How many loads of washing a week?

Any

nobodyspecial wrote: »

So you must have a bigger capacity machine than me To get that load in my machine would mean they were so rammed in, nothing would come clean. That's why half the time people are comparing apples and oranges.

Yes, that is what I said in my first post - I have bigger drum, I would never go back to 5kg drum ever again.

lostinrates

Any wrote: »

Ok, perhaps better question would have been "what do you find to wash to fill the machine" - because from what you've just said, you have 3 items of clothes a day that perhaps need washing, so if there is 2 of you that is 6 items let's say and I fit perhaps...

yard clothes...pair of welly socks, vest, sometimes thermals (long johns an long t shoirt top ) t shirt, fleece, jacket, trousers and thinks like gloves/hats/scarfs (in fact, my hat and scarf is all in one item, of which I have three and wear one to two a week)....so more than 3 items in that set of clothes there! DH's yard clothes are usually trousers, boilersuit, jacket, tshirt, jumper and other warm stuff.

Day clothes...today, trousers, socks, vest, tshirt and jumper. (out of that the socks, vest and t shirt will need washing and the socks and underwear obviously (I hand wash bras), and I've noticed a mark on the jumper so will wash that (along with two jumpers which both got marked last week and a bunch of socks). Tomorrow I'm wearing a dress I wore once last week (but will then wash) with a a jumper and a big cardigan.

I have a biggish washing machine...I think 7 or 8 kilos, but feel like my bedding is an awful lot for one load (top sheet, bottom sheet, four pillowslips, duvet cover (I don't do the covers from extra duvets or the mattress protector every time) king size (I think). Say I wash the other stuff once a month...in rotation with stuff like throws and floor rugs.


If dh's washing comes home thats between five and ten weekday shirts, usually one pair of trousers (wears different pairs in the week, but on a cycle for when they come home to be washed as don't need washing every week).

Its a good thought, my loads seem full, not stuffed so the door struggles to shut, but full. I'll put a load on later and report what I think has made a full load and OSers can all tell me if I'm doing it correctly!

(the load I don't thinkits full is the weekly 95 degree one of cleaning cloths, but there is little else I want to wash on hot, and I do want to wash those on hot)

lostinrates

kittie wrote: »

:eek:I don`t ever wash tea towels with knickers or boxers. They go into a hot wash with other non `stinkies`

For me the idea of combining the two is not abhorant, but few of my pants are the wash at 95 degree boil type, more a mixture of the wash with towels or sheets or shirts or hand wash and hope I don't get a desease from them. BUT I heard this week on radio four I've been wrong to be washing most of our underwear on 40 degrees and it should be washed at 60....so will be doing that I guess from now on. I've bene trying to wash most things on a cool a wash as possible, (40 being standard ) but apparantly this leads to a problem...but I'm afraid I can't remember what right now :o

Any

lostinrates wrote: »

yard clothes...pair of welly socks, vest, sometimes thermals (long johns an long t shoirt top ) t shirt, fleece, jacket, trousers and thinks like gloves/hats/scarfs (in fact, my hat and scarf is all in one item, of which I have three and wear one to two a week)....so more than 3 items in that set of clothes there! DH's yard clothes are usually trousers, boilersuit, jacket, tshirt, jumper and other warm stuff.

Day clothes...today, trousers, socks, vest, tshirt and jumper. (out of that the socks, vest and t shirt will need washing and the socks and underwear obviously (I hand wash bras), and I've noticed a mark on the jumper so will wash that (along with two jumpers which both got marked last week and a bunch of socks). Tomorrow I'm wearing a dress I wore once last week (but will then wash) with a a jumper and a big cardigan.

I have a biggish washing machine...I think 7 or 8 kilos, but feel like my bedding is an awful lot for one load (top sheet, bottom sheet, four pillowslips, duvet cover (I don't do the covers from extra duvets or the mattress protector every time) king size (I think). Say I wash the other stuff once a month...in rotation with stuff like throws and floor rugs.


If dh's washing comes home thats between five and ten weekday shirts, usually one pair of trousers (wears different pairs in the week, but on a cycle for when they come home to be washed as don't need washing every week).

Its a good thought, my loads seem full, not stuffed so the door struggles to shut, but full. I'll put a load on later and report what I think has made a full load and OSers can all tell me if I'm doing it correctly!

