Drying clothes indoors

Bexpoimlo

Mojisola wrote: »

It should be obvious from the first time you use it.

Well it's a little bigger, than other ones I've used.
My bedroom is only big enough for the window sill ones and up until now I've used disposable ones but the new one is bigger and has the vent thingy that moisture enters bigger as if to draw more in and it uses tablets which I can easily purchase. It seems better but not perfect.

I was hoping to gain some other ideas

Mojisola

Bexpoimlo wrote: »

Well it's a little bigger, than other ones I've used.
My bedroom is only big enough for the window sill ones and up until now I've used disposable ones but the new one is bigger and has the vent thingy that moisture enters bigger as if to draw more in and it uses tablets which I can easily purchase. It seems better but not perfect.

I was hoping to gain some other ideas

Those won't do the job. You need an electric one.

Bexpoimlo

Mojisola wrote: »

Those won't do the job. You need an electric one.

My dad has one but it's too big to fit in my bedroom as considering I'm always in my bedroom working they're too noisy for me to concentrate

NewShadow

Bexpoimlo wrote: »

All I want to know is if there is a way I can keep my window open even on first lock but if there's something I can do to vent the cold air, either stop it from coming in or vent it coming in, so it doesn't feel so cold.

It's basic physics - if you have an opening (of any size) between a hot place and a cold place - heat moves from one to the other.

You can place something in the gap (like a curtain) to limit the heat exchange - but in doing so you also limit the air exchange.

You can have an 'air lock' system - where the temperature differential is resolved artificially (such as an air-conditioning unit) but this would need to be installed - and probably isn't an option for you.

Or you can do as has already been advised - you can open your window for half an hour/an hour a day to allow air to circulate.

This will cut damp, allow the clothes to dry, and stop that fusty buildup you often get in adolescent rooms when the air is stale and shut in.

Hope that helps.

indsty

You can't open a window and expect the cold air not to come in - therefore you will feel chilly.

Windowsill dehumidifiers are not enough to cope with the amount of water in a pile of washing. You need a proper electric one. The one I have only has a very quiet hum, not enough to disturb you at all - plus it throws out a bit of heat so the washing gets dried quicker.

You could try buying an electrically heated clothes drier (Lakeland) so your clothes would dry quicker.

Your family needs to come to a collective decision about washing - if you are all drying washing in closed rooms the whole house must be damp.

elsien

Bexpoimlo wrote: »

I was hoping to gain some other ideas

To be fair, you've been given a lot of other suggestions, but have decided none of them are workable for you.
Maybe you need to reconsider to see if there's anything you can compromise on.

rach_k

If you absolutely can't dry your clothes elsewhere in the house and you can't/won't leave the window open more often, I would look again at the washer-dryer situation. We are a 4 person family with a washer-dryer and it is not in use constantly so there must be some time when you could use it to dry your clothes. Even if you only did an hour of drying in it that would help. What I normally do is put a mixed load of clothes in to wash, then take out anything I don't want to tumble dry (hang that up) and set the rest to dry. I don't use the dryer overnight but there's still PLENTY of time for everybody's washing! It does cost more than air drying but if it saves on heating and fixing the mess after your walls have gotten soggy, it may be worth it.

Or how about you leave your washing downstairs to dry overnight? Put it out as everybody goes to bed then get up 10 minutes early to bring it upstairs before people get up.

As another poster suggested, if you're aiming to be more grown-up/independent, I also think you should consider doing other people's washing, not because you have to but because that is what grown-ups do - they see something that is not getting done that is affecting everybody so they do it without a fuss. You say your dad is particular about how things are done but would your brother really kick up a fuss if his washing basket was emptied and his folded washing placed on his bed the next day?!

Bexpoimlo

NewShadow wrote: »

It's basic physics - if you have an opening (of any size) between a hot place and a cold place - heat moves from one to the other.

You can place something in the gap (like a curtain) to limit the heat exchange - but in doing so you also limit the air exchange.

You can have an 'air lock' system - where the temperature differential is resolved artificially (such as an air-conditioning unit) but this would need to be installed - and probably isn't an option for you.

Or you can do as has already been advised - you can open your window for half an hour/an hour a day to allow air to circulate.

This will cut damp, allow the clothes to dry, and stop that fusty buildup you often get in adolescent rooms when the air is stale and shut in.

Hope that helps.

I know basic physics, I'm not stupid.

I thought they may of been some meshy type of thing around that could have possibly helped, I mean even slowed down the cold air coming in like a vent with smaller openings type thing or something.

And as mentioned I've already tried previous suggestions and they don't work for my situation, or is this more of a do as I suggest forum.

And my adolescent bedroom isn't fusty at all and I'm actually offended my the suggestion, my bedroom is regularly cleaned and I've never been able to tolerate my bedroom being smelly or fusty.

My window does get opened to let stale air out but again as mentioned I get cold and well sorry but I don't partially put that before my health.

Bexpoimlo

indsty wrote: »

You can't open a window and expect the cold air not to come in - therefore you will feel chilly.

Windowsill dehumidifiers are not enough to cope with the amount of water in a pile of washing. You need a proper electric one. The one I have only has a very quiet hum, not enough to disturb you at all - plus it throws out a bit of heat so the washing gets dried quicker.

You could try buying an electrically heated clothes drier (Lakeland) so your clothes would dry quicker.

Your family needs to come to a collective decision about washing - if you are all drying washing in closed rooms the whole house must be damp.

Again there isn't space in my bedroom for one as previously mentioned in the same reply.

And again as previously mention my brother doesn't dry his clothes in his bedroom but downstairs as well as my parents, maybe no one understands that downstairs are open, they are in every house I've been in and I've been in plenty of houses due to my job.

In the warmer wheather the washing does dry outside, it's the cooler months that is the problem (thought I'd add this part in just in case people assume it's a year round thing, as I'm clearly that stupid)

Bexpoimlo

elsien wrote: »

To be fair, you've been given a lot of other suggestions, but have decided none of them are workable for you.
Maybe you need to reconsider to see if there's anything you can compromise on.

A good suggestions they are too, but it's not something I've decided, they just simply don't work for me