Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

pigpen

kboss2010 wrote: »

Pigpen, is your Lakeland airer any good for heavy stuff like jeans/jumpers?

I just put the Ikea Frost airer on my dining table in the kitchen

It dries them quicker than just hanging them on the normal airer but having as much washing as I do I find it quicker to partially dry them on the line outside then finish off on the radiator.

I tend not to put the heavy stuff on it if I am honest.. a pair of jeans takes about a day and a half to dry.. lighter stuff dries overnight.

boredofbeingathome

I do what all the others have suggested. I also find it very handy to run an iron over light cottons etc-hang on a hanger on curtain rail in the kitchen and they dry overnight and look wonderful. I have also run an iron over tea towels and baby socks, T shirts etc in the past..of course life is busy and it isn't everyone's cup of tea but it does work a treat.

DebbieR

I find clippy trouser hangers like these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Strong-Plastic-Trouser-Clothes-Hangers/dp/B002MGKMYY/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1377033155&sr=8-4&keywords=trouser+hangers+with+clips

good for drying bath towels and sheets on. I fold the towel in half length-wise, clip it on the hanger and hook the hanger over the shower cubicle door frame. The same with hoodies, clip them by the waistband on the hanger.

Own_My_Own

DebtFree2012 wrote: »

Hi OMO - do you know if, cost wise, this is less than using a tumble dryer? My spin on my machine is 36 minutes long so I worry the re spin would use alot more electricity just like a tumbler would?

TIA.

Also, my plan for this year is to only use the wood burner stove for the heating source meaning that I won't have any rads to dry washing on like I used to (rightly or wrongly). I was planning on using a stand up airer, the folding kind, and leaving the washing on it overnight in front of the wood burner which will be burning low. Given what I've read, is this a bad idea as there's no ventilation in that room other than door to the rest of the house?

Again, TIA

I have not found that it added a lot to my electricity bill. Unlike a tumble dryer it doesn't use any heat elements, and I think it is the heating bit that costs the most.

bubblegumcola

In the winter the washing usually dries indoors on a plastic airer which stands at the top of our stairs on the landing...it's next to a radiator which helps it along in the drying process. If its dry in the winter and I'm not at work then the washing will go outside. I hang adult sized t shirts and shirts on clothes hangers, as soon as the washing machine has finished it's cycle, to reduce the amount of ironing I have to do. We used to have a combined washer dryer but I hardly ever used it because I worried over the cost of running it. I never hang clothes directly over a radiator but I do hang clothes up on hangers on the curtain rails as well if I have a lot of washing. It's preferable to have some ventilation but I haven't noticed any problems over the past few years with me drying the washing inside and not always having the windows open. My kids have never got pneumonia from damp washing in the house.

jayII

cosette wrote: »

I don't know how you currently dry stuff outside, but if you have a whirly-gig (rotary) airer, you can buy covers for them.

Have a look here - www.onepercentstudio.com/rotaire-dryline.htm
or www.ecowashinglines.co.uk

I've had mine for two years and wouldn't be without it. I dry outside almost every day of the year, the only exceptions being when there is heavy snow or when it is exceptionally windy.

Even in the depths of winter, washing will dry to 75-100% outside. Underwear doesn't dry too well though, for some reason. What I tend to do is hang out nearly every day, while at the same time bringing in anything that is dry or nearly dry. Our rotary airer is really big so I can fit many loads on at once, in different stages of drying/wetnes. Anything that needs it, I then just finish it off indoors in the airing cupboard or on airers. It saves having really damp stuff hanging about in the house.

The only downside is that it does extend the drying cycle - some things I leave outside for 2-3 days before bringing in - but I just take account of this. I've even just about managed to train my teenagers to consider the washing cycle because they won't be getting their clothes back the same day or even the next!

We do own a tumble drier but I don't think I used it at all last year and only twice the year before that when we had a prolonged period of heavy snow.

I have this, I had the first one for a few years until the cover developed too many holes from the harsh rain we have here and I've just bought a replacement. We are 5 adults in a small house and virtually all our washing is dried outside, Summer and Winter under the rotaire.

The mesh sides are great for sideways rain and for keeping dust and other mess off the washing, plus my washing smells so much nicer for being dried outside.

They're pricey but far cheaper than using a tumble drier and/or dehumidifier and airer to dry washing inside, and they don't take up valuable indoor space.

JoolzS

A couple of years ago I bought an indoor rotary airer from Aldi. It holds about five or six loads of washing (if loaded in a certain way) which means I only have to do the washing every three weeks or so. I have had the airer in my bedroom, living room, and recently worked out a way it could go in my hallway without being too obtrusive (but I do have a large hallway).

unimaginative_user_name

When I lived in a flat I had an extra shower rail in the bathroom and used to hang shirts and blouses on hangers on the rail above the radiator. They dried really quickly, hardly needed any ironing and didn't have peg marks.

I also now sometimes iron things while still slightly damp as ironing helps the drying process. I then leave them on a drying rack on the landing as it's close to my airing cupboard and I find things dry there very quickly.

The worst time of year I find for drying indoors is wet days in the early autumn when it's not cold enough for central heating but things can't dry outside.

tibawo

If the weather is ok I tend to it outside. I find that as I'm at work all day it's mainly dry.

On wet days the undies and small things go on the 'rack' which is one of the things you hang over te radiator. It is out the way under brekky bar in kitchen.

The rest depends on how fast it is needed! I will put in dryer then. If heating on I put them over collapsible airier as it seems pointless paying both bills!

Spendless

I don't find my clothes dry in the winter at all. I've given it a go since being on here and reading other previous posts on the subject, but between late-ish Oct and March is still a no-go. I suspect geographical location plays a part. I live in the North and where it is flat, so no lovely 'whipping winds' to help out when there is more damp, even if it's a dry day.

I use a TD. My mum used to put the clothes on an airer in front of the gas fire and sometimes scorched them!