Is your heating ON or OFF?

jackieb

OrkneyStar wrote: »

When it is not cold outside, and when I can get my washing dried on the line!
We live in the Northern Isles so our seasons are a bit behind central england lol!

I'm not as far north as you (but still north of Aberdeen) and you'd be surprised by how much the washing dries in this weather. Once they're taken inside they only take an hour or 2 to dry on the clothes horse.

Taken today. It's been weather like this for the past 4 days and i've hung out every day. Had to knock snow off the clothesline first though.

OrkneyStar

jackieb wrote: »

I'm not as far north as you (but still north of Aberdeen) and you'd be surprised by how much the washing dries in this weather. Once they're taken inside they only take an hour or 2 to dry on the clothes horse.

Taken today. It's been weather like this for the past 4 days and i've hung out every day. Had to knock snow off the clothesline first though.

You would be surprised how little it dries where I live, speaking from experience!
As I also have a very bad lower back I simply find it too difficult to hang it all outside, only to have to hang it all indoors again! Also it can be very windy here, sometimes too windy for washing, so it is harder than you think to dry washing here.
I get your point though and try to get washing out as much as I can when the weather is decent for drying- by this I mean weather where I won't have to hang twice! If my back was ok then I would happily do what you do!

jackieb

I agree that it can be too windy for washing. It just gets wound up around the lines.

And somethings are just not worth putting your back out for.

A_fiend_for_life

I left mine out overnight a few weeks ago only to find it had snowed and then defrosted leaving just the waistbands soaked. I do jeans upside down in snowy weather now.

Looks great though.

jackieb wrote: »

I'm not as far north as you (but still north of Aberdeen) and you'd be surprised by how much the washing dries in this weather. Once they're taken inside they only take an hour or 2 to dry on the clothes horse.

Taken today. It's been weather like this for the past 4 days and i've hung out every day. Had to knock snow off the clothesline first though.

jackieb

A_fiend_for_life wrote: »

I left mine out overnight a few weeks ago only to find it had snowed and then defrosted over the waistbands. I do jeans upside down in snowy weather now.

Looks great though.

Good idea. Thanks.

mrsr

My heating is on for a hour in the morning, i have my shower then go to bed as i work nights. Last night was my night off when i got up i didn't get showered or dressed till 11.00. by then the bathroom was freezing and i couldn't face the cold i turned the heating on and right up i had a lovly shower in a nice warm bathroom but boy didn't i feel quilty about useing the gas after wards, a bit like when your on a diet then give in to that bar of chocolate

Caterina

I loved the picture of the washing out on the line with the snow - always thought that if I hung washing outside when very cold they would freeze solid, obviously this is not the case.

Thank you jackieb, you have inspired me to put the clothes out to part-dry at least even when cold (not in the rain obviously hehehe).

Today, heating on (low but constant) all day, because it is cold and, as you know, the myth goes:

"It takes more energy to heat a space from freezing cold than to keep it on fairly low regularly" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

A_fiend_for_life

Lazy line drying:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Lazy-Line-Dry/

aliadds

Washing partially dryed on the line here today....and heating on from 3-5pm to take the chill off!:)

scottiedog

babyboysmommy wrote: »

What temperature does everyone have their thermostats at?

We have a hallway thermostat - when we go to bed we have it on '13' so it would kick back on if the temperature dropped below that. During the day/evening if we are at home we turn it up degree by degree - the maximum that we've had it has been '19' (so far). We also have an open fire in the lounge - we buy coal but keep the costs down by foraging for wood throughout the year - I also make paper bricks to burn.
Scottiedog