Drying washing outside

hmc

i line dry when i can. i have a tumble if need be. otherwise airer in my bedroom.
but we suffer with condensation in this house and im sure drying the washing inside dosnt help.
i need to decided between one of those electric dryers from lakeland(small one) or a dehumidifyer.
any advice please on which would work out the cheapest or most beneficial
thankyou

seafarers_wife

I hang my washing outside when i can even in the winter. i dont have a tumble dryer. if i have to dry washing in the house i put clothes over the radiators and run a dehumidifier and i also use a clothes horse in the spare room with the window slightly open.

the dehumidifier doesnt add much onto my bills to be honest.

villagelife

I would always try and dry washing outside in winter as it does increase the condensation. I often have to finish it off inside on clothes horse but it is alot quicker than doing it all inside.

CupOfChai

I have nothing new to usefully contribute, I just wanted to share my giggles at being reminded of when my mum forgets and hangs out my dad's shirts when it's freezing outside, then when they're brought back in they stand up by themselves :rotfl:. It's ok, they defrost alright near the radiator!

pollypenny

I used to put the washing on a rack in front of the boiler overnight. The combi boiler doesn't give out heat, so I stick the airer in the garage or in a sort of sun-porch thing we have. Tumble towels, though to keep them soft.

Primrose

I think one of the secrets is to watch your local weather forecast. If you Google "local weather forecast" and put in your post code, you can usually get a fairly accurate forecast. If rain, showers or frost are forecast, it's not worth even trying to hang your washing outdoors.

If that's the case, I hang my washing on two Tidy Dry roll-away lines over the bath and find that the residual heat from the central heating & bathroom radiator, even if it's turned off during the day, goes a long way to drying the clothes. I refuse to use a tumble dryer except for emergencies or to take the worst moisture out of very heavy items if I need them dried quickly.

misscousinitt

Only just had a line put up to dry clothes mid August this year (bought one of the posh fix to wall brabantia ones with some of our wedding money). Anyway DH put it up and the weather was rubbish for ages (only wash at the weekends).

I have managed to get washing out on 3 occassions now since it was put up and I finish off in dryer or on the airer - its helped cut down the amount of time I use the dryer for and I hope to do this for a good few weeks yet.

valk_scot

If your washing freezes on the line this acts as a fabric softener. Try it with a couple of towels and see!

caringa

I have copied the Victorians and installed a new "old fashioned" wooden slated airer on a pulley which goes up to the ceiling, which admittedly is quite high. Its brilliant and out of the way. They definately had the right idea!!

Justamum

looktothefuture wrote: »

As a South African, a tumble dryer was only for the most posh people...

When I lived in South Africa we didn't have a TD, but one time it rained without end for days. I needed to dry nappies as well as all the clothes, but we couldn't even afford a clothes horse. We tied a rope from one set of burglar bars across the room to another set. It was fine for a few minutes, until one of the burglar bars was pulled off by the weight :rotfl:.

Mind you, not so funny really - it wouldn't have been too difficult for an intruder to just kick the bars off :eek: