Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT

we're not using our central heating so we've been taking the wet washing to dry at the laundrette once a week. As soon as the weather changes we'll be putting it back on the line!

Wickedkitten

jackieb wrote: »

I've tried many times to dry stuff outdoors in the winter, but honestly they come back in as damp as they were when I put them out.
I don't think it's worth the effort into putting them out and taking them back in again at this time of the year. I don't tend to dry stuff outside between October and March. My back garden doesn't get the sun in the winter so that maybe explains it.

I'm pretty lucky because we live in the South West, the weather hasn't actually been too bad, and our garden faces West so we get a LOT of afternoon sunshine

Bargain_Rzl

I got the heated airer a couple of months ago and it is a godsend - particularly used in conjunction with a dehumidifier. However, two tips: first, don't get it from Lakeland, as it is much cheaper here (search for "towel warmer") and seems to be an identical product. Second, it seems to work much more efficiently with a large item (sheet, duvet cover, large towel) chucked over the top of everything to keep the heat in.

I normally use mine half-folded out (like the smaller pic on the Lakeland website) and I find that the leaves that remain folded down at the back are excellent at drying large or heavy items. For example I hung two pairs of jeans up against those back rails about midnight last night, and they were almost entirely dry this morning.

Broomstick

Bargain Rzl, Thanks for the tip about the sheet over the airer - I'll try that. I use mine half-folded out to dry trousers and jeans too. Wish I'd known about the Coopers price! I found nothing when I did a search for alternative suppliers before deciding to buy from Lakeland.

B x

Bargain_Rzl

It was another OS poster who alerted me to the link on the Coopers website - I would never have found it otherwise (I think it was on the Lakeland thread). And it was a friend of mine who told me about the sheet trick. So I take no credit for either of these tips

Norman_Bean

I do a wash each night at 9pm (cheaper rate) then hang it out in the morning and it all dries fine by next morning. Although it is all stiff as a board :eek:
Majority is hung in (unheated) utility room - I use a wooden Sheila's Maid which is FAB, stuff dries really well. Shirts and tops I hang on hangers and hook onto a rail in utility. Sheets and towels on doors or bannisters. Odds and sods on two clothes horses in the lounge.
Sometimes looks like a laundette but at least I'm reducing my dryer use :cool:
HTH a bit
Norman x

cdodd

Bargain_Rzl wrote: »

I got the heated airer a couple of months ago and it is a godsend - particularly used in conjunction with a dehumidifier. However, two tips: first, don't get it from Lakeland, as it is much cheaper here (search for "towel warmer") and seems to be an identical product. Second, it seems to work much more efficiently with a large item (sheet, duvet cover, large towel) chucked over the top of everything to keep the heat in.

I normally use mine half-folded out (like the smaller pic on the Lakeland website) and I find that the leaves that remain folded down at the back are excellent at drying large or heavy items. For example I hung two pairs of jeans up against those back rails about midnight last night, and they were almost entirely dry this morning.

thanks for that site i've just ordered an plug in towel warmer, always wanted one but always seemed expensive this looked quite reasonale at 19.99 & p&p

Patchwork_Quilt

I am trying to do a load of washing every day and then it goes on the airer on the landing. The heat rises from the rest of the house and it is dry by the next evening. Otherwise, I use the TD, partly to keep the house tidy

beautiful_ravens

I am lucky enough to have a huge double garage/shed in which I have strung up some bailer twine and made 4 washing lines - I would have a house full of wet stuff if I didnt do this. Washing doesnt dry completely in winter, but enough that it wont make so much condensation when I bring it in to hang up and finish off.

I put a wooden concertina clothes-horse in front of a rad or the fire for things needed dry urgently, like school uniform, but I have got so used to planning 3 days ahead that the shed method works ok. I also hang stuff on the curtain poles above rads, or over the doors - on door hangers - of rooms to whom the clothes belong.
Sheets go out in the shed then on the clothes horse.

What I really need is an airer on a pulley to winch above the stairs - one of the warmest but least utilised area of the house!!
Not getting a TD they cost so much and are too tempting to use unecessarily

Melonade

We have a clothes horse in the spare bedroom and I hang tops, jumpers and shirts on hangers and hang those up on the door frame of the spare bedroom too. Over the banister I have 2 radiator airers that hang each side and 1 in ours and our sons bedroom. I try not to use the one in our room because we have a patch of damp that's caused by something in the roof and I don't want to make it any worse.

I try and turn everything once and that helps to dry it quicker. My mil frowns at the clothes hanging everywere but I'm not bothered lol. It saves me using the dryer, which saves me feeding the metre all the time.