Restroom ?

[joy]

I was looking at a mat in a small town .. The price is right but it has no restrooms there is no plase to put them with out removeing some of the machines there are 26 dryers 16 t/l 10 triples 2 q 4 dl and no where to put the restroom I was wondering how this might afect it ? Dose anyone have a mat with out restrooms ? Thank You JOY

[Anonymous]

I had a similiar problem at my mat. Then I found a solution that was reasonable.

http://www.bumperdumper.com/bumper2.htm


TELL THEM YOU SAW IT ON COINWASH!!

[pete f]

I would count your blessings if you can get by without a restroom, it is required here by the county.. people do not choose a l'mat for its' restroom, only the homeless do. Remember, about 70% of your customers live within 1 mile, ( assuming it is not a little town) they can drive home if they have to.

[Rich]

My mat has no public restroom. Although I do have a restroom its behind the dryers and I would have to take 2 dryers out to make it a public restroom, I am not going to do that. I do get some complaints from customers, but they are back next week. This store has been here for 25 years without one and that's the way its going to stay. I also have no air-conditioning, they complain about that too, but are back next week. But I am working on getting the place air-conditioned a costly little venture. And I do have some competition, 3 other mat's within about 3 miles of mine, they have a restroom and are air-conditioned.
They know when they come to my mat there is no out of order signs, and its clean.

[joy]

for all the info !

[Kitty]

Is it true that if you sold a mat that housed no restrooms and the new owner closed the mat for renovations for more than 3 days they would be reqquired to provide restrooms.including handicap facilities prior to re-opening?

[Jim]

Is it true that if you sold a mat that housed no restrooms and the new owner closed the mat for renovations for more than 3 days they would be reqquired to provide restrooms.including handicap facilities prior to re-opening?

Ms. Kitty.....
Yes it is true but only if it is after the fifth tuesday of the month while raining in the middle of the 2 inning of a doulbe header where the home team dosn't show up...
Honest it on the books as a law.....

[Kitty]

Jim honey, your poor wife must want to bitch slap you sometimes for the amount of sarcasm thats flows from your mouth! :)


I was serious, when I had my restaurant, as long as the establishment had not been closed during the transfer and opening under new ownership I was not required to bring the building upto code, ie handicapped restrooms....is this the same for any type of business? Is a mat required by state or local laws to have individual/handicapped restrooms?

[Jim]

Jim honey, your poor wife must want to bitch slap you sometimes for the amount of sarcasm thats flows from your mouth! :)


I guess the guidelines for this board don't apply to Administrator's....lol
(and by the way she knows when I'm joking).

I can not speak for your state but here in NY it goes by the age of the building, ie.. If the building was built before 19XX (XX= whatever year the handicap laws went into effect) then you are not required to install handicap accessable restrooms (It is considered grandfathered in). But if you are adding restrooms to a building, no matter what the age is of the building, you have to have them handicap accessable.

[Kitty]

Ok Jim...........forget the wife, I'd like to bitch slap you just for my own benefit........:)

LOL

[Jim]

ok Kitty....

Whatever your into.....