Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

squeaky

Oops! somehow I've managed to lose my post here saying that I had now merged the threads together!

Who's a silly boy then?

Sorry.

HOLsale

tootles wrote:

She does not have the room for a ceiling airer, am going to try the argos one that PP recommended, will see if I can reserve one at my local store.........ooooppppssss have just tried and it out of stock both in the local store and also for home delivery........winder if it will be in the new catalogue which is due out this week I think.....

Just found one in our out of town retail park, so have ordered it for collection tomorrow............she will be delighted.... thanks.

if she has a sunny window that's not overlooked (or not too closely overlooked) she could get 4-6 of those over the radiator airers... one they are useful for radiators (dry really quickly) (don't use on storage heaters!) but what is really good is that you can hook them all together, like a ladder. then you hang the first one over your curtain rod and gently rest them against your window on a sunny day. you'd be surprised how much you can get on those and how fast it drys!

in one of our old flats we had storage heaters so we'd put our airers next to them but for our smalls, dd's clothes (she was 2 at the time) and sheets etc we hung them on lines we'd strung up above the radiators. one room had a book case about 6 feet from the door so we put in a cuphook in the side of it and then one in the door frame and hung a line.

we hung a line over the hall radiator as well but using those L shaped cuphooks (they allow you to keep the line further from the wall) this went from the front door frame to the bedroom door frame. we also had a pully in the kitchen and dd's room had a book shelf over the radiator (she always had nice warm wipes ) so we had a bunch of cuphooks hanging from the bottom to hang up things to dry.

she may have to be more creative than aesthetic but i'm sure she'll be able to manage... one of the nice things about youth is that you are generally more accepting of bizarre living quarters :rotfl:

HOLsale

Mr_Proctalgia wrote:

Meadowcat,

I meant one of these yes.

we had one of those when we lived on skye

don't know what they were thinking for two reasons

#1 no heat in the hallway or bathroom! always cold so they went mouldy before they dried

#2 the darn thing always tangled up on us... the wars i'd have (i could dry smalls on it in the summer if i left the window open and it was a warm day)

gemmaj

Clothes Airer related questions:

With all the rain and dodgy weather I am finding it impossible to get my washing done. Until recently I spread wet washing around the kitchen for days (trying not to cover it in food when cooking!!) but have just replaced my nasty (free) kitchen table with a glorious new one, and can't put wet washing on it 'cos I'll ruin it!

Hence my interest in airers. I have night storage heaters and a freezing bathroom, so that rules out over-radiator airers and over-bath airers. I could find somewhere to put a regular airer (on the nice new table, anyone? :rotfl: ) but worry that either the clothes wont dry, or that I will be harming my house with all the condensation/ moisture build up?

Do I have to put the airers in a specific place for the clothes to dry - such as by a heater or an open window? And is the moisture build up a concern?

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My clothes dry on a wooden airer standing in the bath in my narrow bathroom. The radiator comes on with the CH and I just switch the fan on from time to time to clear the moisture

Gemma in your position I would get one of the airers with a heater below and a cover. Perhaps you could stand it in an upstairs room or on the landing and have a window slightly open

Edinburghlass_2

gemmaj wrote:

Clothes Airer related questions:

With all the rain and dodgy weather I am finding it impossible to get my washing done. Until recently I spread wet washing around the kitchen for days (trying not to cover it in food when cooking!!) but have just replaced my nasty (free) kitchen table with a glorious new one, and can't put wet washing on it 'cos I'll ruin it!

Hence my interest in airers. I have night storage heaters and a freezing bathroom, so that rules out over-radiator airers and over-bath airers. I could find somewhere to put a regular airer (on the nice new table, anyone? :rotfl: ) but worry that either the clothes wont dry, or that I will be harming my house with all the condensation/ moisture build up?

Do I have to put the airers in a specific place for the clothes to dry - such as by a heater or an open window? And is the moisture build up a concern?

I have night store heaters and use an airer situated in front of one of the night store heaters and don't have any problems with condensation.

HOLsale

astep70uk wrote:

I do about 2-3 loads of washing a day, with a lot of heavy stuff like jeans and towels,
Any advice on what everyone else uses would be great! Thanks

you can reuse towels for several uses as long as they are hung up after your bath and spread out so they can dry properly. this will save you a lot of money on washing and drying (or time on drying if you start using airers) remember, you're clean when you come out of the bath so the towel isn't really getting that dirty if at all!

also many clothes, jeans especially don't need to be washed after only one wearing unless they are actually visibly dirty.

HOLsale

Edinburghlass wrote:

I have night store heaters and use an airer situated in front of one of the night store heaters and don't have any problems with condensation.

same here

in fact i PREFER to hang some washing in the house as i find electric heat very drying and it makes my skin dehydrated. having the extra moisture in the air is quite nice and it's not like it is dripping off your walls

i have NEVER seen any condensation whatsoever!

melancholly

HOLsale wrote:

you can reuse towels for several uses as long as they are hung up after your bath and spread out so they can dry properly. this will save you a lot of money on washing and drying (or time on drying if you start using airers) remember, you're clean when you come out of the bath so the towel isn't really getting that dirty if at all!

I only ever wash my bath towel once every few weeks..... I kind of thought that was normal.... Do most people do it daily then?!?! (Am now slightly paranoid about my usual behaviour!!)

tootles_2

OH and I have a bath towel each. mine is hung over a free standing wooden towel rail OH hangs hod on an airer on the radiator in our bedroom, I wash them once a fortnight along with the bath mat and flannels..........

I alternate the weeks with the bedding......... we sleep under a duvet with a fitted sheet..............