How do you dry your clothes?

pollys

I line dry whenever possible. If it's raining I have a clothes horse but there are six of us and it is difficult. I use the TD when we have run out of clothes or bedding.

The heating isn't on yet and won't be until we are cold AND wearing an extra jumper. Green and moneysaving:D

Bambywamby

And over the top of the bannister is very good in winter for items like sheets, jeans, large towels.

jlj_2

I use one of those old fashioned 4 slat airers which go up to the ceiling with a pulley cord. Its great, holds lots of stuff and most of it dries within 24 hours of being hung up. If you flap the washing before you hang it up, most things don't need ironing.

Nicki

Inspired by another recent thread, I bought a spin dryer for £15 off Ebay, and spin clothes after they come out of WM. This gets loads more water out, and they've been drying after about an hour on the line. I'm hoping this will mean I can keep line drying over the winter, on good days obviously, otherwise I'm afraid I'll have to resort to the TD again as young children with mucky hands don't mix well with wet washing festooned round the house!

Kelinik

Well it seems I'm firmly in the minority but I tumble pretty much everything these days and wouldn't go back to my pre-washer/dryer days for anything!

I put loads of washing outside during the hot weather because I felt bad and it got filthy with bits off trees, birdy do-do etc etc and was hard and uncomfortable to wear - ick! I have always hung washing indoors in the past but absolutely hate airers of washing all over the house when its a sliding jigsaw puzzle to get in the bath/airing cupboard/bedroom. In fact I tell my tumble dryer most days how much I love it and how glad I am its in my life so sorry everyone but no matter how OS I manage to get in other areas the TD stays in the Kelinik household!

*dashes off to hug tumble dryer*

Austin_Allegro

I use a 1500 rpm spin dryer, then hang stuff on a clotheshorse. On a good drying day I will put this in the garden, which means if it rains you just take the whole thing inside quickly, instead of having to hang things on a line. If it's too wet/cold, I dry things in the bathroom by the radiator, with the window open slightly in case of condensation. I also have a dehumidifier which helps a little. Sheets get folded into quarters and hung on the clotheshorse with everything else.

Liney_2

I use radiators and my banisters - looks like chinese laundry most days. Only tumble dry towels/nappies when they are 90% dry to fluff them up a bit. Can't wait to have a whirly washing line when I move house soon.

Horasio

I hang out everything if the weather is really reliable or windy/dry.

I tumble dry the thicker materials such as t-shirts as it takes forever to dry them indoors, especially in the summer when the heating isn't on and it is raining. I have one with a sensor so will only do what it has to do.

I hang shirts on a clothes rail on their hangers and sheets over the clothes horse.

Cassa

I live in an upstairs flat with storage heaters (which won't be put on til Novemberish) and always dried everything on a clothes maiden in my bathroom, however due to chillier days a few weeks ago could not get clothes dry and they started smelling - yuck!! So i rushed out and bought a tumbe dryer and it's fab. No clothes everywhere - clothes smell nicer and are much easier to iron. So it tumble drying for me from now on.

Lucie_2

Everything gets either hung on the line if the weather is nice, or over the clothes horse in the dining room if it's not. I try to have the WM on in the evening, then bung it all on the clothes horse before bed & it's pretty much dry by morning.
Anything which needs to be ironed (work shirts etc), goes straight onto a hanger when dry until the iron comes out, but I don't iron T shirts, jeans etc. They get a quick 10 minute whizz in the TD & hung up straight away. I rarely TD towels cos we like 'em crispy in this house
I do crumble & put the TD on if I've got a backlog of washing (like after holidays).