Laundry Room Security

[Bruce N.]

Hi,

I'm a landord with some small mostly student tenants multi unit buildings.  I've had some break ins in my laundry rooms and machines have been damaged by thieves going after coins.  The laundry machine vendor WASH takes coins or electronic payment so I'm not sure how successful the thieves are, but I still end up with a large gap in service.  Tenants sometimes prop the door open so they don't have to use a key.  I've installed covers over the latch portion of the lock and plan on putting in stronger door closers.  

I'm wondering what others have done in similar situations to discourage this?   

Thanks,

Bruce