Drying washing - heating vs tumble dryer?

jay11_2

stevec59 wrote: »

Have you seen:-

http://www.rotaire.com/

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Mn0s9kTg2FM


Looks like a fab idea.

Steve

Good idea in theory (saw it on Dragons Den a while back), but the air under the cover will still be damp if surrounded by rain, hence little will dry. I can imagine it helping on the odd warm day but in my case it's a big outlay for using the TD a few times less each year. Though I consider it a lot, I still only use my TD an average of twice a week (at most) over the year.

frivolous_fay

Have you looked at dehumidifiers? We have one (bought it for condensation) but I don't know how efficient it is. Clothes certainly dry faster when it's on. Then I water the plants with the collected water :j

jay11_2

frivolous_fay wrote: »

Have you looked at dehumidifiers? We have one (bought it for condensation) but I don't know how efficient it is. Clothes certainly dry faster when it's on. Then I water the plants with the collected water :j

I don't know if you're talking to me, if you are see my post on the previous page--we have one and it is more expensive to run (ergo uses more energy) than the tumble dryer

Paparika

I don't have the luxury of a garden or a washing line, and used to just use a clothes horse and dehumidifier, luckily my mum gave me her old tumble dryer, ok it takes 4 hours to dry a load,but not much on the leccky bill considering how old the thing is

Pooky23

I used to use my tumble dryer daily but now don't use it unless I have something that needs drying urgently. Now I line dry or if it is cold or wet I hang everything on a couple of airers I have in the spare room.

seven-day-weekend

I have never had a tumble drier, I've always line-dried or used a clothes airer.

sooty&sweep

Hi

I line dry or use an airer if I can but if the weather is bad I do use my tumble dryer.
I hate wet washing on radiators as I think it makes the house damp and I haven't got a dehumidifier.

BernadetteN

I've just managed to dry 6 * 7.5kg loads (back from holiday) in just over a day by placing the clothes on airers next to the radiators and hanging things off beds etc. We Do own a dryer but it's there for emergencies (okay not emergencies but the odd occasion when I want something dry without waiting for it to dry naturally). There are 6 of us in our household and manage washing time but not ironing, otherwise I'd really hate doing the washing.

Primrose

Our central heating control enables us to switch on the hot water separately from the central heating and this heats the bathroom radiator, so I usually use the Hot Water option, drape heavy clothes over this radiator, hang the remainder over the retractable washing lines over the bath and dry them this way. It takes longer than a tumble drier, but I suspect it may be cheaper.

mrs_thrifty_2

We have a pull out line on the landing and everything dries there easily. In a previous property I had one over the bath.