Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

lostinrates

fuddle wrote: »

reading stories like that and looking into things historically makes me feel like a right pretend housewife. I mean really, what have I got to grumble about compared to that. "Oh my tumble drier has broke" So what eh? Get off your back side and hang them on the airer or the line!

I'm serious though, I am not getting the satisfaction out of being a home maker like I should be. I literally have too much time on my hands. Don't know whether that should be seen as progress but does nothing for the 'working class' in me. Am I really saying I want to hark back to the tough days, maybe a case of rose tinted specticles but still, I don't feel like i'm pulling my weight sometimes.

I love being a home maker, but there is so muchto do I feel daunted a lot, given we have the animals and the house is crumbling so its not an easy job. My main thing is pacing my self and communicating with ''the outside world''. There are days MSE contributors keep me sane. (there are of course the other days too;))

missworks2jobs

Our tumble drier is broken :0(
We do hang a lot of towels on the radiators to dry and everything else is either sparsely hung out on airers or on hangers and hung from doors/wardrobe handles/curtain poles anything to get it airy. I use some of that misty iron water stuff to keep the wet dog smell off. In our old flat we had storage heaters which you're not allowed to rest stuff on (fire hazard) and that was a nightmare....I used to do all my washing on a saturday and take baskets of it over to my mums to dry & bring back! Mam's laundrette aka Dad's cafe (cos i used to always persuade him into making me my tea while I was there).

I dry it in the warmest room (living room or bedroom) so it dries more quickly and is less likely to get that mouldy nasty smell.

fuddle

lostinrates wrote: »

I love being a home maker, but there is so muchto do I feel daunted a lot, given we have the animals and the house is crumbling so its not an easy job. My main thing is pacing my self and communicating with ''the outside world''. There are days MSE contributors keep me sane. (there are of course the other days too;))

I think it's because I'm still reletively new at homemaking. I still have a lot to learn, my home isn't a sparkling beacon of my labours. It needs to be. I need to gain a lot of skills which is probably why i'm popping up all over this forum trying to learn and progress. For Christmas I shall ask for an apron. That will get me in the spirit - or add to the washing :rotfl:

(see how I managed to get the thread back on topic :rotfl::D )

jools27_2

I put the washing on the airer in the sunny bay window of my bedroom late this morning, put on the dehumidifier and went out, its nearly all dry now!

LJM

i try hard not to dry indoors at all but if weathers poor even if not raining i will put it outside at least it gets an airing, if i have to dry indoors i pop the airer next to an open window, i dont dry on radiators and i dont have a tumbly out of choice

happyreader

New to this thread but been reading for ages.
I am lucky enough to have an airing cupboard that will hold a overbath airer on the floor- had to move a shelf but got more drying room now.

My question is should the clothes only be finished off on the airer or can I put damper items in the cupboard. Don't want to end up with a smelly airing cupboard or mouldly walls.

many thanks.

blushingbride_3

I have had to circum to the tumble drier, i know not very mse i think mine is 50p a load but it only takes 1hr cause i have 1600 spin on my washing machine.

I use it twice a week in this weather, hubby prefers it to having laundry hanging around

I_luv_cats

I've upped my spin speed which has helped dry the washing in this cooler weather.

Always used 700 or 900. But now use 1200 or 1600.

Makes all the difference.

May have to put the heating on if it gets any colder.

Rebekah24

I managed to still dry outside for a few hours yesterday

then indoors last night with the windows open for a good breeze! Seems to be working well for now!

JodyBPM

I'm really struggling with drying washing at the moment, and its beginning to get me down because the house constantly looks cluttered with washing hanging everywhere drying:(

The problem we have really is that we have a smallish three bed house, for a family of four, so we have no spare room to just leave the airer up in, and because the rooms are small, the airer in rooms we use is really unsightly, and gets in the way:(

Today, I have done four loads of washing so far, chucked the heating on and have loaded every radiator up, and am constantly turning the clothes, checking them and gathering up anything that is dry, but I still have 2 loads at least to do:eek:
It also seems such a waste heating the whole house,when its just me here, as the children are at school and dh is at work!

We seem to produce soooo much washing. I have a 4yr old and a 5yr old, who need a change of clothes each day. Plus now its winter, lots of cardis and jumpers etc. And DS is still in night nappies, which seem to leak 2 or 3 times a week, so loads of bedding to wash. And because it takes so long to dry, I seem to permanently have a full airer. It makes the house look cluttered and messy, and it makes me miserable:( We have no single room that is bigger than 13x11, a tiny kitchen and a tiny bathroom, so wherever we put the washing to dry - its in the way:(

I have a washer drier, but the drier isn't very effective, and I don't tend to use it much. No space for a seperate drier, and TBH I wouldn't want to tumble everything anyway. I have a regular plastic covered metal concertina airer, and I have several plastic sock airers (I think that is what they are called - a plastic circle that hangs from a single hook, which has 20 or so pegs around it) which I put the smalls on and hook over the curtain rails.

Any solutions? I have thought about a dri-buddy, or perhaps a bigger airer that would hold more loads, but I'm inclined to think that whatever we have will be big and get in the way in our teeny tiny rooms.

I did want to get an old fashioned ceiling airer, but DH isn't keen, and thinks that it would look obtrusive in our small rooms (and I suspect he doesn't want the hassle of having to fit one) so that is out.

I guess I just have to grin and bear it until spring, when I can get everything out on the line, but its driving me potty:(