Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

System

I have a conservatory on the back of my house, which houses all my washing that isnt dried in the tumble dryer. Within a few hours on a sunny day the clothes horse full of wet washing is dry. I just finish them off in the tumble dryer for 10 minutes on a cool heat and i rarely have to iron them. However, in the winter or on a cloudy day the washing takes longer to dry but i am saving up for a spin dryer to sit alongside my washing machine, so that if i do have to tumble dry, i dont have to have the dryer on for so long. I read somewhere, 2 minutes in a spin dryer will save you 30 minutes in the dryer and its not so harsh on the clothes either.

freestyle_3

great

what does this pulley system look like

culpepper

Ive got the pulley thingummy.Its 4 long pieces of wood about 1" thick and 2 brackets like a heavy duty coat hanger ,one for each end.You need enough space to be able to hang it from the ceiling.Mine is about 6 ft long and about 2ft wide but you could just cut the wood shorter if you havent got that much space lengthwise.You have it bolted to the ceiling (so you'd need to find the joists) and rope runs through little pulley wheels to a little bracket on the wall.You pull it up with the washing on and tie the rope to the bracket.
A neighbour of ours when I was a child and lived in flats,used a caravan airer out of her window.

bonvonnie

i hang all my tops on hangers, and then in the spare rooms curtain rail, with the room window open.

trousers and that are on a clothes airer.

Lyndsay_21

i live in a flat and although i have a tumble dryer i still couldn't be without my line above the bath for drying non-tumble dry stuff and when its summer to save energy it kinda look like this http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=3801&productId=150556&clickfrom=name
but it has more bits of string i think mine is one specifically used for indoors. it was already here when i moved in so cant even tell u who makes mine. HTH

mah_jong

I have a out side washing line, indoor clothes horses, and a tumble dryer. the latter is the last one used. If I cant get them out sied I put them on the dryers amd maybe finish them off in the tumbler.
i have had a pulley in the past but you have to be careful you dont end up with kipper clothes (or clothes smelling of what ever you are cooking, the pulley was in the kitchen!!)

AussieLass

This is going to drive me crazy. I just know it is. The thought of wet clothes hanging around the place. I have been well and truly spoilt. I hang out my washing nearly every day outside. What about large items like sheets etc? I'm not all that keen on dryers. I suppose you have to use them when it's wet & miserable for days. It's not wet & miserable for weeks right.:(

scheming_gypsy

Here you go Aussie..
try this
My mum got me one when i moved into my house as i don't have a tumble drier either and winter is too wet to hang clothes outside. I just bang shirts on this and jeans / trousers over the kitchen chairs and socks on the kitchen radiator. Also great for when you're doing the ironing.

raeble

Argos sells one of those for £2 less.

Allexie

Lyndsay_21 wrote:

i live in a flat and although i have a tumble dryer i still couldn't be without my line above the bath for drying non-tumble dry stuff and when its summer to save energy it kinda look like this http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=3801&productId=150556&clickfrom=name
but it has more bits of string i think mine is one specifically used for indoors. it was already here when i moved in so cant even tell u who makes mine. HTH

I have one of those retractable clothes lines with five bits of string (!) stretched above the bath. Takes double sheets, heavy bath towels etc just fine. Great for drip-drying stuff into the bath too. And it twiddles back into itself when not in use so you wouldn't know it was there. Sorry I don't know what they are called exactly but I got mine from Argos recently (was on page 759 or 760 of the Autumn/Winter 2004 catalogue...must have torn page out cos its missing!)