The Larches Rug Wash

02/07/2025

I daren’t mention the W ❄️☔️☃️ word just yet but the year is seriously flying! I always have my annual holiday in August to coincide with some pony shows in Ireland.
This year I am going for longer so will be closed from Saturday the 2nd of August until Tuesday the 26th of August.
Thankfully this year I’m up to date with the washing so the current turnaround time is up to 2 weeks with the option of a 24 hour turnaround for anything that is needed urgently.
Obviously the closure may well affect rugs coming in from September onwards so if you still have rugs that you need to get cleaned the sooner they come in the better.
Thanks for your understanding, it is the longest time I’ve had off for nearly 20 years!
Emma

02/06/2025

After a whole month of lovely dry warm weather it’s back to rain and wind! Thankfully the drying room is heated 350 days a year and has the 6 bar centaur too, it can hold up to 25 rugs at a time. No rugs are tumble dried here which means I can offer an 100% no shrinkage guarantee all year round 😄

12/05/2025

We are now into laminitis and sweet itch season 😩. If you need a quick repair done on a grazing muzzle or fly rug/ mask please do contact me. I can have the item washed and repaired overnight or in some cases I can repair clean items while you wait!

07/05/2025

With this lovely weather lots of you are starting to send your rugs in for washing. Just a reminder of the guidelines for using the rug wash, it helps everything run that little bit more smoothly and means I can try and provide a service that keeps everyone happy. If you could read them before dropping your rugs off that would be great 🥰.

Guidelines for using The Larches Rug Wash during 2025. Please read before dropping off your rug.

All rugs must be bagged with your name, contact details and whether the rug is for wash, reproof and/or repair. (This does not apply to the racing/competition yards who are on the same washing/ repair system each year)

Only clean rugs can be repaired, they don’t have to have been washed here but they must be clean before they can be repaired.

Dropping off -
Rugs can be dropped off Monday to Saturday 8am to 6pm, no appointment needed. Please note I am closed on Sundays so no drop offs on Sundays. I am not always here during these hours so if you need to see me please arrange this prior to drop off, if not the garage is open for you to leave your rug.

When I contact you to let you know your rug is ready it would be extremely helpful if you could collect within 14 days.

Collecting your rugs -
Collecting clean rugs is via appointment only so please do not just turn up to collect your rugs. Appointments must be made with at least 12 hours notice. No collections are available on a Sunday.

If paying by bacs this must be cleared before your rugs leave the rug wash. Please do not arrive to collect having not sent the payment.

Any rugs left here over 3 months will be sold, don’t worry you will have plenty reminders before this occurs!

Thank you so much for reading the information and helping me to run the business that little bit more smoothly. Remember I am here to help with any queries so don’t hesitate to contact me.

Many thanks
Emma

20/03/2025

I’m making the most of the lovely warm dry weather this week and getting the rugs outside to make them smell even fresher, the sun really helps make the white saddle pads even whiter too 😎. Talking of sunshine I’m going away for a mini break before busy rug season starts, I’ll be closed from 6pm on the 26th March and will reopen at 8am on the 1st of April.

05/03/2025

It won’t be long until fly rug season! Tonight I have been repairing ears in fly masks. Sometimes it’s not financially viable to repair them but this customer had a fly rug that looked like it had been run over by a lawnmower so I managed to salvage some material and repair the fly masks with it. It’s always worth keeping hold of any rugs your horse wrecks as the fastenings and material can sometimes be reused and make your repair bills cheaper!

01/03/2025

Slightly later than planned! The competition has been drawn, technology has never been my strong point, after lots of googling I managed to find a comment picker!
I have no idea how it chose two winners so rather than delete one, I’ve tossed a coin and Ricky Cartwright has won the Larches Rug Wash jacket and Emma Dinnin has won a free rug wash!
Well done to Ricky and Emma 🥳.
Huge thanks again to all my customers for supporting me for so many years, I started the business as a hobby and didn’t expect to still be here 19 years later! Some of you have been here since the very beginning and for that I’m truly grateful 🥰.

27/02/2025

31/01/2025

We’ve reached the end of January and I have already washed over 140 rugs since I reopened on the 2nd of January. 😶‍🌫️I still can’t believe this is my 19th year of washing and repairing rugs!

To celebrate I’m running a competition to win a Larches Rug Wash soft shell jacket. To enter all you have to do is tag a friend, like The Larches rug wash page and share this post. The winner will be chosen at random on the 28th February. Good luck and thank you for keeping me in business for so long 🥰

25/01/2025

I hope everyone managed to weather the storm yesterday, the fencing in my ponies field fell victim to it! Unfortunately we had no power yesterday so couldn’t wash or repair anything. Thankfully everything is back to normal today and I’m working my way through everything 💪🏻

06/01/2025

The drying room is back to full heat and lots of rugs are already ready to be packaged up to go home. As you can see by the screen being steamed up it’s much warmer in the drying room than outside!!!

01/01/2025

I would like to wish all customers and followers a very Happy New Year 🥳 .

I’ll be back open as normal tomorrow with a maximum turnaround time of one week. The second washing machine isn’t installed yet but the current one has had 2 new elements over Christmas and is ready to go tomorrow!
Keep your eyes on the page for the competition to celebrate my 19th year of washing rugs!

Just a reminder of the guidelines for using the rug wash, it makes everything run that bit easier if you could follow them,
thanks
Emma

Guidelines for using The Larches Rug Wash during 2025

Opening times for dropping rugs off are Monday to Saturday 8am-6pm, outside of these times is by prior arrangement. Collections must be pre booked with at least 24 hours notice. Please note there are to be no drops offs or collections on a Sunday.

Please make sure rugs are bagged with your name, contact details and what the rug requires.

Any rugs requiring repair must be washed first. Cross contamination is really important to me so for your horses safety nothing is repaired dirty.

Payment is to be made prior to collecting your rugs unless you are paying by cash. Unfortunately card payment facilities aren’t available but you can pay via bacs and PayPal.

Rugs must now be collected within THREE months from the date of invoice, any rugs still here after this time will be sold. Don’t worry you will get a warning of this prior to them being sold, I’d always rather you got your rugs back and we all lead busy lives so it’s easy to forget about them.

Thank you so much for your cooperation, by following these guidelines it helps me to run the business just that little bit more smoothly and enable me to provide the right service for you and your horses needs.