Cycle to Work - Wet Clothes?

Ibrahim5

If you work somewhere that uses dry compressed air you can spray it on your clothes and they dry in seconds. Quite miraculous.

[Deleted User]

Apologies for bumping as I've been so busy at work I haven't been on the forum since August

However, the heated air driers (you can get them online for about £40 look like a good bet. I am contemplating the LakeLand Dry Soon Pod (it's about £70) as we have their big drier rack at home and it does a great job. You can hang up clothes and just leave it while the heated air dries everything. It might be a bit overkill I guess given the few days we have lots of rain but drying space on radiators is somewhat limited at the office and in summer the heating isn't on so it's worth a consideration. I used to have a fan heater that I had on blowing at the clothes / boots and kept having to turn them around during the day which was a pain.

coffeehound

Sweaty clothes being heated and dried in the office?

FrankRizzo

coffeehound said:

Sweaty clothes being heated and dried in the office?

Its not so much sweat smell, its a dampness smell if its raining or a wet towel after shower and they are left in a bag all day.

If its on a radiator then the office won't have a damp smell.

I have water proof trousers/jacket/socks so a shake of them and they probably be fine. 

Just need solution for trainers and towel, but think i will need to just use a radiator.

FrankRizzo

Deleted_User said:

Apologies for bumping as I've been so busy at work I haven't been on the forum since August

However, the heated air driers (you can get them online for about £40 look like a good bet. I am contemplating the LakeLand Dry Soon Pod (it's about £70) as we have their big drier rack at home and it does a great job. You can hang up clothes and just leave it while the heated air dries everything. It might be a bit overkill I guess given the few days we have lots of rain but drying space on radiators is somewhat limited at the office and in summer the heating isn't on so it's worth a consideration. I used to have a fan heater that I had on blowing at the clothes / boots and kept having to turn them around during the day which was a pain.

Great idea about air dryer, but unfortunately there is no room for it. Fan heater will be good as I will be in early so can put that on before people moan its too hot , although office is cold first thing so I might get some high fives

[Deleted User]

coffeehound said:

Sweaty clothes being heated and dried in the office?

Who said anything about doing it in the office? Bike is presumably not stored there, put the drier where bike is stored. I have a parts store and a warehouse to use. The smell with cover on isn't really that bad, way better than on radiators though I wouldn't do it in the canteen or anything like that!

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FrankRizzo said:

Deleted_User said:

Apologies for bumping as I've been so busy at work I haven't been on the forum since August

However, the heated air driers (you can get them online for about £40 look like a good bet. I am contemplating the LakeLand Dry Soon Pod (it's about £70) as we have their big drier rack at home and it does a great job. You can hang up clothes and just leave it while the heated air dries everything. It might be a bit overkill I guess given the few days we have lots of rain but drying space on radiators is somewhat limited at the office and in summer the heating isn't on so it's worth a consideration. I used to have a fan heater that I had on blowing at the clothes / boots and kept having to turn them around during the day which was a pain.

Great idea about air dryer, but unfortunately there is no room for it. Fan heater will be good as I will be in early so can put that on before people moan its too hot , although office is cold first thing so I might get some high fives

Only problem with the fan heater which I forgot to add was that it burnt out pretty quickly given the small amount of use - it was in a reasonably small store and on for about 8 hours (not on max) but I think I probably only used it maybe 20-30 times over a couple of years. The air drier I am talking about is I think less than 1m square footprint, if you can store a bike there, I'm sure you can fit it in even if it's on an extension cord

bouicca21

On the subject of the shower only being in the men’s toilets … at my last place it took very little effort to have a gents rebranded as unisex.  Mind you that was an office building that had started out life as a house, and there were no urinals, so the men weren’t frightened we’d see their appendages.

coffeehound

FrankRizzo said:

Just need solution for trainers and towel, but think i will need to just use a radiator.

Trainers?  On a radiator?  At work?  
No.

oh_really

Employer needs reminded of their duties in legislation. Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 - Regulation Regulation 23 Accommodation for clothing....

"(1) Suitable and sufficient accommodation shall be provided –

(a) for the clothing of any person at work which is not worn during working

hours".

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the accommodation

mentioned in that paragraph shall not be suitable unless
(d) it is in a suitable location

The ACoP and accompanying guidance notes provide detail on how the employer can impliment the regs.