- The services call for a technician to close valves and isolate the supply before the moving crew arrives.
- Customer property calls for a written inventory and numbered boxes kept separate from the equipment.
The disconnection sequence
Doing it in the wrong order is what causes leaks and damage.
Disconnection is not one step but a fixed sequence. Skip any part of it and you get water on the floor or a damaged control board.
Close valves and isolate power
At the units main board, not just the machine breaker.
Drain the washers
Run a full drain cycle and wait for complete emptying before any hose is released.
Disconnect supply and waste lines
And cap the open ends so nothing leaks while being carried.
Lock the drum
Refit the original transit bolts if available, or brace the drum before lifting.
Disconnect dryers and gas lines
Carried out by a qualified technician; gas lines are never touched by anyone else.
Wrap and label
Each machine is wrapped and its connections tagged so they are refitted exactly as they were.
Step four is the most important and most neglected. An industrial washer moved without the drum locked loses its bearings at the first bump in the road, and that repair costs more than the entire relocation.
The equipment we normally handle
The list that sets the crew and the equipment required.
Industrial washers
The heaviest items on site; machine skates, slider boards and at least four crew.
Dryers
Lighter, but the gas or high-load electrical feed needs specialist disconnection.
Presses and steam boilers
Vibration sensitive, and fully drained before transport to prevent internal corrosion.
To that add heated ironing tables, hanging rails and their pipework, the reception counter, and any conveyor garment system. The last of these is dismantled into numbered sections, because reassembling it in the wrong order leaves it out of balance.
Customer garments: the part with no margin for error
Machines can be replaced. A customers trust cannot.
At the moment of a move, any laundry is holding dozens or hundreds of garments: finished and ready for collection, in process, and not yet started. Mixing those categories during the move is the worst outcome available.
We handle that part entirely separately from the equipment: sealed numbered boxes, one category per box, and a written inventory signed by the owner before loading and again after unloading.
- Finished items are boxed separately from items still in process.
- Customer tickets and order numbers stay attached to the garments, not in a separate book.
- Boxes travel on their own trip rather than alongside heavy machinery where time allows.
- A written inventory at loading and another at unloading, both signed.
We also advise telling customers the closure date a week ahead, and releasing as many finished orders as possible before moving day.
Overnight moves to limit downtime
The difference between a day closed and a few hours closed.
A laundry trades in daylight hours, so a day closed is a direct loss. We therefore run most laundry relocations in an overnight window: from closing time in the evening through to the morning, so trading resumes at the new site the next day or the day after.
Evening: disconnect
Immediately after closing — services isolated and machines drained.
Night: load and transport
Empty streets, faster loading and parking available.
Night: unload and position
Every machine placed in its final position to a layout agreed in advance.
Morning: reconnect
The technician refits water, waste and power and tests each machine individually.
After testing: trade
The site is not handed back until every machine runs a full cycle without leaking.
For us, handover is not placing a machine in position. It is running a full cycle in front of the owner.
The new site: what to confirm before moving
One wrong answer here delays your opening by a week.
A laundry cannot be moved into just any unit. The new site must be prepared before the equipment arrives, or the machines simply stand there unusable.
- Electrical capacity: industrial washers and dryers need more than a standard retail supply.
- Drainage: an outlet of the right diameter and fall, not an ordinary trap.
- Water supply: adequate pressure and at least two feed points.
- Ventilation: dryers need an external vent and there is no way around it.
- Flooring: level and able to carry the machine weight — vibration on an uneven floor destroys a machine.
We recommend visiting the new site with a technician at least a week before the move. For related trades see the commercial kitchen page and the restaurant and cafe page.
How commercial pricing works
A laundry is priced by machine count and weight, not by room count.
Commercial pricing differs from domestic. The drivers are the number of heavy machines, whether there are stairs or upper floors, whether a services technician is required, and whether the work runs in an overnight window.
| Move size | Estimated price (SAR) | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Pickup / single items | 80 – 250 | One or two pieces inside Jeddah, loading and unloading |
| Studio or single room | 350 – 600 | Dismantling, packing, loading, transport, reassembly |
| Two-bedroom flat | 500 – 900 | Full crew with a closed truck |
| Three-bedroom flat | 800 – 1,400 | Larger crew and extended packing |
| Four to five bedrooms | 1,200 – 1,900 | Sometimes two days depending on floors |
| Small villa | 1,500 – 2,500 | More than one truck and an extended crew |
| Large villa | 2,500 – 4,000 | Scheduled over two days with full packing |
Prices are estimates and are fixed after a free survey. The agreed figure is written down before work starts and does not change afterwards.
For standalone dismantling and assembly rates see the disassembly and assembly prices page.
Temporary storage while the new unit is fitted out
A common situation when the old lease ends first.
Many laundry owners have to leave before the new unit is finished, because the old lease has expired. In that case the equipment needs short-term storage.
Industrial equipment stores under specific conditions: raised off the floor, fully drained, and wrapped so dust cannot enter the openings. Water left inside a boiler or pump for weeks causes internal corrosion that only shows up at start-up.
- Complete draining of every machine before storage, not a quick discharge.
- Equipment raised off the concrete slab to stop moisture transfer.
- Ports and openings sealed so dust cannot reach pumps and control boards.
- A written inventory with serial numbers before anything goes in.
Storage detail and rates are on the storage page, and preparation on the preparing for storage page.
Handing the old unit back
A laundry leaves deeper traces than any other retail trade.
A laundry runs water, steam and heat in a small space for years, so its mark on the unit runs deeper than any other retail use: pipework set into walls, vent openings, concrete plinths poured under the washers, and dedicated electrical runs.
Before vacating, agree with the landlord what stays and what is removed. Some landlords prefer the services to remain because they attract a tenant in the same trade; others require the unit returned to its original state. Settling it in writing before moving day settles what is very hard to settle afterwards.
Services
Left or removed by agreement, never cut back at random, which damages the walls.
Openings
Vent and drainage penetrations properly closed if that is required.
Plinths
Concrete plinths under the washers need an explicit decision before anything is broken out.
We carry out whatever removal has been agreed as part of the move, and take all of the resulting debris off site the same day.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, using machine skates, slider boards and a crew of at least four. We do not hand-carry machines of that weight, because it is not safe.
Usually one night to one working day, provided the new site is ready. We move in an overnight window and reconnect and test in the morning.
Yes for standard water, waste and electrical connections. Gas lines to dryers are handled by a qualified gas technician.
They move entirely separately from the equipment, in sealed numbered boxes, with a written inventory signed at loading and again at unloading.
The drum hangs on springs and bearings, and movement in transit destroys the bearings. That repair costs more than the whole relocation.
Adequate electrical capacity, drainage of the right diameter and fall, water at sufficient pressure, external venting for dryers, and a level floor that carries the weight.
Yes. The site is not handed back until every machine has run a full cycle without leaking, in front of the owner.
Yes, under specific conditions: fully drained, raised off the floor, openings sealed, and a written inventory with serial numbers.
By the number of heavy machines, stairs or upper floors, whether a services technician is needed, and whether the work is overnight. The figure follows a free survey of both sites.
Yes, and surveying both sites is free and essential here, because the readiness of the new unit determines the entire moving date.
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