Even if you have a washer and dryer at home, there are still times you might need Lavoir Victoria – for spring cleaning, putting winter clothes away, when the kids come back from camp, getting ready for big holidays or if your machine at home suddenly breaks down. Lavoir Victoria, located in Montreal has 5 different sizes of washing machines available as well as a large number of full sized dryers.

Here are some ideas of when you might need the cleaning facilities of this laundromat:

– Camping equipment: blankets, comforters, sleeping bags
– Washable curtains
– Winter clothing: heavy parkas, ski pants, long coats
– Large comforters, blankets or washable duvets and duvet covers
– Refreshing pillows
– Slipcovers for couches

Lavoir Victoria has Maytag top-load washers along with Wascomat front-load washers, which are considered some of the best in the world. A regular cycle in these professional machines comprises 2 washes and 3 rinses, which means five complete water changes to ensure the cleanest wash possible. These are available in 20 lb., 30 lb., 40 lb. and the 55 lb. size, which is great for giant loads – could be used for sleeping bags, couch covers, comforters and other large items.

Unlike most facilities, Lavoir Victoria (Montreal Laundromat) has friendly staff who will do your complete laundry –wash and fold. If you’re there to do it yourself, the full time staff available can advise and and assist you.

Montreal is lucky to have a friendly, helpful, long-serving laundromat family in our midst.

Location: Lavoir Victoria – 5950 ave Victoria Montreal QC H3W 2R8
corner:
Hours:  Sun-Fri 7-7, Sat 5-7
www.montreallaundromat.com

For big loads of laundry clean-up after the holidays (like re-freshing guest pillows, comforters or cleaning tablecloths) or when you need to wash bulky winter clothes, Montreal is lucky to have a friendly, helpful, long-serving laundromat family in our midst. With two of the largest (the most washers and dryers) locations in the city, Lavoir Patricia and Lavoir Victoria have had the same owner for 38 years, so there is a continuity and long-time understanding of the best machines and knowledge of how to get your items clean.

Unlike most facilities, they have full time staff in both locations to advise and and assist you, or else the staff will do your complete laundry (wash and fold) for an additional fee). The Patricia location in Montreal West has 6 different sizes of washers, from 10 lbs to 65 lbs. When you walk all the way to the back, you will find the 4 giant washers at the 65 lb capacity (and 4 giant dryers), so you can do big loads quickly and efficiently. Also, the less expensive machines with double capacity are at the Patricia location.

Lavoir Patricia and Lavoir Victoria are very customer friendly. Yes, you should be bringing in your own preferred soap, softeners and bleach, but if you are stuck they will sell you a cup. They have carts, washroom facilities, customer seating, bill changers and counters on which to fold your clothes.

Even if you have a washer and dryer at home, there are still times you might need this laundromat –  for spring cleaning, when the kids come back from camp or if your machine at home suddenly breaks down.

They are the only laundromat in the city with 4 – 77 lb capacity dryers.

Here are some ideas of when you might need the cleaning facilities of this laundromat:

– Camping equipment: blankets, comforters, sleeping bags
– Washable curtains
– Winter clothing: heavy parkas, ski pants, long coats
– Large comforters, blankets or washable duvets and duvet covers
– Refreshing pillows
– Slipcovers for couches

Lavoir Patricia has Maytag top-load washers along with Wascomat front-load washers, which are considered some of the best in the world. A regular cycle in these professional machines comprises 2 washes and 3 rinses, which means five complete water changes to ensure the cleanest wash possible. These are available in 20 lb., 30 lb., 40 lb. and in the 55 lb. size which is great for giant loads – could be used for sleeping bags, couch covers, comforters and other large items.

Look for their coupon on the web site www.MontrealLaundromat.com which changes every few weeks. Lavoir Patricia and Lavoir Victoria aim to take the stress out of laundry day.

Locations: Patricia Location – 5320 Patricia Ave., Montréal  QC H4V 1Z2
Lavoir Victoria – 5950 ave Victoria Montreal QC H3W 2R8
Hours: Patricia – Mon-Fri 7-8:30, Sat & Sun 7-7 / Victoria – Sun-Fri 7-7, Sat 5-7
www.montreallaundromat.com

Montreal is lucky to have a friendly, helpful, long-serving laundromat family in our midst. With two of the largest (the most washers and dryers) locations in the city, Lavoir Patricia and Lavoir Victoria have had the same owner for 38 years, so there is a continuity and long-time understanding of the best machines and knowledge of how to get your items clean.

Unlike most facilities, they have full time staff in both locations to advise and and assist you, or else the staff will do your complete laundry (wash and fold) for an additional fee). The Patricia location in Montreal West has 6 different sizes of washers, from 10 lbs to 65 lbs. When you walk all the way to the back, you will find the 4 giant washers at the 65 lb capacity (and 4 giant dryers), so you can do big loads quickly and efficiently. Also, the less expensive machines with double capacity are at the Patricia location.

