Drying clothes?

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Household generates about 4 loads of washing a week, too expensive to run the temperamental tumble drier. Don’t have an outdoor space for washing line or whirly-gig, or the headroom for a ceiling drying rack. Trying to keep the heating off, bar the occasional 30 minute run to take the edge off, for as long as possible.
Have an indoor clothes horse, but with the heating off things aren’t drying on it as fast as new loads need to be washed and dried. It’s permanently up at the moment, and taking up an awful lot of space.
Am I missing a trick? Is there a way to dry clothes fully, quickly, and cheaply, or is it that you have to pick 2/3?
Have an indoor clothes horse, but with the heating off things aren’t drying on it as fast as new loads need to be washed and dried. It’s permanently up at the moment, and taking up an awful lot of space.
Am I missing a trick? Is there a way to dry clothes fully, quickly, and cheaply, or is it that you have to pick 2/3?
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One of my neighbours in Ireland has one on the protected wall (away from prevailing westerly wet winds) and the washing blows out there all year, maybe not completely dry but not far off.
I have a Leifheit drying rack on the wall over the bath and the clothes do dry in time. (But I don't have multiple loads.)
Is there any way of cutting down on the quantity of washing such as wear the clothes (not underwear) an extra day?
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(She also has two in her downstairs hall, because the ceiling there is much higher than in any of her rooms.)
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