(the load I don't thinkits full is the weekly 95 degree one of cleaning cloths, but there is little else I want to wash on hot, and I do want to wash those on hot)

Washing machine shouldn't be completely fully ramned, there should be a little room for movement, so if it seems full but you could ram in more it is probably the right amount to put in.

I though you mentioned that you only put into wash underwear, vest and top last night.. misunderstanding..

That is pretty much what I put into wash every night - my smart black pants for work I wear 3-5 days (depends how they look) and top layer I also wear more then once.. Then lounge clothes (I only spend 3 hrs in it a day) I wear probably 2 sets a week and jeans and other clothes I only wear to the town at the weekend and once, twice a week to the pub.. So does my OH!!

So I suppose it depends what you do as well. Obviously farmers will have more washing then office based people.

But I think biggest problem for everyone are always children - they change several times a day usually for no reason what so ever and chucking clothes into wash is easier then folding it back into wardrobe.. I see it at my sister's house... I tell you it wasn't like that when I was little! Our mum would wash once a week, so if you used up your clothes your problem:D (and we didn't have half the clothes my nieces have either...)

Any

lostinrates wrote: »

For me the idea of combining the two is not abhorant, but few of my pants are the wash at 95 degree boil type, more a mixture of the wash with towels or sheets or shirts or hand wash and hope I don't get a desease from them. BUT I heard this week on radio four I've been wrong to be washing most of our underwear on 40 degrees and it should be washed at 60....so will be doing that I guess from now on. I've bene trying to wash most things on a cool a wash as possible, (40 being standard ) but apparantly this leads to a problem...but I'm afraid I can't remember what right now :o

Really? I am trying not to give in into all the adverts that say "this product manages on 15C for 30mins" and only use 40C 1hrs 40mins and 60C 2hr programs, and now they are turning round saying we need nearly everything on 60C?

Hmmm....

I have to say we never yet had a problem.. surely if you wash black items on 60C you loose colour with the speed of light?

BTW what is top sheet on bedding? My bedding is only bottom sheet, 4 pillow slips and duvet cover?

serious_saver

Probably 4 to 5. My OH's football kit goes in on it's own. I won't put it in with anything else because half the time it comes out with a horrible lingering smell

squeakysue

I do 2 loads per day, sometimes 3 and if I don't I fall behind and it takes days to get back on track.

There are 4 of us but dh goes to the gym most days, does rugby training twice a week and plays rugby once a week. Ds plays football once a week and rugby training twice a week! There is also brownies and ballet/dance stuff for dd that I do insist on her putting away as soon as home so don't have to wash them often and then the school uniforms worn for 2-3 days if look ok and dh work shirts clean every other day. I abuse my dryer but couldn't live without it, I even 'finish' things off in the dryer that have been on the maiden so they don't need ironing not very MS but hate ironing!

lostinrates

Any wrote: »

Really? I am trying not to give in into all the adverts that say "this product manages on 15C for 30mins" and only use 40C 1hrs 40mins and 60C 2hr programs, and now they are turning round saying we need nearly everything on 60C?

Hmmm....

I have to say we never yet had a problem.. surely if you wash black items on 60C you loose colour with the speed of light?

BTW what is top sheet on bedding? My bedding is only bottom sheet, 4 pillow slips and duvet cover?

top sheet....between us and the duvet cover, we prefer to keep a top sheet.


the 60 degree thing was on Radio four last week (?), probably womans hour....I'm sorry I can't remember why.

peachyprice

I've just emptied the washing basket, first time since Sat morning, in my washing machine now for tomorrow's dark was I have:

2 pairs jeans
1 pair joggers
5 T-shirts
6 pairs of pants
1 shirt
1 polo shirt
10 ish pairs of socks
1 pair OH's trousers
2 pairs of leggings
1 knitted dress
1 flouncy top
Tonight I'll add:
1 demin dress
2 pairs tights
3 pairs socks
1 school skirt
2 t-shirts

Next dark wash won't be until the weekend.

In the washing basket there's only
couple of pairs of knickers
1 pair DD's shortie PJ's (she wears clean every night)
1 skirt
I won't need to do a light wash until Wednesday-ish when they'll be some more PJ's school shirts and underwear.

peachyprice

lostinrates wrote: »

top sheet....between us and the duvet cover, we prefer to keep a top sheet.


the 60 degree thing was on Radio four last week (?), probably womans hour....I'm sorry I can't remember why.

Somrthing to do with these lower temps not killing bacteria and causing thrush. How on earth did we survive a few decades ago when eveything was hand washed.