Radiator or tumble dryer?

GhostHunter_3

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We live in a small bungalow with no airing cupboard the boiler is in the kitchen. Infact there are NO cupboards at all in the whole bungalow!

As its a bungalow we have no banisters either

There is just my husband and myself but there always seems to be loads of washing and towels and were not the type to change clothes every (or several times) a day really, I dread to think what it will be like with children!

I think we always have so much washing as
A) I divide it up into darks, lights and towels
and
I try to do the washing twice a week (sometimes once) to keep the cost down.

I will see if anyone in my area on FreeCycle has an 'over the bath dryer thingy' and 'clothes airers/horses'.

Thanks keep the tips coming very intereting!

:T

lil_me

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50717287

£20 but good if you are short of space, my friend uses one in her flat.

http://www.aplaceforeverything.co.uk/shop/index.php?page=205

These are the same as what I have but in metal, I only paid a few £ for mine and was a pack of 2 (in local charity shop originally bought from Kleeneze or Bettaware I think) worth keeping an eye open for something similar, you just put the things on hangers and dry them on there, multi use

dips_3

When I was a child I recall having something called a 'flatly' in my bedroom. I was in a garage extension bedroom - garage below and three outside walls (f***in freezing in the winter)

the flatly was a box about the size of a tumble dryer. It was a heater but you could lift the lid of and hang clothes inside on bars. It heated the room and dried the clothes at the same time.

It was bralliant but you can;t buy these now days.

I have now resorted to a maiden in front of the gas fire - I won;t use the tumble dryer or put the central heating on yet.

viktory

Drying clothes over a radiator demands that windows are opened as this is a factor in condensation in the home. This, in turn, leads to mould growth.

GhostHunter_3

dips wrote:

When I was a child I recall having something called a 'flatly' in my bedroom. I was in a garage extension bedroom - garage below and three outside walls (f***in freezing in the winter)

the flatly was a box about the size of a tumble dryer. It was a heater but you could lift the lid of and hang clothes inside on bars. It heated the room and dried the clothes at the same time.

It was bralliant but you can;t buy these now days.

I have now resorted to a maiden in front of the gas fire - I won;t use the tumble dryer or put the central heating on yet.

Yes been there as well Mum in laws house has a converted garage with a 'lean to' conservatory built on the end, it was too hot in summer and ice cold in winter when we lived with in laws that was our 'flat' off their bungalow!

We dont have a fire at the moment heat comes from radiators. wish those things were still available maybe someone on FreeCycle has one lurking smewhere lol? Our bungalow doesnt need heating at the moment thats why heating is on minimum to dry clothes! Its like the tropics!

Thanks

Mrs_Sparkle

mollyjak wrote:

I bought one of those stands which have three 'arms' coming from the top - for putting your clothes after ironing I think.
I put all blouses, shirts, tops etc onto hangers and hang them up on that and they dry quite quickly without stopping the warmth from radiators. Towels go over the banister on the landing!!!!

I do exactly the same! Sheets also go over the bannisters. I think I've only used the dryer bit of my washer/dryer about half a dozen times. I don't mind crunchy towels though :rotfl:

itsnotfair_2

I use an airer, mine is a wooden concertina type thing (had it all married life - 22 years) , folds down flat when not in use. It lives in front of a radiator in winter. I wash every day. 3 adults and 1 child (1 other adult just got married so that cut down the washing) One load put on the airer in the morning will be dry by the next morning and does'nt make condensation either.
I do use the dryer for towels if I am desparate but I know it costs loads and my radiators are hot so why waste the heat?

chevalier

My mum STILL has one of these. They are absolutely great for drying clothes/heating a room. A flatly that is. It must be at least 40 years old and still works!

Jonesya

Don't forget if you're on Economy 7 you can save a few pence per load by running the tumble dryer over night.

immoral_angeluk

Radiators for us too. Can't justify the extra cost of a tumble dryer even though it would be nice to have soft towels again!