Tumble Dryer vs Radiators

tranquil_2

Thank you, that's reassuring. I'll try the bleach solution, hopefully it will keep it at bay!

WestonDave

Mold spores are released into the air by mould as a means of reproducing - they blow away on the breeze and land to form new mould colonies. They are microscopic like pollen and like pollen are thought to be an allergen. Some people are allergic enough to react to them outdoors where they obviously disperse more in the breeze etc, but if you start getting them indoors they can't escape into the outside and the concentration builds which makes a reaction more likely - bit like when the pollen count is higher, hayfever is worse. As mould likes warm damp areas to collonise and then produce spores its not thought to be a good idea if you have respiratory conditions.

On the original question we use a combination of dryer plus radiators for the non dryer stuff - with two under 3's we just don't have the time. One thing which I don't think has been mentioned yet is that since we had our cavity walls done 4 weeks ago, the heating doesn't kick in (thermostat set at 17C in the day, 14C at night) except for about one hour in the morning to knock off the overnight loss so if we were to switch away from the dryer, we'd have to heat the house unnecessarily (probably ending up opening windows to let it out again!) or have damp washing just relying on ambiant heat to dry - neither is surely going to be more cost effective than a decent dryer which heats only the air it requires for drying. We do use the line outside in summer although this year funnily enough it didn't get much use!

moanymoany

Even Amy whatsit who wrote the tightwad gazettes uses a tumble dryer to dry nappies as it makes them soft for the baby's little botty, she has 6 children, so plenty of experience.

She tests everything for cost before deciding what to buy or make, but there are times that she says the cost is worth the result, like drying nappies.

BBC

Also if you are using condenser dryer you can use the collected water to mop the floor and if you use it as soon as the clothes are dry the water is pretty hot
If you do dry clothes inside might need a dehumidifier a couple of other posts say it can help reduce condensation and also make help with mould issue

princess_loki

was just wondering if anyone had worked out if it is cheaper to tumble dry a couple of loads of washing or if it works out better to dry on airer / radiators???

i am at home all day and am quite happy to put on big jumpers / slippers and attempt to dry it all outside (wishful thinking at the mo!) and then resort to tumble dryer as last option. BUT would it be more cost efficient to have heating on low setting all day and get it dry on the rads and airer???

p.s. my tumble drier is very very old so probably not very efficient...

Pink.

Hi princess loki,

There is an earlier thread on exactly the same topic that should help so I've added your post to it to keep the replies together.

Pink

princess_loki

Pink-winged wrote: »

Hi princess loki,

There is an earlier thread on exactly the same topic that should help so I've added your post to it to keep the replies together.

Pink

thank you :A

Cookie_monster_7

Does half an hour of tumble dryer use work out more expensive than having the central heating on all night or is it cheaper?

What do you do?

My DH says the td must use up loads of electricity but I think it must be cheaper than 8 hours of heating

Penelope_Penguin

We live in a draughty Victorian house. I put the laundry onto the creel and it's dry by morning, and we only have the heating on during the day (and we don't keep the house hot ).

We have an existing thread asking this question - Tumble drier vs radiator - so I'll merge the threads together later

Penny. x

MadMonkey

We halved out electric bill by not using the tumble dryer:eek:

We now put clothes on the airers before bed and they are dry in the morning - we never dry them direct on the radiators as this makes condensation wors and reduces the heat thrown from the radiators - we have a cold house.

I have just got a 3rd airer so i can spread clothes out more.

You do not need the radiators on to dry clothes - so putting them on an airer id free !!

You may need to pay out to buy the airers but that is only £10 ish per airer - and the added bonus is my house smells lovely of clean washing !!