Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

Fi27

I hang my washing on a clothes arier and sit it in the corner of the living room. The stuff pretty much dries overnight. I had to put up my second arier last night to cope with the washing overflow, i just put the washing on it before i went to bed and i have come down this morning and it is all dry so it will be folded and put away shortly. My living room is quite warm so i guess that helps dry it but i have been doing this for years when it's too wet/cold to put washing on the line. I have no hot water cupboard so anything that needs aired goes on the stand for a little while winter or summer.

HTH

Fi

kimmee

I invested in a very large airer and hang all my washing on that during the cold weather or even in the summer when it wasn't a good 'drying' day outside, I've also got a 2nd, smaller airer to cope with the huge amounts of washing that my two DS produce! The only problem with airers is the space they take up - I have a spare room that I put them in but otherwise I would just have to make room somewhere.

I also hang things like jumpers and some trousers in the airing cupboard straight from the washing machine and by the following day they are dry and, hopefully, they don't need ironing

The only things I usually tumble dry are towels - I give these a 2nd spin to try and cut down on the drying time.

HTH

nesssie1702

We've got 2 airers at the back door that we use for clothes at this time of year. There's also a window that opens, so that helps cut down the likelihood of condensation - all that water on the clothes has to go somewhere.

I've seen me hanging out clothes on a windy night at this time of year and you'd be surprised at how dry they get.

geri1965_2

I've never had a tumble dryer so in winter or if it's wet outside I use a clothes horse in the kitchen - it's in front of a radiator. I use one of the wooden concertina ones.

parsonswife8

We use airers near the gas heating vents and just keep on turning the airers around. We also hang t-shirts and tops on hangers on the sturdy curtain rail we have and they dry in a day. Socks and smalls are hung on one of those plastic holders with all the pegs on it.
Mr DIL hangs sheets etc over her bannister whilst they are out at work during the day. We don't have a bannister or I would do the same.

Rebekah24

I use an airer and hang clothes...everywhere I can! sheets go over the shower curtain.

Will put heat on in 1 room 12-7 to dry essential gym clothes/knickers.. otherwise I find thin stuff dries just fine hung on hangers...doors/wardrobe..rails...anywhere!!

Bitsy_Beans

No TD here either. I don't like hanging stuff off the rads too much so I have a large airer that I use. Stuff like shirts and t-shirts and jeans are put on hangers and hung on the shower curtain rail (don't do this unless it's secure and can carry the weight of course!).
As I am not having the heating on as much as I used to it's taking longer to dry stuff which means it's hanging around longer. Bit of a PITA but not much I can do about that.

misskool

Clothes get dried on an airer in the bathroom. During the daytime, I open a small window to air it. Otherwise, there's an extractor fan that goes on for 10 minutes everytime someone steps in there.

I personally don't like clothes that are tumble dried and they only take a day or overnight to dry on the airer.

I've seen the heated airers that you can get from lakeland and such, now just wondering if it's worth it.
(like this one http://www.lakeland.co.uk/heated-tower-airer/F/product/21736)

debtmess

my house has terrible damp, i dry most things on a airer in my small bathroom as its the warmest room in the house strangly (but it has no window and tiled whole way up so may be why)

anything unfinished or if i need it quicker i use my dri buddi only use my td now for bedding and towels as they take up to much space to dry any other way

exlibris

kimmee wrote: »

I invested in a very large airer and hang all my washing on that during the cold weather or even in the summer when it wasn't a good 'drying' day outside, I've also got a 2nd, smaller airer to cope with the huge amounts of washing that my two DS produce! The only problem with airers is the space they take up - I have a spare room that I put them in but otherwise I would just have to make room somewhere.

I also hang things like jumpers and some trousers in the airing cupboard straight from the washing machine and by the following day they are dry and, hopefully, they don't need ironing

The only things I usually tumble dry are towels - I give these a 2nd spin to try and cut down on the drying time.

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I suppose that you dry the towels in the drier because they are softer that way. I still dry mine on the airer but put them in the TD for half hour to get them soft.