How to prevent damp drying laundry indoors?

trailingspouse

After your wash cycle has finished, put the clothes through a second spin cycle - you'll be amazed how much more water comes out of them. Then on to airers near radiators/other heat sources. After 2-3 hours (or whenever) check them, remove clothes that are dry and turn others round/over. After about a day, anything that still isn't completely dry - put it in the tumble dryer on the lowest setting.

I do this on wet days if I can't get the clothes outside, and I rarely have to put the dryer on for more than 30 minutes.

Kaimoo

We can't get gas where we are so stuck with electric storage heaters.

But I agree get a good tumble dryer that's more energy efficient, it'll cost more but it'll pay off in the long term.

lstar337

sniggings wrote: »

you would be far better learning how to use your dryer or buying a better one,.

Not all clothes are suitable for a drier, and a dehumidifier costs significantly less to run.

sniggings wrote: »

Using a dehumidifier costs a lot to run and they need to be on all day or night and the flat needs to be warm too for it to work best. They are also noisy.

Wow, all of that is wrong. They don't cost a lot to run, they don't need to be on all day and night (most are humidistat controlled), it doesn't need to be warm (over freezing for compressor type, desiccant types are fine even colder), and desiccant types are not noisy, they make about the same amount of noise as a desk fan!

sniggings wrote: »

if you have a good spin on your washer, clothes come out nearly dry anyway so a dryer is not that expensive to run, could be less than a dehumidifier even.

Not a chance, a dehumidifier will cost far less to run.

Bennifred

lstar337 wrote: »

Not all clothes are suitable for a drier, and a drier costs significantly less to run.

Wow, all of that is wrong. They don't cost a lot to run, they don't need to be on all day and night (most are humidistat controlled), it doesn't need to be warm (over freezing for compressor type, desiccant types are fine even colder), and desiccant types are not noisy, they make about the same amount of noise as a desk fan!

Not a chance, a dehumidifier will cost far less to run.

Correct! :beer:

PlymouthMaid

A dehum will also warm the house a little so you will spend a bit less on heating costs.

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stargirl04 wrote: »

I've had bad experiences with clothes shrinking, and so I prefer to dry them on an airer.

Me too, but few people acknowledge there's a problem!

sniggings

lstar337 wrote: »

Not all clothes are suitable for a drier, and a drier costs significantly less to run.

Wow, all of that is wrong. They don't cost a lot to run, they don't need to be on all day and night (most are humidistat controlled), it doesn't need to be warm (over freezing for compressor type, desiccant types are fine even colder), and desiccant types are not noisy, they make about the same amount of noise as a desk fan!

Not a chance, a dehumidifier will cost far less to run.

make your mind up, first you say a dryer costs less to run then say it costs more.

I said all day OR night if you are going to correct me get it right yourself.

we have no idea of the humidiy in the Op's place so it could take all day, also factor in the room size, fact is they need to be on for hours to dry clothes, I have one and even after being in the dryer the clothes nearly dry the dehumidifier still had to be on for most of the day and the clothes were still not totally dry.

A good drier can cost less than 30p to dry a load, whereas yes a dehumidifier has a stat but chances are it will be on full most of the time as the drying programe is normally full power, would only be on less power in the smallest of rooms and one where the humidity is very low, which is probably not the case, the most expensive dehumidifier on John Lewis is 750watts so 8hours you would be spending 6 units of electric instead of 2 with the drier, so sorry but you are totally and utterly wrong. :rotfl:

sniggings

PlymouthMaid wrote: »

A dehum will also warm the house a little so you will spend a bit less on heating costs.

and the dryer wouldn't?

sk240

A decent desiccant dehumidifier would solve your problems, a tumble dryer unless vented will also increase the humidity.
the best budget option would be this.
http://www.appliancesdirect.co.uk/p_dd122fw-simple_ecoair-dd122fwsimple-dehumidifier/version.asp?refsource=APadwords&cr!!!!!AP&gclid=CPa9iY2FmcECFY_MtAodmicA2g

Reducing the humidity in your flat to around 60% would also mean you would stop mould, and probably stop you getting a cold too.

melanzana

OP you say you live in a top floor flat, is it likely that someone could get in through your open windows?

Top floors are generally the safest. If you think it is unsafe, well then, the de humidifier is the answer really.

Can you get your windows to open on the latch, they are locked, but open a crack. thats what I do in my boxroom... sorry laundry room!