Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

hannahO_2

I've never had a tumble dryer and I only live in a studio and don't have a garden. During the winter time one load of washing takes 2-3 days to dry without heating. I don't put everything out all at once (cause too much dump in a flat). I try not to wash too many thing at once.

zippychick

drying washing outside

getting washing dry

washing line or rotary

These links may also help

and an older thread about the jml dryer

83jlg83

Thanks for some fab ideas guys its good to see that im not alone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bluebag

I line dry whenever possible, sometimes not all the way dry but 'lightened' as my mother says and then finished off on the maiden.
If the weather is dire I go all 21st Century and use the tumble dryer. Those items that say not to tumble dry I put in the dryer on the cool down setting (about 20 mins) to help them along and then finish them off on the maiden.
I try not to dry washing indoors as it causes damp. The cost of tumble drying is cheaper than replastering.
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Hi 83jlg83,

I don't have a tumble dryer so, as we haven't needed to put the heating on yet, I'm trying to plan washing/drying around the weather. At this time of year I hang it outside on good days or on an airer inside on wet days. Even without the heating, it seems to be drying within 24 hours on the airer. Later in winter when it's too cold/wet to hang outside I use the radiators. I do a wash in the early evening, hang on or near radiators and it's mostly dry the next morning

This thread has more ideas that may help:

Any suggestions for drying clothes indoors

I'll add your thread to it shortly to keep the suggestions together.

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natlie

Hi
its a mix for me - line on fine days

TD when its wet or I have forgotten stuff for work or school PE Kits etc

I have a condensing dryer and it has a cool sensor thingy which tells when the washing is dry! its fab it takes my mum about 3 hours to dry full load of towels in TD mine takes 1.5 hrs depeding on WM spin etc

I put anything in TD except shiny stuff - never had a problem -don't own wooly stuff except school cardi's and they are fine in there too - don't read labels

Great thing about condensor is it stores the water inside so no pipe out the window, no damp and the warm air heats the house so no heating yay and the water gets recycled for hand washing or mopping the floor as it smells of washing powder and bounce

clairehi

schoolhouse wrote: »

We don't have a tumble drier so clothes go on an airer(two of them). I have a dehumidifier which is a godsend. It was bought to tackle the damp issues we had/have and now does double duty with clothes drying( it has a clothes drying function).

Dehumidifiers do use a fair amount of energy too - just something to bear in mind if anyone was thinking of using one instead of a tumble dryer, although I appreciate that if you dont have space for a TD then a dehumidifier may be helpful to avoid condensation.

mommygoose

clairehi wrote: »

Dehumidifiers do use a fair amount of energy too - just something to bear in mind if anyone was thinking of using one instead of a tumble dryer, although I appreciate that if you dont have space for a TD then a dehumidifier may be helpful to avoid condensation.

The energy usage did cross my mind. Thankyou for that, I don't think I will save up for one now. Need to cut back as much as possible.

wonderwife2008

Hi all just to say I have 4 children (one 2yr old) and I don't have a tumble dryer! I have always found those over the door hooks very handy as you can get two on each door and hang at least 3 garments on hangers on each side.

~moneysavingnovice~

clairehi wrote: »

Dehumidifiers do use a fair amount of energy too - just something to bear in mind if anyone was thinking of using one instead of a tumble dryer, although I appreciate that if you dont have space for a TD then a dehumidifier may be helpful to avoid condensation.

My dehumidifier costs 20p to use for 24 hours. Normally having it on for, say, 4 hours, dries the washing completely, so 3-4p a time? That being said, I don't know how much a TD costs to run. But I think the cost of my dehumidifier is worth it to have a non-damp flat.