How to save money, use less electricity and be less stressed

skint_spice

Hypno - I dry mine in the house most of the time on clothes airers. I just thought as the thread was titled how to save money and use less electricity that the fact this is only doable if using a drier is crazy. Drying all my laundry in a drier is always going to use up much more electricity than my iron does!

PS - I am not having a go at anyone who needs or wants to use a drier!

Seaxwyn

SS, I got my drier free on freecycle. Ours is a really damp house and nothing would dry otherwise. I hang stuff on the line whenever possible and use the drier to finish it off on damp days. I don't know how much the electricity costs but at least I save by seldom ironing.

Our previous house had a big, dry, warm bathroom. Everything dried on airers in there, I never needed a drier, even when I had twins in terry nappies. When we moved to a dark, damp, flat, there was no possibility of drying stuff indoors.

mintymoneysaver

skint- I haven't got a drier either, no space, but even if I did have one I think I would only use it when desperate as they EAT electricity! I have a clothes airer in the house which is nearly always in action during the winter. I do iron ( though not school shirts as they are worn under a jumper!) and I'm sure I must use less electricity than a dryer. Mind you if I had a bigger kitchen and no money worries I'd have one at the drop of a hat!

skint_spice

mintymoneysaver wrote: »

I do iron ( though not school shirts as they are worn under a jumper!) and I'm sure I must use less electricity than a dryer.

Yes, the school polo shirt should be under DS's sweatshirt but it's so hot at school compared to home he usually takes the sweatshirt off!:o

Naomim

I too have a mountain of ironing every week. I have taken to not using my drier unless I absolutely HAVE to. I've got bits on the airer in the front room now. However just looked up and one of DH's polo shirts there, dry, and def needs and iron. I'd be ashamed to send him out crumpled I did try it.... no ironing and I just felt like I was going everywhere looking like I'd been dragged through a hedge backwards :rolleyes:

I don't have an airing cupboard either as I've got a combi boiler (very MSE) and I miss having that to put damp bits in to dry.

Naomi x

jackieb

Since moving house in June i've only used my drier 3 times, as it's in the garage now, and I really don't want to go out there in the rain to put it on. I find that if I part dry stuff on the clothes airers and then iron them while still slightly damp, then rehang them until they're completely dry, they dry much faster.

mumzyof2

I dont Iron, although i sometimes iron my sons polo shirt forschool. But usually they dont need ironing. I have a dryer and i use it everyday BUT i hand uniform on airer n doesnt crease

Milly1974

doodledo wrote: »

The thing I struggle with as well is no matter what conditioner I use if I put my clothes over my banister to dry they go all crispy I sure I must be doing something wrong.

I always thought that clothes etc only went 'crispy' when they had over-dried. Towels on the washing line in summer were always the biggest culprit for me, they could almost stand up on their own! :rotfl:

EDIT:
I don't own a tumble drier or an ironing board! All the clothes get hung neatly on the line or airer, and with a bit of precise folding are fine. However, I do sometimes get beaten to the wm by the OH, who takes great pride in hanging jumpers on trouser hangers, leaving them with square imprints in the shoulders :mad:

fiveyearplan

moo2moo wrote: »

OH helpfully empties the tumble drier. That says it all.

Emptying the tumble drier involves exactly that. Open door, dump into basket, shut door. Take basket into house, dump contents upside down on arm chair.

Mine too, although he doesn't dump them in a chair he leaves them stuffed in the basket.

Damita

I think we lost our iron in the move... we don't iron.. I haven't the time...