Do you clean laundry and linen chutes in hotels and hospitals?
Yes. We clean and sanitize linen chutes and work around your operation, including off-hours when that’s easier for housekeeping or environmental services. Hospitals and busy hotels usually need cleaning more often than apartment buildings.
Do hospital linen chutes need to be cleaned?
Yes. Hospital infection-prevention policies treat them as part of the cleaning program. UNC Medical Center’s 2024 policy, for example, has laundry chute intake openings cleaned weekly or when visibly soiled with an EPA-registered disinfectant, and requires all linen to be bagged before it goes down the chute.
Source: UNC Medical Center linen policy
Are trash chutes required to have sprinklers?
Generally, yes. The New York State Fire Code calls for sprinklers at the top of rubbish and linen chutes and in their terminal rooms, plus alternate floors where a chute runs through three or more floors, and NYC’s chute rule requires sprinklers in the refuse room. Your engineer can confirm what applies to your building.
Source: NY Department of State code interpretation 2011-02
How often should a trash chute be cleaned?
It depends on the building. We recommend cleaning quarterly for hospitals, hotels and heavy-use buildings, twice a year for most apartment buildings, and at least once a year for everything else. NYC rules don’t set a frequency, but they do require chutes to be kept clean, sanitary and free of vermin and odors.
Source: NYC Buildings rule 1 RCNY §24-01
Are you insured?
Yes. Chute Cleaning Division is insured in partnership with Select Exterminating, and we can send a certificate of insurance for your building or management company on request.
