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drying laundry
babydragon_64
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Hi, I really need some advice.
After living in a damp, rented flats for the last 18 years I have finally managed to buy my own place. My rented flat had a cold damp back yard, no direct sun so it was impossible to dry laundry outside. It did have gas central heating though so I could open the windows and have the heating on low and the washing would dry in a few hours.
One of the pleasures of the last few months has been drying my washing outside on the line on a gorgeous summer's day (south facing garden). Summer doesn’t last forever though and the last few weeks have been pretty rubbish weather with a lot of rain. I work full time so I cannot put laundry out before I go to work as it has rained most days. So I am having massive problems drying laundry at the moment which is only going to get worse as autumn and winter approach. My laundry currently ends up smelling a bit funny sitting on a clothes airer for a couple of days. It's quite a big clothes airer so I don't have a lot of options where I locate it in the house.
I live in a small townhouse, with main rooms facing south so they are pretty warm and have been since I moved in. There is an integrated garage, quite small, quite cool. When I moved in in April it was cold in the garage. There's no gas central heating (no gas in the property, or on the estate) and only a couple of electric storage heaters which are currently turned off as I haven’t needed them so much. I am hoping to take these out and replace with thermostatically controlled economical electric radiators but this will take time.
The kitchen is small and there's no room to add a vented tumble dryer. The garage is a possibility but it is cool and sloping and the only place an electric socket could go is against an internal wall so there is no ventilation. A condenser dryer or heat pump dryer would fit in here but I have read they don't thrive too well in a cold environment.
There seems to be mixed reviews about heated clothes airers, don’t dry clothes very well, can cause condensation, etc. So I am really at a loss about what to do. Any advice or thoughts anyone has would be much appreciated.
Debs
After living in a damp, rented flats for the last 18 years I have finally managed to buy my own place. My rented flat had a cold damp back yard, no direct sun so it was impossible to dry laundry outside. It did have gas central heating though so I could open the windows and have the heating on low and the washing would dry in a few hours.
One of the pleasures of the last few months has been drying my washing outside on the line on a gorgeous summer's day (south facing garden). Summer doesn’t last forever though and the last few weeks have been pretty rubbish weather with a lot of rain. I work full time so I cannot put laundry out before I go to work as it has rained most days. So I am having massive problems drying laundry at the moment which is only going to get worse as autumn and winter approach. My laundry currently ends up smelling a bit funny sitting on a clothes airer for a couple of days. It's quite a big clothes airer so I don't have a lot of options where I locate it in the house.
I live in a small townhouse, with main rooms facing south so they are pretty warm and have been since I moved in. There is an integrated garage, quite small, quite cool. When I moved in in April it was cold in the garage. There's no gas central heating (no gas in the property, or on the estate) and only a couple of electric storage heaters which are currently turned off as I haven’t needed them so much. I am hoping to take these out and replace with thermostatically controlled economical electric radiators but this will take time.
The kitchen is small and there's no room to add a vented tumble dryer. The garage is a possibility but it is cool and sloping and the only place an electric socket could go is against an internal wall so there is no ventilation. A condenser dryer or heat pump dryer would fit in here but I have read they don't thrive too well in a cold environment.
There seems to be mixed reviews about heated clothes airers, don’t dry clothes very well, can cause condensation, etc. So I am really at a loss about what to do. Any advice or thoughts anyone has would be much appreciated.
Debs
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Buy a washer-dryer, surely?
BTW, don't get rid of your storage heaters, unless you want to pay a fortune for heating.0 -
Maybe a dehumidifyer .This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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Look into getting a dehumidifier0
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I'd say a small dehumidifier would be best.... small/portable/cheap.0
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It's a wall-mounted tumble dryer.0 -
Better not to put the moisture into the air inside the house in the first place. Gives all sorts of problems with condensation and associated problems.
I'd find some way to have a tumble dryer.
I'd echo JKO's comment as well. "Economical" electric heaters are no more "economical" then any other electric heater. With any electric heater you basically get out nearly all the energy you put in as heat. Normal "day" rate electricity is a fairly expensive way to get heat. Storage heaters run on "off peak" rate leccy which is cheaper.0 -
A small dehumidifier has worked well for us, we have a ceiling hung laundry rack in our (small) bathroom and the dehumidifier has definitely cut down on drying time and stops clothes getting that stale smell. It's not too loud or expensive to run either. We also run the dehumidifier after showers in the winter to get rid of excess moisture in the bathroom, so in that way it's more versatile than a tumble dryer.0
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It's surprising how your clothes can dry in even the dullest of days, I live in the wettest, coldest place known to man and I may still get some drying done at the weekends, do you have a shed or anything under cover where a line could go up?0
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Many years ago I secured a square of thick plastic to the tips of a rotary line. It worked pretty well on unpredictable days.
It wasn't aesthetically pleasing.0 -
Buy a dehumidifier with a clothes drying setting, they are brilliant.0
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