Drying clothes in the rain!

good_advice

Agree - storm pegs are good. I was reading an e book last year that mentioned them. I went looking and then changed all my pegs.
Nothing comes off the line in the wind any more.

meer53

Despite the showers, my washing has all been dried outside today. This cover looks interesting though !

camNolliesMUMMY

It's a great idea! But wondering if I can use polythene to do the same job?

Seakay

I've got a desiccant dehumidifier which i bought after deciding that as rain rarely comes without wind where I am the covers were unlikely to be very helpful for me (although I don't know anyone with one so I could have made the wrong decision ) I decided desiccant was better than a compressor http://www.dehumidifiersuk.com/g/1085491/guide-to-desiccant-vs-compressor-.html?gclid=CLjY1Ob6i8ACFRHHtAodbT8ApA
and got one for about £70 a few years ago. Running costs are cheap (pence per hour - rack of washing dries in 5 hours if eg heavy jumpers or less if not) and room is warmed a very little.
I got it originally to dry out damp in the house and now i use it in winter when I can't get washing outside. It's odd at first because the dry washing isn't warmed so you can't always tell it isn't still damp until you get used to it.

Butterfly_Brain

I have been known to put the airer in the greenhouse during the winter and just have the seedlings in the utility room :whistle:

camNolliesMUMMY

We haven't got a shed yet. We only moved in a month ago and moved from a flat which had a built in shed. Need to buy one! My old neighbour used to use her normal garden shed to hang washing in and leave the doors lightly open. So that could be an idea?

VJsmum

I think my cover was £50? I am sure sheds are dearer?

I don't know what a tumble dryer costs to run but my £50 cover has lasted a couple of years and when it did disintegrate (partly though me not looking after it as I should - I.e it did get blown about in wind and it did have heavy snow on it at some points) I bought a new one in a flash.

As I say, I am not sure it does "everything it says on the tin" but as a bleeding great umbrella it works a treat.:D

trailingspouse

Agree with the Nana who said the washing will dry if the ground is dry. Also (unless it's the height of summer) things won't dry after about 4pm. During the summer you can put things out over night and they'll be dry by morning.

My own personal trick on 'doubtful' days is to put the clothes on the clothes horse, outside. Then if it starts to rain I can grab the whole lot in one go and bring them back inside quickly. And then they're already on the clothes horse ready to dry indoors - or go back outside if it clears up. And so on.

My normal routine is to wash on Day 1, hang outside if I can, or dry indoors. Anything that still isn't completely dry by the end of Day 2 goes in the tumble dryer.

My Mum swears by drying in the garage on bad days - washing line strung corner to corner, garage doors open front and back. I would only work if a) you don't have a car in there b) it isn't full of complete carp c) you're in a low crime neighbourhood and d) you're at home all day. Thinking on, she's probably the only woman in the entire country who can tick all 4 of those boxes... Still, it works for her.

pigpen

I only use my dryer for undies and the baby bits and thin fabrics.. heavy stuff like towels and bedding and jeans and hoodies all get hung on airers and put in the dryer to air off next day, usually they don't go in the dryer and just dangle there until they are dry or used by those who need them.!


I go by the 'if the ground is dry the washing will dry too' philosophy.. rarely fails.. and if it doesn't dry I leave it out until it is!! I did rinse through a load of white stuff that got rained on torrentially a few days ago but it dried within about 20 minutes of going back out.. it was incredibly windy and the sun was very warm when the wind let up!


I have a Lakeland heated airer which I use in the winter and 1 metal frame airer.. heavy stuff is still hung on doors then aired on radiators. I find the little bit of moisture stops the rooms feeling so dry and airless.. I have been known to walk around with water sprays and put bowls of water on rads.

My heating is off April-October.. so its not all year round..

There are 11 of us here so we have mountains of laundry!!

Butterfly_Brain

pigpen wrote: »

I only use my dryer for undies and the baby bits and thin fabrics.. heavy stuff like towels and bedding and jeans and hoodies all get hung on airers and put in the dryer to air off next day, usually they don't go in the dryer and just dangle there until they are dry or used by those who need them.!


I go by the 'if the ground is dry the washing will dry too' philosophy.. rarely fails.. and if it doesn't dry I leave it out until it is!! I did rinse through a load of white stuff that got rained on torrentially a few days ago but it dried within about 20 minutes of going back out.. it was incredibly windy and the sun was very warm when the wind let up!


I have a Lakeland heated airer which I use in the winter and 1 metal frame airer.. heavy stuff is still hung on doors then aired on radiators. I find the little bit of moisture stops the rooms feeling so dry and airless.. I have been known to walk around with water sprays and put bowls of water on rads.

My heating is off April-October.. so its not all year round..

There are 11 of us here so we have mountains of laundry!!

11 :eek: Good heavens it is bad enough with five of us :eek: