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7. I still go to a laundromat every other week to do my whites.

Wed Jun 17, 2026, 12:30 PM

17 hrs ago

Bleach will kill a septic system and the last one put me out $40,000.

The laundromat is on a city sewer system.

I dry the whites at home.

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Grateful I have a washer and dryer [View all] Marthe48 19 hrs ago OP

It's very costly to be poor! jmbar2 18 hrs ago #1

Message auto-removed Name removed 12 hrs ago #11

I lugged clothes to a laundromat while in college. Diamond_Dog 18 hrs ago #2

I am grateful for running water biophile 18 hrs ago #3

Right there with you bio HappyH 17 hrs ago #5

My washer and dryer are on the fritz MIButterfly 17 hrs ago #6

Sorry to hear that Marthe48 14 hrs ago #8

Regarding your washer Niagara 12 hrs ago #10

Thank you for your suggestions, Niagara MIButterfly 11 hrs ago #12

Actually they were left here by the previous owner MIButterfly 8 hrs ago #16

It's always the darn ignitors! True Dough 9 hrs ago #13

At least that ignitor was replaceable Niagara 8 hrs ago #15

Ewwww!!! True Dough 8 hrs ago #17

I still go to a laundromat every other week to do my whites. NNadir 17 hrs ago #7