Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Question about servicing COMMERCIAL dishwashers

[Chapel, Thomas (CDC/NCIPC/DOP) (tkc4]

 Thanks.  So if you too have a Jackson and you have been able either to fix it 
yourselves of lure someone on site, then I'll look a bit closer for someone. I 
agree the machine looks way simpler than our residential one.!!

Thomas J. [Tom] Chapel, MA, MBA
Guest Researcher
CDC/NCIPC/DOP
TChapel [at] cdc.gov

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We have a Jackson commercial machine that was second-hand when our community 
was built in 1999. We've never had a service company complain about being a 
residential site, but I assume that would depend on conventions or ordinances 
in your specific locale. Mostly we have been fixing it ourselves as we have 
some DIYer residents and a machine of our age is not high tech 😁. There are 
online parts suppliers; some old parts are hard to get, you may have to 
substitute.

Chuck
Duwamish Cohousing, Seattle WA


On Wed, Feb 14, 2024, 12:13 PM Bob Leigh <bobleigh [at] twomeeps.com> wrote:

> Tom, you might start with the manufacturer, Jackson.  Their website 
> has a form for locating a "service agent" using your Zip code:
>
>     https://www.jacksonwws.com/find-an-agent/?find-type=Service-Agent
>
> At a glance, they have at least three agents near Atlanta.
>
> Bob Leigh
> Cornerstone Cohousing
> Cambridge, MA
>     where we use a Hobart dish machine
>
> On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 1:46 PM R Philip Dowds via Cohousing-L < 
> cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
>
> > Interesting question.  Many participants in the modern US economy 
> > see the market as divided into two sectors:  Residential; or Commercial.
> > Residential means the customer is a single household.  Often in a 
> > single family home, but sometimes in a small multi-family, like a 
> > Boston triple decker.  Commercial is everything else:  Airports, 
> > hotels, libraries, colleges, hospitals, shoe stores, army bases, abattoirs, 
> > you name it.
> >
> > Condominiums and apartment buildings are often in-between:  Sort of 
> > residential, but for some purposes, sort of commercial too.  In
> Cambridge,
> > MA, our Cornerstone Cohousing is built as multi-family.  Sometimes 
> > our common kitchen is classed and regulated as residential, and 
> > sometimes as commercial.  Depends on which inspector or department 
> > you talk to, and whether or not Mars is in retrograde.
> >
> > If you can’t come up with consistent answer to your question, you’re 
> > in good company.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Philip Dowds
> >
> > > On Feb 14, 2024, at 1:13 PM, Marcia Baumel <marciab93 [at] gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I live at Oakcreek Community in Stillwater, OK. We have 24 homes 
> > > and
> use
> > a
> > > residential dishwasher. The solution we have reached is for diners 
> > > to
> > bring
> > > their own dishes to common meals. That way the dishwasher only has 
> > > to
> be
> > > used for cooking utensils.
> > > Marcia Baumel
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 10:11 AM Chapel, Thomas (CDC/NCIPC/DOP) 
> > > via Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I'm the voluntary property manager for our 13-unit cohousing in 
> > >> ATL Georgia.  We're 27 years old and purchased a used COMMERCIAL
> > under-counter
> > >> dishwasher (Jackson D-26 series; actually these are officially 
> > >> called
> > >> dish-CLEANERS) back when we opened. It's on its last legs and we 
> > >> are
> > likely
> > >> getting a new one.  But in trying to find anyone to REPAIR the 
> > >> current
> > one,
> > >> I learned that commercial appliance service firms do not/can not
> service
> > >> commercial appliances on RESIDENTIAL sites, and that things like 
> > >> HOAs/townhouse communities/fraternities are considered residential.
> Is
> > >> that your experience too, or have you found commercial firms to
> service
> > >> your commercial dishwasher?  If the challenge of servicing 
> > >> continues,
> we
> > >> may go to buying TWO residential ones so we can get thru all the 
> > >> dish
> > and
> > >> pot cleaning in one round of dishwashing?
> > >>
> > >> Any advice much much appreciated.
> > >>
> > >> Tom Chapel
> > >> Lake Claire Cohousing
> > >>
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