Tumble Dryer vs Radiators

jcr16

well i must say , both my children at the mo have tummy bugs and are being sick. my tumbley has been wonderful. and for emergancies like this it has been a life saver.

Lydia.42

Interesting to read all these posts. I was adamant that i would not have a dryer, even though my Mum recommended one every winter when she would feel how crispy our towels were, from being dried on the radiators. My argument was that they were too expensive to run.

When she moved last year, she had no room for her dryer, so we have it in our garage now (was in our spare room, but steamed up the place even thought we bought one of those special collector things for the fluff and water.

It didn't take long for me to become a convert to the dryer, and i used it a lot to begin with, until we saw how much our lecci bills were. Now we mainly use it in the winter for towels which are a nightmare to dry. Most other washing goes on a clothes horse in the spare room in front of the radiator, so doesn't get in the way too much.

tiff

I was given a dryer a couple of days ago after a few years of not having one. I got so fed up with washing everywhere, a family of 4 creates a lot of washing. Then my step Dad offered me a second hand dryer from a job he is doing and its just so much easier. I dont care about the cost, I love putting washing on the line, so as soon as drier days come round my washing will be out there but for now thank God for the dryer.

culpepper

I've had mine 16 years since DD was born. We had loads of nappies and 2 little kids and still had to tumble to keep up with the washing.
It is marvellous when they are not well or if one is a bed wetter.
Dont overload,keep the filter clean and only dry essentials .
I put mine on a timer to run it on economy7.
It can dry a full load of bedding in about an hour.
Shake each item out before you put it in so you don't end up with a big wet ball of washing ,the middle of the ball will stay wet as the air can't reach it.

tawnyowls

jacksons_mum wrote:

ive just got a new dryer off MIL for christmas and i dont understand it! it isnt a condenser as it doesnt collect the water but there is no hole to put a hose anywhere. apparently the air just comes out of the door but this is making my kitchen really wet, the window gets full of condensation and even the tiles get wet. the only solution i can think of is to open the window every time i use it but that lets all the heat out and means i cant have the dryer on when im out or in bed. any suggestions anyone?

That's because it's a vented one, and is supposed to go out through a vent (preferably cut in the wall) - if you have to, you can hang it out the window, but it's a bit chilly. You can, I think, get a venting kit to use with a window, so you cut a hole in the glass and fit that, but I have a vague feeling you can't use it with a double-glazed window.

susank

I have a bosch condenser drier - it calculates the time for drying from what you select i.e. iron dry - extra dry - cupboard dry etc - I love it and use it all the time in the winter - less ironing - not more as it reverse tumbles my washing and does not get so creased - in fact cotton long sleeved t shirts do not need ironing like they used to do so its less ironing here

hollyh

This is interesting for me as my tumble dryer broke about a month ago and i haven't decided whether to replace it or not.

At the moment i'm using the radiators and an airer on the landing.

I find that as long as i keep on top of the washing it's ok the only problem is having to do ironing again.

If the ironing costs as much as the dryer does then i may as well replace my tumble dryer.

CFC

When I was a kid tumble dryers hadn't been invented, but one piece of equipment some people had was a Flatley airer. Anybody remember 'em? Cheap to run I would guess. Tumble dryers eat electricity...

culpepper

In our council flat when I was a kid,there was a sort of warm air blower fitted into a cupboard with slatted shelves. There was also one of those heating poles which was basically a lump of metal you plugged in and it got hot.My mother didnt use either of them preferring to hang all our washing on the balcony. My friends mum had caravan airers which hung out of the balcony,over the wall to catch the wind.

scrimperjan

I don't have a tumble dryer any more - when I did have one I just used it to fluff up towels when they were nearly dry, and occasionally to get sheets and duvet covers out of the way if the weather wasn't good enough to dry them outside. In our house I find the landing at the top of the stairs is a good place to dry clothes on a clothes horse (or an airer as I believe they are called now) as heat rises from the hall radiator downstairs.