How many loads of washing a week?

mummyyof5

At least 4 loads a day...bedding changed weekly so 4 extra loads at weekends...usually put 2 lots of bedding in together...mind you there are 8 of us...OH calls it a Chinese laundry lol xx

mummyroysof3

i do a load everyday and an extra load at weekends for whites. bedding and towels get washed in with clothes..i dont do seperate loads, 4 beds get changed every week- ten days soi guess that would be 8-10 per week

mildred1978

Rainy-Days wrote: »

I sat down last night and worked out that I average between eight to nine loads of washing a week. That is just for the two of us.

I do two loads of darks, two of whites, one towel load, dogs towels and covers, one bedding, a mixed load and hand wash for my bras. Sometimes it can go up to as much as ten or eleven loads easily especially when I am washing extra bits and pieces in the summer months.

That sounds like allot I know, but how do those cope when they have children who are making even additional amounts of washing - their machine must be at it non stop! I have three loads out on the line drying at the moment and I have managed to dry a woollen load in the house this week on the airer. I just don't know - couldn't even bear to think about it - what I would do without that machine!

:eek::eek::eek:

I have a 15 month old son, so can pretty much guarantee both his and my clothes will be stinking dirty at the end of each day (OH not so much).

Even so, I do 1 dark and 1 light load a week. Now that winter is coming I'm doing 1 wool wash a week too.

Once a fortnight I do a towel wash and a bedding wash.

Stuff gets dried outside whenever possible, otherwise on airers and rads in the house.

tanith

Just two of us and I think I do 3/4 loads per week, one white two dark and then a load of towels occasionally extra load when I wash slankets or dressing gowns.. My sheets and pillow cases are all white so go in with white wash and the quilt covers are dark so go in with either towels or dark wash.. I have cut down the loads by combining sheets with the white loads and quilt covers with dark wash as I used to always do them separate even though the machine was half empty.. but I'm less fussy in my old age lol

JulieGeorgiana

I must have a big washing machine, because I have 2 adults and 1 child, 2 cats... and I do:

3 Dark
1 Light
1 Bedding

Once the baby comes I can't see myself washing more then 1 more load since it only took 2 loads to wash everything yesterday (clothes, bedding etc etc)

Sambucus_Nigra

2 of us. 2 loads [one lights, one darks] at a weekend. Plus bedding [1 load but often mixed in with the lights/darks if I have space.]

So 3 max a week.

Towels - rarely get washed as I have airers so they are reused and reused...10 or 11 loads in a week for 2 people is crazytalk.

greent

I do 10-14 loads per week, depending on how many beds I change. That's for 6 of us

yellowbear

6 of us here. 4 kids under 8 and all at school. No pets.

Coloured tops
Coloured bottoms
Towels
Darks
Uniform
Whites
Bedding

And that's it.

balmaiden

Well hold your nose and close your eyes.... I do three loads a fortnight!! There are just the two of us and one week it will be a light colour wash next week it will be a dark wash and somewhere in that fortnight will be a bedding wash.

To be honest apart from saving water, energy and detergent I think clothes last so much longer if they aren't washed to death.

Joking aside we are always clean and respectable and I really don't think anyone would know how often our clothes are washed. I change my underwear daily, just make sure I have a good supply so I don't run out. We don't work anymore so have no work clothes to worry about.

Go on guys liberate yourselves and do a load or two less.

jackieb

There are 5 of us here. I do at least 3 washes a day, often it's more, and I can never catch up (it's not the washing it's the problem, it's the drying. I could get everything washed but it would be sour before I could get it dried if I washed any more than I do). I have an 11kg machine and 2 with either bowel, bladder or skin problems. I wash duvets at least twice a week, that's not including bedding. My son's stuff has to be washed separately with Surcare because of his excema.