How do you repair a tall building laundry chute?
I am a chimney sweep and I was contacted by a Hotel that had a laundry chute issue. They needed me to remove laundry and discover the problem. I removed laundry from 19' down the chute to 42' down which was estimated to be 4800 lbs of material. The original backup was twice as much. I found the issue was the chute is separated at 42' below the access point.
The company is interested in repairing the separation without opening a wall. The chute is 28" across. I made a access ladder from connecting two household escape ladders and used a tie off harness system to enter the chute. The separation is 12". All seams on the unit are fitted male end down to prevent hangups. Interior walls must be free of edges that could catch laundry.