Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

bluebag

lindseykim13 wrote: »

How on earth is everone working out the cost of their tumble dryer? I would love not to feel so bad about putting a load in there every now and again. I always thought it cost a few quid rather than pence?

My dryer is 2.4kwh and my electric tarriff is 8.5p per kwh so my tumble dryer costs 20.4p per hour to run. I generally find a load takes about 90mins, so each load would be 30.6p.

The problem with cost comes if you were to do two loads a day, 7 days a week. It's like anything else, used sensibly it can be a great help and not too expensive.

Pont

bluebag wrote: »

The problem with cost comes if you were to do two loads a day, 7 days a week. It's like anything else, used sensibly it can be a great help and not too expensive.

Totally agree! I tumble dry about 3 loads a week (about a £1.00). Life's too short to be hanging it here and there! Of course there's the added bonus that if you take the laundry out and fold it right away you don't need to iron!

parsonswife8

We have two airers, both 3 tier. Everything gets hung on them, placed sideways on towards the gas heating.

We hang a few shirts on hangers off the curtain rail.

The sheets and towels get tumble dried, then hung on the airers in front of the gas fire.

There's only me and DH, so normally manage quite well.

bluebag

Pont wrote: »

Totally agree! I tumble dry about 3 loads a week (about a £1.00). Life's too short to be hanging it here and there! Of course there's the added bonus that if you take the laundry out and fold it right away you don't need to iron!

:rotfl:to the no ironing, I was quite staggered at how much an iron can cost to run, no one really thinks of the iron as being an electric appliance really.

Two hours of ironing can cost 18p in electric, Puts occasional use of the tumble dryer into perspective.

recovering_spendaholic

bluebag wrote: »

:rotfl:to the no ironing, I was quite staggered at how much an iron can cost to run, no one really thinks of the iron as being an electric appliance really.

Two hours of ironing can cost 18p in electric, Puts occasional use of the tumble dryer into perspective.

Do you know if steam generator irons cost more to run than normal ones?

hmc

my friend has just got the lakeland electric airer thingy
im going to have a look this week
they work all day so its a godsend she is really impressed
im not sure where i would put it as she says its quite big and im in a tiny 2 bed
i have a tumbler but just a small one and a lot of clothes shouldnt go in it so i maybe use it 3 times a week
have over radiator airers and a clothes horse in my bedroom in front of rads
have a big condensation problem so wondered if the electric airer would produce less moisture in the air?

Pont

I moved house about a year ago and am now blessed with a utility room. Prior to this I didn't have room for a tumble dryer so put wet washing over my radiators. Condensation! Tell me about it. My walls were streaming! There is no answer - put wet over dry = condensation. The only remedy for condensation is to leave an air flow (windows open) which defeats the object of putting your heating on during the cold weather. Got to admit am a (selective) tumble convert.

debtmess

hanging head in shame, am finishing off in the tumble dryer i do hang over the racks for 24 hours but have to finish off before ironing not sure how much my tumble dryer costs but its not huge amounts, my tumble dryer is a good 15 years old i grew up with it (was my dads in the 90s) not convinced a newer one would be any better its one of the smaller 3kg ones

21stCenturyPioneer

I can honestly not recommend highly enough the purchase of a dehumidifyer!

Just got one a couple of months ago a Delonghi and its amazing, it has a special laundry dry function that dries the clothes in a couple of hours and costs less than the dryer to run.

In addition to drying it also warms the air and dehumidifies so do not mind using it as it has 3 functions.

Its amazing how much water you empty after using it, and all this water would be in the air if I was just drying over the rads.

The other thing I can recommend is a spn dryer they get a lot of the water out by spinng faster than your washing machinel This cuts down time needed in the dryer and saves a fair bit too.

Spin dryer went out of fashion with automatic washing machines but they are amazing items to have in the house. They cost a lot new though, about £120 so personally I would spend a little more and buy a dehumidifyer.

Also about dehumidifyers if you get the deccisaent type then its quiter and heats the room also.

jimjams_mommy

I have a very good spin cycle on my washer and double spin my washing so my loads come out well spun. I do use my dryer in winter, but towels go on my landing at night to dry.

I don't have the t.v on in the day or have the radio on so the dryer saves me ironing so my balance is on that with regard to cost. I try to keep cost down as and use the dryer as little as possble but now winter is here i do use more.