Tumble dryer tube??

kal25

Hi guys apologies if this is in the wrong place. Now I know that TD are not 'moneysaving' but as I have so much washing to get through I use it quite a bit. The one problem I have got is I have to put the tube out the window, which is above the TD and the tube keeps ripping which is leaving me with a very damp kitchen , unless I have all the windows open.(prefer not in this weather) :eek: Any ideas how I can save my tube or use something else to let the hot air out?? I did try one of those dehumidifiers from kleeneze but that didn't work either. If I cannot find a solution to this problem will have to buy a condenser one, which will not be moneysaving. TIA.

BrandNewDay

It sounds like your hose isn't long enough to reach the window easily? Perhaps you could get another length of hose to add on and make it long enough to reach.

kazmeister

I hate those TD tubes hoses with a passion. When I was first wed I had to have a TD as my essential and bought one, it never had a hose and just used to gently blow out the front. I always thought it was a condenser one but I never actually emptied anything so it prob wasnt. Bless it, it lasted for 15 years before finally dying and i had never had more than a tiny damp bit in front of it. My new one HAD to be the same and I found as near as, but it didnt vent out the front, so OH took the old vent off and put on the new one. Only diff is now kitchen has COLD floor tiles so do get a bit more damp but I just put old towel down if I'm doing a lot of drying and its fine.

kal25

Brandnewday the hose wasn't long enough so I brought one of those extension ones it is this that is ripping even though it is way long enough to reach?

nodwah

I used to have that problem and I finally gave in a bought a condensing one (white knight quite cheapo) and I'm now very happy!! Mind you I try not to use it very much as it's so hungry on the leccy and i prefer the smell of line dried washing.

jrrowleyws

Wrap a section of the tube with duck tape to reinforce it so the window doesnt tear it. Should fix your problem.

BrandNewDay

Yup... repair all tears with duct tape. That's what duct tape is for! Cheaper than a new dryer, although not too pretty.

poppett

kal25 wrote: »

I did try one of those dehumidifiers from kleeneze but that didn't work either. .

I have been hunting everywhere for one of those condensation boxes. Hubby walked the whole of Dorchester last week for me to no avail. Kleeneze was our last resort but if you say they don't work then I begrudge paying £20 for one. Does anyone have any other suggestions, where I can get one from?

I have a long hose but it still isn't long enough to reach my kitchen window, which means I have to have the back door open every time I need to tumble dry. So any warmth in the house is instantly lost. We are renting this place and there is only night storage heaters (which I try not to put on) so I want to keep as much heat in as possible.

kal25

Yeah poppett, we endede up getting a refund for ours. We will probably get a condenser dryer at some point but that doesn't help now IYSWIM.
However, I was wondering if we could not make our own. As in butter tub or something , cut hole in the top. Do you think it might work? I might give this a try, will the steam just condense in the tub with no holes?. I think the reason the kleeneze one didn't work was because there was lots of hot air still coming out.

fairenoughclough

jrrowleyws wrote: »

Wrap a section of the tube with duck tape to reinforce it so the window doesnt tear it. Should fix your problem.

Also create a loop of duck tape near the end of the hose and hang this onto your window handle to stop the hose moving around.

culpepper

Ours is in the understairs cupboard(no window). OH rented one of those huge hole cutters(from the tool hire place) to cut a hole in the bricks and bought a kit to connect the hose to a vent on the outside wall. The kit is basically a tube that you push through the hole in the inner and outer wall. The vent outside has a little sort of louvre flaps affair so rain can't get in. Cutting the hole only took a matter of half an hour at the most.