Lavoir Patricia and Lavoir Victoria are very customer friendly. Yes, you should be bringing in your own preferred soap, softeners and bleach, but if you are stuck they will sell you a cup. They have carts,washroom facilities, customer seating, bill changers and counters on which to fold your clothes.

Even if you have a washer and dryer at home, there are still times you might need this laundromat – for spring cleaning, putting winter clothes away, when the kids come back from camp, getting ready for big holidays or if your machine at home suddenly breaks down.

They are the only laundromat in the city with 4 77 lb capacity dryers.

Here are some ideas of when you might need the cleaning facilities of this laundromat:

– Camping equipment: blankets, comforters, sleeping bags
– Washable curtains
– Winter clothing: heavy parkas, ski pants, long coats
– Large comforters, blankets or washable duvets and duvet covers
– Refreshing pillows
– Slipcovers for couches

Lavoir Patricia has Maytag top-load washers along with Wascomat front-load washers, which are considered some of the best in the world. A regular cycle in these professional machines comprises 2 washes and 3 rinses, which means five complete water changes to ensure the cleanest wash possible. These are available in 20 lb., 30 lb., 40 lb. and in the 55 lb. size which is great for giant loads – could be used for sleeping bags, couch covers, comforters and other large items.

Look for their coupon on the web site www.MontrealLaundromat.com which changes every few weeks. Lavoir Patricia and Lavoir Victoria aim to take the stress out of laundry day.

Locations: Patricia Location – 5320 Patricia Ave., Montréal  QC H4V 1Z2
Lavoir Victoria – 5950 ave Victoria Montreal QC H3W 2R8
Hours: Patricia – Mon-Fri 7-8:30, Sat & Sun 7-7 / Victoria – Sun-Fri 7-7, Sat 5-7
www.montreallaundromat.com

For travelers or people going to work overseas, this company can supply and ship 220 volt products – irons, coffee makers, tools, microwaves, toasters, TV’s, sound systems, vacuums and major appliances by PowerBright and International, Frigidaire, White-Westinghouse, Maytag, Philips and Oster. Some have 110/220 switches, and for others you can buy transformers from 50-5,000 watts.

They will ship these anywhere in the world – or will ship other bulky items that you need to send somewhere.

Location: 1619 Transcanadienne, Dorval
corner: sunnybrooke
Tel:514-421-1655
Hours: Mon-Thurs 9:30-6, Fri 9:30-3
www.exportdepot.ca

You can fit this NH warehouse sale into  your schedule any day of the week and you’re going to want to when you hear the brands being liquidated below cost. There’s $3,500,000 of inventory so there must be something that you need or want here.

All of the high end furniture and appliances are priced well below cost. For clothing,  there’s women’s purses, shoes and clothing. Men will be thrilled for there is $1,000,000 worth of men’s clothing. And that’s not all – there’s sheets, bedding and home decorative items.

For clothing:  Callaway Golf, Arrow, Haggar,   Bench, Tommy Hilfiger, Anne Klein, Nautica, Denim & Supply, Bianca Nygard, Esprit, Reebok, Dockers, DKNY, Izod, Puma, Ralph Lauren, Nike, Jones, New York, Levis, Nine West, Guess, Point Zero

For household: Bosch, Gordon Ramsay, GE, Frigidaire,  Kitchen Aid, Whirlpool, Nescafe Dolce Gusto, Maytag, LG

New merchandise arrives every day.

Location: 7155 Transcanadiennet, VSL  H4T 1A2
corner:  west of Cavendish Boul.
Tel: 514-339-5997
Hours: M-W 10-6, Thurs & Fri 10-8, Sat & sun 10-5
www.nhinc.ca
Metro: Cote Vertu, bus 121

After all the cooking for the holidays and New Year’s Eve parties, your stove is probably a bit messy right now. What better place would know about cleaning appliances, than an appliance repair shop?

At Centre de Pieces et Services DB, on their counter by the cash, they sell Weiman cooktop cleaner in two sizes for $5.99 or $10.95. Right next to that, is Sany stainless steel cleaner for $10.95 and that’s it.  Sany is a Quebec product so that’s even better.

In this parts store, around for 20 years, you can find the piece you need for most major brand name (GE, Maytag, Frigidaire, Roy, Gibson, Kelvinator, Amana, Whirlpool, Jenn-Air, KitchenAid, LG, Inglis, Kenmore, Nutone, Venmar) appliances to do it yourself of use their repair service.

Parts are in stock for refrigerators, washers, dryers, ranges, microwaves, freezers or dishwashers up to 5 years old and you can buy a few here too.

