How many loads of washing a week?

PolkaDotsAndLace

I thought we'd been told for years to wash things at lower temperatures to be eco friendly!

Oh well, I'm sticking with 40 degrees unless it's really manky stuff.

jackieb

I do a steam wash for a lot of 40C washes. Makes me feel as if they're more sanitised.

abwsco

I probably average one load a day doing washing for 3 adults plus DD and her boyfriend to save them launderette money.

Bedding is only washed once every two weeks over winter unless we've been ill - always on a 60 wash.

All whites washed at 40 unless I'm doing a maintenance wash and then I throw in any tea towels and dishcloths that need washing and they're washed at 90

All darks washed at 40

Fleeces and jumpers washed at 30 otherwise they shrink and get ruined

I wear jeans everyday (even for work) and these are only washed once a week. DH now wears his work shirts for two days unless they're absolutely filthy. Same for me and my fleeces now it's cold. DH wears his work joggers all week unless he's got covered in ink. Bath towel is placed on the radiator to dry off but changed two or three times a week. All undies and socks are changed daily and we don't smell:)

Oh, and I never overfill the machine.

dibuzz

peachyprice wrote: »

Ok, serious question here for ladies who to 1-2 washes a day, every day. What do you find to wash?

Plenty!
Youngest son plays rugby for a team and football with his mates most days so there's plenty of muddy washing from him, he also does GCSE PE and needs clean PE kit every time (only 1 day of not doing PE every 2 weeks)
Daughter also plays rugby and is doing A level PE so again lots of muddy kit.
Then there's towels and bedding, our bathroom is damp so towels need changing every day as they don't dry between uses.
We also have blankets and throws on the sofas to cut down on heating when it's cold but they need washing about once a month unless something is spilled on them.

Sunnyday

My washing is sorted into whites, darks, bedding and dog

Knickers go in with tea towels etc and i rarely wash above 40 degrees, never had a problem in almost 30 years of doing this. My mother neither, i remember when we first got an automatic washer and its worked like this from day one, before that it was the old twin tub when the cleaner stuff was washed first and the dirty stuff went in afterwards in the same hot water.

I just don`t get why peeps won`t put tea towels in with knickers, what am i missing? They all go in dirty and all come out clean unless there is something wrong with the machine of course.

I`m reminded of the bath towel discussion where some people would wash a bath towel after every use - why? Its been used to dry a clean person and that doesn`t make it dirty after one use, same with tea towels, they are used to dry clean pots and dishes so one use doesn`t make it dirty!

The washing powder and gubbins used these days is far more advanced than previously and the need to wash at high temperatures is more or less gone. I think that its money down the drain to do more washes just for the sake of seperating some items.

Our machine is on most days and goes on overnight on the economy 7 electricity and i use a small amount of soap powder and vinegar instead of fabric conditioner and everything and i do mean everything comes out lovely and clean and fresh.

If you overload a machine then you will not get good results and the machine will not last very long, springs and bearings if not the motor will wear out quickly and the machine will walk around the kitchen or bang about on a spin. My washing machine is over ten years old and is still very quiet and you hardly know that its spinning unless you happen to walk into the kitchen at the right moment.

SD

scheming_gypsy

Sunnyday wrote: »

My washing is sorted into whites, darks, bedding and dog

you put your dog in the washing machine?? :eek:

Sunnyday

scheming_gypsy wrote: »

you put your dog in the washing machine?? :eek:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

If i could it would be "a great deal easier":D

SD

lil_me

Wash every day, sometimes more than once. 2 adults 2 kids and 2 mucky dogs. At present one is a puppy so he generate more cloths, towels and door mats with his brother who I look after most days enough for a load every 2 days, usually need blankets and sometimes beds washing too as as his brother has been a monkey for riddling on them.

DSs are sweaty little pre teens and need clean shirts daily without doubt, don't think any of us gets away with 2 days from most clothes with the dogs and 2 kids with coordination issues who wear food as much as eat it. DPs garage gear goes in a separate load, oily stuff from cars and gear oil stinks, I do his weekly if I can then a hot cloth wash load straight after with anti grease things like soda crystals and vinegar

Bed linen is 2 loads a week as standard, more because I have soilers. Towels 1-2 loads depending if they get pongy as I try to get people to reuse 1 each. Swimming kits 2 loads a week Mondays & Saturdays. All school shirts I try to do in one load they have 7 each, spares as they sometimes get dirty before they leave. Dark uniform is usually 2 loads a week in winter with 10 sweaters a week, 10 trousers & 2 blazers.

See that's more than 1 a day without my clothes, daily clothes etc

I have dreams of large drum washers or a laundry service

starlet10

Just 3 full loads of washing a week for a family of six (2 adults and 4 young children). We have enough clean clothes to change into every day for the whole week, so no need to wash clothes every day. Bedding is changed every two weeks. Towels once a week.

I've got better things to do than attend to the laundry every day - what a waste of time, water, electricity and money. :rotfl:

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first flannel bedding load is on today and am hoping to catch the sun. Ecozone balls bought from lakeland at 1/3 price, rainwater and part electricity from pv panels. I love sleeping in nice clean fresh bedding