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washing bedding - how often?

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  • catkins
    catkins Posts: 5,703 Forumite
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    In the winter I change the bed once a week and in the summer twice or maybe three times (if it is very hot). I wash bedding on quite a high temperature but never bother ironing them.

    Myself and OH shower every day (I shower 2 or 3 times a day in summer) and change the towels every other day.
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  • belfastgirl23
    belfastgirl23 Posts: 8,025 Forumite
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    I work on a fortnightly cycle - one week sheets, the next week towels, so I only do one white wash a week (we have hardly any other whites except tea towels). I do take the whole duvet out and hang on the line for a while on the 'opposite' week though, also air the bed every day by pulling back duvet etc.

    Will happily use the same towel for a couple of weeks personally, I only use it when I'm clean :). I do dry it thoroughly though in between uses. Fussier about hand towels, especially in the loo that guests use.
  • Nicci_D
    Nicci_D Posts: 652 Forumite
    For me I'll wash the sheets every other week and towels just when ever I'm runing out.
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    I do mine every 2 weeks. If ever I win the lottery though, I shall employ someone to change them every day as a "fresh bed" is one of lifes luxury's.
  • Poppy9
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    I used to use a top sheet and put my Duvet on top of that. Then I only had to change the sheets every week and could leave the duvet cover on for 2 or 3 weeks.

    Mine and DD bath towel I wash twice a week or more. We each have our own but for some reason OH towel usually gets smelly after 2 uses so changed more often. Luckily I have hordes of towels so I don't have to be constantly washing.

    Tea towels I change every day. Downstairs loo towel every other day.
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  • i aim to wash mine as often as i can as hubby works nights and i work days our bed is never empty lol towels i do every two days with two teenage sons i often find some towels under their beds yuck
  • TITEASCRAMP
    TITEASCRAMP Posts: 1,744 Forumite
    vik6525 wrote: »
    Twice a week! Sorry, Ive just got a 'thing' about sleeping in clean sheets and duvet etc.. I sleep much better in clean bed linen for some reason!

    Your right me too, Theres nothing like the feeling of getting into a clean bed. Oh and towels i use once or twice. I remember going to my friends when i was young and their bathroom use to stink of damp towels maybe its had an effect on me lol
  • beemuzed
    beemuzed Posts: 2,188 Forumite
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    When I was a kid my Mum did the top sheet becomes the bottom sheet bit too, but that was in the days before she had a wm - handwashing sheets was no joke! We change our sheets, pillowcases and duvet cover weekly, but I stopped ironing them very soon into married life (37 years nearly!). Can still remember how horrified my Mum was when she found out! But then, she used to iron towels, socks and nappies. What a lazy slob I turned out to be!
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  • iceicebaby
    iceicebaby Posts: 3,633 Forumite
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    I change my bed linen every week, sometimes twice in the summer, and towels whenever they look like they need it!
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  • frugallily
    frugallily Posts: 58 Forumite
    edited 23 August 2009 at 11:19PM
    When I was a little girl my mum changed the sheets and the pillowcases on the bed weekly. Top sheet to bottom. Wash top sheet and put on a fresh top sheet and clean pillowcases. Now we wash more (ourseves and clothes!) and have mostly our own automatic washing machines how often do you think it is necessary to change the bedding? Duvet covers etc? My friends and I had this discussion. Replies varied wildly from "weekly", "every half term" to "when they smell"!!! So how often do you do the deed?? And come to that how often do you wash clothes at all? (Apart from underwear.... Lets not go there!...)
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