Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

tessasmum

No tumble drier here either. I also wash according to the weather - I do several loads on nice days and then nothing for a few days if the weather turns dire. Our biggest help in this has been having a verandah put up across the back of the house - it is south facing so even the smallest glimmer of sunshine warms it up a little all year round, and I have a washing line under there. It means that I can hang washing out there in the winter and although it may take a day or two to actually dry, it saves the dampness in the house. In the winter, I sometimes hang the school shirts on hangers and then hang them from a curtain pole above the radiator in the dining room. They dry in a couple of hours and having the window ever so slightly open helps.

justpeyton4now

Nomoneymummy wrote: »

Clothes horse by the radiator with a dish of salt underneath them, sounds odd but cuts down my drying time and makes the house less humid! Just watch out if you have any pets! Not sure if they'd get into it?

Great idea with the salt to absorb the moisture. I wonder if kitty litter would do the same?

cyclingyorkie

i've never had a tumble drier much to my mothers disgust....but I have got a JML dri buddy - not perfect - but does a good job on school uniform. does make a racket though.....

otherwise it's line drying and rads/bannisters...

lindseykim13

Just to add mine!

I have a rota system, from washing machine to line for even an hour as it stops the stale smell, moves to banister over stairs normally over night. Then into the airing cupboard folded over pipes etc, hanging from the shelves in there too.

eco

I iron my clothes put them on hangers then put them on the airer, they dry a lot quicker that way.

twiglet98

Banned use of the tumble dryer in April, but I'm not convinced it isn't used when I'm out of the house. I will relent and use it for towels over winter if they haven't dried outside. There's a long washing line plus a rotary line, but in winter nobody's home before dark so it comes in damper than it went out.

I have a pulley airer in the kitchen (and need to get longer slats, 5' would be better than 4'). Radiator airers are ok for thin things as the heating isn't on yet. Square and oval hangers with pegs for socks and undies, one on the end of the pulley airer, one on the wall light bracket above a radiator, one on the end of a curtain pole. Two concertina airers in the big bathroom, plus a car-boot style clothes rail standing in the bath with 20-odd hangers on it. I have hangers on curtain poles, a telescopic rail with more hangers in the airing cupboard, and hangers on door frames. The upstairs windows are always open during the day and most things dry in less than 12 hours, only heavy cottons (sweatshirts, jeans and trackies) need longer. I hang the heavy things in the kitchen if possible so they get the warm air from cooking, and the fridges and washing machine warm the air around the pulley too. Sheets go over doors, and duvet covers over the partly-unfolded sofabed leg. The washing machine is on once or twice most days and then I can keep on top of it, it's only a problem if six loads are done on a Saturday with another six lined up for Sunday, and it's a wet weekend... yuk.

laurel7172

Are you washing by hand, or do you have access to a washing machine?

The spin on my w/m is only 1100rpm, so I always run the spin cycle a second time. It makes a BIG difference in drying time.

I mostly use the bannister on the landing for drying, but I have a collection of airers as well. Also, if you peg stuff to an airer, you can pop it outside for short periods and just whisk it in when necessary.

kippers

For the last few weeks it has been too cold to hang washing on my clothes line and i am getting quite concerned how much i have been using my washer dryer to dry clothes. i do try and dry on economy 7 but it must still be costing a fortune. I won't dry clothes on my radiators as we had a problem with damp when we did this (even though we also used a de-humidifier).

I just wondered if there are any tips to get washing dry in cold weather for example...would spinning twice help?

sammy_kaye18

HI Kipper

I was wondering the same - my W/d seems to be giving up the ghost slowly and refusing to empty itself of water unless I spin for a second time at the minute and things to dry get a 50/50 chance of whether it actually feels like working or not. I do use radiators for minor things like socks/pants etc but then I have two big folding airers that I put bigger items on and then I stand them in the bathroom which is small but by far the warmest room - but will admit I dry our bedding on radiators when I need to.

Could you hang a few things in your airing cupboard on hangers whilst you have heating on?

I know at the minute I seem to have a back log of washing - shameful! but its because we currently have snow/ice here and I simply in a 2 bed flat cannot get it dried.

Lola23

kippers wrote: »

For the last few weeks it has been too cold to hang washing on my clothes line and i am getting quite concerned how much i have been using my washer dryer to dry clothes. i do try and dry on economy 7 but it must still be costing a fortune. I won't dry clothes on my radiators as we had a problem with damp when we did this (even though we also used a de-humidifier).

I just wondered if there are any tips to get washing dry in cold weather for example...would spinning twice help?

Hi

I'm in the same position but don't have a tumble dryer or central heating.

It will be costing me a small fortune.....have to have heater on sort of under clothes horse to try dry stuff and it takes ages. It's same in living room, just have fan heater. Roll on the summer.

Sorry I don't have any tips but look forward to any that come on.

Thanks

Lola