Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

BigMummaF · 15 July 2007 at 5:59PM

I too have one of those Molly Maid racks that hang from the ceiling, & we hired some scaffolding from our local APlant so it could be fitted in the dead space in the stairwell; two A frame airers that straddle the stairs. from the landing side to the opposite wall; plus a concertina type drier in the kitchen.

Shirts & such are hung on a one-hook-with-5-hangers-coming-off-it, designed for the wardrobe I think, & hung from an over-the-top-of-the-door hanger that 'normal' people use for bedrooms & such, while socks go on those peg carousel things on the leg of the ironong board till I need to iron!

With three adult sons plus me, our house usually resembles a chinese laundry, but hey-who gives a damn when you need dry undies for work tomorrow!

balmaiden · 15 July 2007 at 6:22PM

As extra drying space when all 3 of my airers are full! I put shirts etc on cothes hangers and hang them on the curtain pole in the bedrooms open the window a tad even if it is raining outside and they dry quite well, doesnt look to good but, needs must, as my Mother would say.

kazzaw · 15 July 2007 at 6:27PM

balmaiden wrote: »

As extra drying space when all 3 of my airers are full! I put shirts etc on cothes hangers and hang them on the curtain pole in the bedrooms open the window a tad even if it is raining outside and they dry quite well, doesnt look to good but, needs must, as my Mother would say.

I do this too & also notice the habit has rubbed off on my student son who has no drying space in his digs!! He probably realised he was throwing good boozeing money into the slot in the launderette tumble dryer!

belfastgirl23 · 16 July 2007 at 11:58AM

I tend to let things dry a bit on clothes airers etc and finish them off in the tumble dryer. This reduces the risk of mustiness. I do find though that things left hanging in the house (except over heaters) will start to smell before they get anyway near dry enough to put away...

itsmylife_2 · 16 July 2007 at 12:50PM

BigMummaF wrote: »

our house usually resembles a chinese laundry,

:rotfl: sounds like our house too... we even hang things on the stair gates.

DS (16 months) has a thing about pulling the socks off the clothes airer :rolleyes: so we can never find matching socks, and when people come to visit they find socks lying in the strangest places! :rolleyes:

We have the extra racks for over the radiators and I put the airer in the little porch area that we have in our house, and open the door so that some draft gets in around them. Nothing beats the outdoor line though...

iceicebaby · 16 July 2007 at 1:33PM

I will always dry outside if i can but if I can't then I use those over radiator ariers. If the radiators are on then things dry quickly on these without the items actually being on the radiators. If its the summer things still dry on these before they start to smell musty.

I also have an airer in my walk in airing cupboard which is always warm

Chipps · 16 July 2007 at 3:07PM

We also have a large airing cupboard, which I put a rail in & hang things on coat hangers. But not everyone has that luxury, I know. We do have a dehumidifier as my DH hates condensation & doesn't like washing hanging around the house. This does speed the drying process a lot. A friend who has 4 boys found one invaluable when her washing machine packed up & she was doing everything by hand! She said the dehumidifier got everything dry really quickly - I bought one on her recommendation.

tesuhoha · 20 January 2008 at 4:29PM

As its winter and always raining I just wondered how most of you manage to dry your washing. The tumble dryer method is very expensive. I have an old lean to conservatory and there's a washing line in there but as its unheated the clothes take about three days to dry in there. I also have a dryer attached to the washing line and I dry sheets, underwear, and towels in there but it is expensive as I said and some stuff , quite a lot of stuff, shrinks in the tumble dryer. Today its out on the line as its cloudy and windy, but Ive spent the day on edge, wondering if its going to rain without me noticing and all the good will be undone. Sometimes I have to air things on the back of chairs but it doesnt look good having lots of wet washing hanging around.