Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

BrandNewDay

It sounds to me like you just have too much moisture in your house. Drying clothes indoors can cause problems for the whole house.

I have the same problem with the weather, as I also live in Glasgow. We don't get enough sunshine in the garden to dry clothes outside of the months of May, June, July, and August. We have a couple of big clothes horses and I put them up at night, with the heat on.

However, I haven't had a problem with a damp house. My clothes are fresh and dry by morning. Is your house well-ventilated? We had some mildewy smell in the bathroom and so we now leave that window open. And, whenever the sun is out, I open south-facing windows and let some breeze through.

Have you thought about buying a dehumidifier? It will work, although they're not cheap.

Them_2

I'm not recommending this supplier or model but "gravity" driers seem to always get overlooked.

http://www.qed-uk.com/electricals/product/white-knight/28007.html?&ird=1117

They will spin about 2/3rds of a bowlful of water out of a washing load leaving you with clothes that will dry in half the time. The running costs are trivial as there is no heating element.

Pink.

Hi annamc,

There's an earlier thread with lots of tips on drying clothes indoors that should help so I'll add your thread to it to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

funky-footprints

well my tumble dryer packed in last week, ive 3 airers on our loft room with the 3 velux windows slightly a jar, i hope i dont get any damp probs? ?


i am determined to last without a tumble dryer ! tho must admit there are some mornings when i could scream !!!

Welshwoofs

I don't have a tumble drier and I live in Wales so.. needless to say... it rains a lot!

I find the best way of drying clothes inside is to hang them over doors and, if you have ceiling lights with any 'arms', stick the lighter stuff on coat hangers and hang'em off there. Clothes hung off lights seem to dry particularly quickly I find....of course you need to get used to ducking a lot when you walk through a room ;-)

lil_me

Dehumidifiers as mentioned on this thread can be really good for getting clothes dry

ksh123

Isn't it wonderful? Sitting here watching my washing billowing in the wind and the sun is shining. Its b. cold in here tho...gonna make a hot water bottle in a mo.
Dry clothes today :T

(small things can make me very happy )

perkypat

:j Yay! Me too - one of the simple pleasures in life - watching my washing blowing on the line.

mummysaver

Well today the washing is out on the line, hopefully it won't blow away completely in all the wind! But I was talking to a friend about it and she has a plug in radiator for emergencies and she stands her airer above this, she has a tall airer that is flat iykwim. Anyway I have a tall airer and an emergency radiator (got when my gas tank decided not dispense gas last winter!), so I'm going to give it a go, will just have to make sure that no clothes rest on the radiator. Otherwise I just stick the stuff over the chairs in the dining room and on those airers you attach to radiators - looks like widow twanky lives here during the winter! Def gonna try putting stuff on hangers and then leaving it to dry over doors though, do this with shirts hung off the standard lamp, never thought to try it with other tops, doh! Thanks for the ideas.

saila

I've just recently moved my washer and tumble dryer into the garage!

I am thinking of putting a retractable washing line in there to dry somethings.

xxx