Getting Washing Dry

black-saturn · 1 October 2005 at 11:09AM

Does anyone here have problems getting their washing dry in the winter? I don't have a tumble dryer (no room for one) and I don't like putting washing on the radiators as I think it makes the house damp and stops the heat from coming out. It's particularly bad when I have to wash something like duvets and pillows. Sometimes they take 4 or 5 days to dry even when they're on the rads. Anyone else got any tips?

Savvy_Sue · 1 October 2005 at 11:20AM

If you have a proper airing cupboard, ie one with a hot water tank in, that can be a good place to put things: I used to have an airer in mine.

Duvets I would take to a laundrette and use their tumble driers!

Have you used the airers which hang onto radiators? I find they're quite good.

And I know what you mean about putting washing on the radiators, but TBH because the clothes dry faster I don't think the house gets any damper than having airers of wet washing all over the place. It's only the same amount of water, just comes out faster when clothes are on the radiators! Try covering just half of each radiator to keep the heat coming. Also put several layers of wet clothes on each, then turn the heap upside down.

tiredwithtwins · 1 October 2005 at 11:23AM

black-saturn wrote:

Does anyone here have problems getting their washing dry in the winter? I don't have a tumble dryer (no room for one) and I don't like putting washing on the radiators as I think it makes the house damp and stops the heat from coming out. It's particularly bad when I have to wash something like duvets and pillows. Sometimes they take 4 or 5 days to dry even when they're on the rads. Anyone else got any tips?

I tend to dry stuff on the radiators during the day when the kids are at school and i can open the windows!! or i use the weeny little tumble dryer, but its a pain having to shove the hose out of the window....and the noise!?

Simba_25 · 1 October 2005 at 11:27AM

My bathroom seams to be the warmest room in the house! think its cause the boiler is in there ! but i just put them up on an airer in there.... i also have an over bath one (sits on the bath sides) which helps with space. i just stick them up there and forget about them then and it still leaves my radiators free.

Its just a nightmare at bathtime when i realise ive forgot about them lol

Rikki · 1 October 2005 at 11:28AM

Just had to say its a fantastic drying day here today and my towels and other things are blowing nicely on the line.

Simba_25 · 1 October 2005 at 11:30AM

it is here too, its lovely out there.... i got my bedding blowing away nicely.

mmmmm getting into a freshly washed bed at night, cant beat it

barbie_babe · 1 October 2005 at 11:36AM

i leave airer in garage as its built on to house and has door from house.so i dont have to go outside to it .normally takes longer to dry in really cold weather .then i might bring it house and pop understairs out the way.but today its all out on line .

Rikki · 1 October 2005 at 11:38AM

Simba_25 wrote:

it is here too, its lovely out there.... i got my bedding blowing away nicely.

mmmmm getting into a freshly washed bed at night, cant beat it

You can't beat a getting into bed with freshly wind blow laundered sheets.

In the winter I try and pick the days I wash sheets and towels according to what the weather looks like its going to do.

I put the airer infront of the patio window and use any heat from the sun. If not it has to be the radiators, airing cupboard and final choice tumble drier if I haven't got the time or its jeans and towels.

apprentice_tycoon · 1 October 2005 at 11:45AM

This is my solution http://tinypic.com/e6rj45.jpg, it's those plastic coated radiator airers that are linked together in the airing cupboard, you can see there is even another behind the main one. I can get lots of stuff on there and it dries well even though the cylinder is lagged.
This is really good for a wet summers day when there is no heating on in the house, there is still enough heat from the hot water to do the job. I never ever peg out socks and undies on the line, I just hang them here

tootles_2 · 1 October 2005 at 1:08PM

I have a tumble drier which is in the kitchen used at night on Econ 7, but I also have the radiator hangers which I use to air off clothes, they are on the rad in the kitchen which gets steamy anyway from cooking.

When we lived in a flat with a washer, but no drier I used clothers airers and stood them in the hallway which had a storage rad in. Shirts etc were hung on coat hangesrs from the shower rail over the bath ovenight, were dry enough to iron in the morning. When I think about it now I wonder really how I managed for so long without a garden to hang washing out in, if the weather was really bad or I had sheets, duvet covers etc to wash it was a quick visit to the launderette to use their driers.

calleyw · 1 October 2005 at 3:28PM

I have a old fashion rack that you raise to the ceiling for when I can't put the washing outside. Had it when I was in one bedroom ground floor flat. And took it when we moved.

Leave the window open and it would dry. Some times I would use a de-humdifier as well to take some of the moisture out of the air.

I agree about not putting washing on the radiators. And If I have to it is in what I call wet rooms. The bathroom or kitchen. But never in bedrooms or the living room.

I do have a tumble drier but only use that to air clothes never to dry.

yours

Calley

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