Some small appliances (mixers, irons, coffee pots, toaster ovens, processors, vacuums) by Sunbeam, Oster, Breville, Black & Decker, Krups, Tefal, Bionaire, Electrolux, Broil King and Eureka as well as their parts are sold and are reparable here.

Locations: 8000 Pie IX, Montreal-Nord (514-374-4500); Laval, 3300 boul. St-Martin O. (450-680-1333).
Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-5:30, Sat 8:30-1
www.piecesdb.com

About two and a half years ago, Barry Adler, owner of Almar, showed me a new fast-heating induction stove top in his showroom. It takes a long time for the cooks of the world to adjust to new cooking techniques, but now there are at least four major appliance companies producing these extremely efficient stoves; Fagor America is a leading manufacturer http://www.fagoramerica.com , but Thermidor, Miele, Kenmore, Viking and Gagganeau have introduced them as well.

What are they? Induction is a way of cooking where electricity passes through magnetic elements under the cooktop. It produces a magnetic field in which your pot becomes part of the cooking element and your stove top does not get hot at all. The cool factor is particularly good if you have small children around. It also means that cooked food does not heat and harden on the cooktop surface. You just wipe it off with a wet cloth or paper towel when you finish cooking. In addition, the element shuts off automatically when a pot is removed from it.

For the greenies amongst you, they are very efficient in the use of heat produced. In a gas range, only 50% of the heat generated is available for cooking – the rest gets lost on the range surface or in your kitchen, whereas in induction cooking 90% of the BTU’s of heat go right into your food. A traditional electric stove’s BTU use is somewhere in between.

A negative right now is the sticker price – somewhere between $2,000 and $4,000. The other “problem” is that they require cast iron or enameled steel pots, so you probably cannot cook with the pots that you now own. If a magnet sticks to the bottom of your pots, they will work on these stoves – if not, you have to buy special set.

If that isn’t enough, your oven is about to change too. We live in a world where noone has the patience to wait for anything, so now manufacturers have come up with the speed cook oven. The secret is adding a bit of microwave cooking to get the interior of foods heating faster but still keeping the quality cooking of the traditional convection oven. Turbo Chef’s super speed oven, which has this feature, can run you $10,000, though. I’ve been using that method for eighteen years now on my Sharp microwave convection combo-cook setting, and can cook a nicely browned and juicy eleven-pound turkey in one and a half hours.

And even though statistics continually say we are not cooking at home as much anymore, the wide 36″ range and even double wall ovens are all the rage. For those of you looking for these state of the art items, try Almar. For the rest of you looking for something more modestly priced, I have three other stores to try. Just remember that expensive ranges aren’t necessarily better – they just offer you a lot of extra gadgets like: warming drawers, two ovens, split racks in the oven, five burners instead of four (one might be a warming one), expandable elements or perhaps a bridge element that connects two together to fit a large griddle.

Almar, 5400 Decarie Blvd at Isabella Ave. Phone: 514-482-0007. Hours: Monday to Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. When researching new appliances, it is important to go to a business (open since 1966) which can answer your questions, inform you on the latest innovations and help you decide exactly what you need. The choice here is North American or European standard or commercial style appliances in the middle to high end bracket (Maytag, Amana, Miele, Wolf, Sub-Zero, GE, Turbo Air, AEG, Liebherr, Gagganeau, Thermador, Frigidaire, Whirlpool, Kitchenaid, Diva, etc). Extensive help with built-in kitchens, ventilation and customized appliances is a specialty. http://www.almarappliance.com

Grand Appliances, 6244 Sherbrooke St. W. At Madison Ave. Phone: 514-486-1135. Hours: Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. This store is small and cramped, but that hasn’t stopped people from coming here for the last fifty-seven years. You can expect good prices and good service on major appliances made by Whirlpool, Hotpoint, Sharp, KitchenAid, Frigidaire, Woods, etc. You will pay only cost plus 10%, including delivery. A television and VCR repair service is also available.

Corbeil Appliances Centre de Liquidation, 5100 Des Grands Prairies Blvd at Viau Blvd., St. Leonard. Phone: 514-322-8595. Hours: Monday to Wednesday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. After fifty-seven years in the business, this company has grown quite a bit and now has this end-of-lines depot. You can find names you know: Inglis, GE, Frigidaire, Amana, Jennair, LG, Moffat, Maytag, Whirlpool, Bosch, Miele, Thermador, Sub-Zero, Fisher & Paykal. Sometimes you can find specialty items like wine coolers by Danby, Cavavin and Frigidaire.

Sears Liquidation Center, 6900 Decarie Blvd. at Vezina St. Phone: 514-731-6118. Hours: Monday to Wednesday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Finally we have a Sears clearance center again. You know their reputation for good service, and now you can buy their large appliances (fridges, stoves, dishwashers, washers, dryers) at greatly reduced prices. Then you can peruse the loungers, sofas, end tables, exercise bikes, chairs and TV’s.