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Laundry Routine Builder

Laundry piles up when the plan is imaginary. This builder does the real arithmetic: how much laundry your household generates a week, how many loads that is in your machine at a sensible fill, and how those loads spread across the days you actually wash.

Use the Laundry Routine Builder

Built-in module

Laundry Load-by-Family-Size Calculator — the loads-per-week figure above is the module, driven by family size and drum size.

How it works

The planning assumption is printed here, not hidden: about 3.2 kg of personal laundry per person per week plus 2 kg of household linen. A drum washes properly at about 80% full, so loads are total kilos divided by 80% of your drum size, rounded up.

How to use it

  1. Enter how many people the laundry is for.
  2. Enter your machine's drum size in kg (it is on the door sticker or manual).
  3. Choose how many days a week you are willing to run the machine.
  4. Print the routine chart and sort by fabric and colour, not by whose room it came from.

Frequently asked questions

Why 80% of the drum size?

A drum filled to its rated weight with dry laundry leaves no room for water movement; clothes come out grey and rinsed badly. 80% is the fill that actually washes — and it makes the load count honest.

My loads per week looks high. Is the maths wrong?

Check it against your basket: a full family wash basket is roughly 5–6 kg. Two baskets a week for four people is about right — the surprise is normal; the plan is what makes it manageable.

Should I wash by person or by type?

By type: fabric and colour determine temperature and cycle. A per-person system creates half-loads, which is the most common hidden cause of laundry backlog.

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