Tumble drier v Washing Line

uncle_ben_2

You could always get a timer for your tumble-drier so that it runs overnight. That way it will at least be cheaper.
If you time it just right, the clothes would still be warm in the morning which would be wonderful now it is so cold!

amd

I often hang my stuff out on the line to part dry and put them in the tumbler to finish off. Don't always remember though - worse when it's towels. Only my husband loves stiff line dried towels in our house!

beanieandme

We're looking into buying a tumble drier as when baby comes there'll be a lot more washing and trying to dry things inside in the cold, wet months. I wouldn't like to have wet washing about if it's not good for baby. We only have 2 bedrooms, so don't have a spare room to hang the clothes in. How costly is it to have a tumble drier running say every other day?

Fidget

uncle_ben wrote:

You could always get a timer for your tumble-drier so that it runs overnight. That way it will at least be cheaper.
If you time it just right, the clothes would still be warm in the morning which would be wonderful now it is so cold!

Is it safe to run your drier overnight? I could be wrong but I'm sure I remember a lot of house fires reported in the press had started this way - and I don't mean decades ago when technology wasn't as good.

My mum would go ballistic if I left the TD on then went to bed for this reason so it's kind of drummed into me!

We use radiators/clothes horse on the landing were its warmest and then finish off in TD to get rid of creases (I usually forget to take them out when they're still warm though and kick myself cause they're all crinkled!)

beanieandme

Fidget wrote:

Is it safe to run your drier overnight? I could be wrong but I'm sure I remember a lot of house fires reported in the press had started this way - and I don't mean decades ago when technology wasn't as good.

My mum would go ballistic if I left the TD on then went to bed for this reason so it's kind of drummed into me!

We use radiators/clothes horse on the landing were its warmest and then finish off in TD to get rid of creases (I usually forget to take them out when they're still warm though and kick myself cause they're all crinkled!)

Great if you have a hallway or a big landing

victory

I know the greener option is the line but when it rains here for the last 4 days what are you supposed to do!! I have put them on the radiator but they always come up softer in the dryer, especially the towels so use the dryer more than I should I know but the work load is cut and the kids manage to go in clean dried school uniforms!! xx

Fidget

http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/press_eng/news_details.asp?id=154

Fidget

They usually get almost as soft if you hang them until virtually dry then put them in drier for 20mins. You have to take them out straight away (if you remember, lol) and fold/hang them up otherwise they will just crease up - but that's true for any TD usage.

We have managed to cut the electricity bill quite a bit by doing this, even taking the big energy price increases into account.

MatthewN

Dryer or radiators are the cheaper option for us. If we used a washing line then we would need to buy a new set of clothes as they would probably get nicked in our area

Fidget

beanieandme wrote:

Great if you have a hallway or a big landing

We don't, we have no hallway and only approx 7ft x 3ft landing - I know it is a pain but it does save money.