Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

Seakay

I try and dry outside unless it is actually raining.
I never got a tumble drier (eco reasons and cost)
A year ago I had to get a dehumidifier to dry out a sodden wall (gutter leaked in the middle of winter) and I got a dessicant one so that I could use it at low temperatures.
I can now dry a drying rack full of washing in 2-5 hours (depending on material weight) usually about 3 at the cost of a few pence an hour. It really is amazing.

CH27

I dry as much as possible outside.
I tumble dry bedding if it's raining & the heating isn't on.
I put clothes & towels on airers in the bedroom with the window open.

Norman_Bean

I use a Sheilas Maid - is brilliant BUT maybe I'm not the best one to ask for laundry tips (see my mouldy laundry thread :rotfl:)
Norman x

Flibsey

We have one of those old fashioned ceiling airers, so we can dry a load without having to fall over the clothes horse!

one we got with the house when we moved in, and will therefore have to stay when we move out (it's on the inventory)... BUT I managed to fid one at a bootsale, complete with all pulleys and ropes so we're keepig that for when we finally get a council house and can move out of this place.

http://www.pulleymaid.com/classic_clothes_airer.htm

Butterfly_Brain

lush_walrus wrote: »

Clothes dry really quickly in bathrooms in the summer on a fold away clothes drier, or else place the fold away close to an open window in the summer. Not very creative, so you may get better ideas, but that is what used to work for me.

I normally dry outside and have 2 washing lines in the garden plus a small whirlygig that goes on the side of the shed and if I run out of line space I put the washing on airers
I also put mine on an airer in front of an open window if it is raining as well

Justamum

Lyndy wrote: »

We were at a campsite this year that had a shieling dryer http://www.shielingdryer.co.uk/ It's an investment right enough but it was pretty effective. If I didn't live in a flat it would be something that I'd be thinking about buying.

My jaw hit the desk so hard that it still hurts! That's a heck of a lot of money for something which could probably be rigged up using some wooden poles, a tarp and some washing line! :eek:

anguk

I have a big x-wing airer that can hold loads of clothes and is big enough for sheets and towels. I also got a drying rack from Ikea, it can fit over doors or radiators and was only £6.59:
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70176086

7roland8

I agree Justamum. There are some rotary covers here - http://www.ecowashinglines.co.uk/rotary-washing-line-cover supposedly to keep things dryer - but could probably be rigged up with tarp from a £1 shop.

Gloomendoom

Flibsey wrote: »

We have one of those old fashioned ceiling airers, so we can dry a load without having to fall over the clothes horse

I made one of those out of six broom handles. The whole thing cost less than £10.

As far as drying outside goes, I put up an el cheapo gazebo in the garden and strung some washing line up inside it. It works... and it didn't cost £200 +VAT and delivery.

jackieb

I envied my old neighbours set up. They had an normal rotary dryer for nice days, but they also had a place between their summer house and a fence where they had put a corrugated plastic roof over, with a washing line underneath. So as long as the rain wasn't horizontal they could still hang out their washing.