Drying clothes in new flat

jvpari

What about a Sheila maid or a retractable rack on the wall? You wouldn't have to find a home for it when collapsed.

maninthestreet

Good luck living near a sewage works - is your property up-wind or down-wind of the sewage works, with respect to the prevailing winds?

Pingu1

Thanks for the response. I have access to a garden, so when the weathers nice I can use a washing line. Maybe I could use a small electric towel rail in the bathroom to dry heavy items (towels and jeans) and a dri buddi for everything else. How would you install a towel rail if the flat is electric only?

Mind you, a de-humidifier would cost the same as the two put together, so perhaps that's a better option....

slowcoachme

How far away is the laundrette? Can you go there to dry clothes or leave them there to be done, so you collect after work?

freeisgood

I would really be wary of causing damp, (and your home feeling damp) in a small living space.
I would get a washer/dryer, OR do washing at home in a washer and do a huge dry at a launderette once a week.

Then you can do the occasional small item wash so to dry in the bathroom (hanging on the shower rail on a hanger with the bathroom door shut and window open).

This way your home wont be damp, especially in the winter.

Mallotum_X

Is there a laundrette nearby?

martin2345uk

I bought a de longhi dehumidifier to help with general dampness issues in a small flat when drying clothes, it worked a treat, couldn't believe the amount of water it sucked out of the air. Didn't seem at all expensive to run either. Still use it every now and then in my house when drying indoors, as it just seems to speed things along.

bristol_pilot

A dehumidifer can be cheaper than a tumble drier to run, but you ideally need to put the clothes on a rack in a separate room (e.g. small bedroom) with the dehumidifier and close the door. In a studio flat I would not fancy racks of damp clothes in my living/bedroom! So, for me, the answer would be a (condensing) tumble drier or to replace the washing machine with a washer/drier. They are not horrendously expensive to run, especially as 'waste' heat on a condensing model goes to heat the flat and as you are 'all electric' anyway will off set some of what you would have paid for heating anyway. The water collected by a condenser tumble drier is suitable for ironing.

The service wash at the local launderette would be a convenient option but probably expensive.

Any option that just pumps the moisture into the atmosphere within the flat will lead pretty quickly to horrendous condensation and damage to the fabric of the building as well as your possessions, unless you leave windows open on two sides - not very practical in a ground floor bedsit and very very expensive if you have heating on at the same time.

CC-Warrior

I've used clothes airers, heating on and with the windows open a little. You can also try putting clothes on hangers and placing over the curtain rails so that they catch the sun/air. I use a little tumble dryer too, you can buy extra long dryer hose on eBay so you could trail the hose to a window or door. I try not to dry my best clothes in the tumble dryer, natural is best.

Pingu1

What about a pulleymaid suspended from the ceiling?