Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

Justamum

7roland8 wrote: »

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.

The ones from here http://www.rotaire.com/ are probably cheaper than the ecowashinglines ones. A bit anyway.

GreyQueen

In my flat, I can only have one clothes airer so laundry has to be done one load at a time. If the airer isn't free, no more washing can there be (sorry! ).

Mum has to handle a lot more laundry and makes good use of her backyard linen line but there are days when she has to push on thru the laundry mountain despite wet weather and there is more than her 2 airers can handle.

She has something called a hide-a-line which is a pull-out set of 5 lines attached to a plastic bar which is spring-mounted into a plastic casing which is screwed to the wall. To use the lines, you pull the bar across the tub and attach it to it's hooks on the opposite wall, and unhook for it to return. She manages to dry huge thick bath towels on this line in a few hours with no heat in the bathroom and the little window open for ventilation (preferably with the bathroom door closed but the OH doesn't always remember to do this.

It's a "Hills" brand but they've been about for years and I am sure that there must be several companies who make them. HTH.

Amarillo

My tumble dryer is broken. I try not to use it in the summer when it was working but have been guilty of using it when it rains.

I've been trying to keep on top of the washing but had guests for the weekend and things have been building up. As it keeps raining on and off today, I decided to have a go at drying things under the carport and also in the greenhouse, leaving the door and window open for ventilation. Both seem to be working well.

It seems a bit extreme to get a greenhouse but if you can keep an eye out on EBay etc, you can pick one up pretty cheaply. Be creative with the type of clothes horse you use (I need to work on this) and the staging, I think you could dry a fair bit of washing and have a bit of space for some veg and herbs. If the washing ends up smelling of tomato plants then might have to rethink that idea.

Justamum

Amarillo wrote: »

My tumble dryer is broken. I try not to use it in the summer when it was working but have been guilty of using it when it rains.

Why the use of the word 'guilty'? I've got a tumble dryer and am not ashamed to use it if I need to - which this summer has been frequent. I had to buy a new one this summer actually because our 'old' (13 months old actually) one broke. I can't be doing with damp washing hanging around the house a) because we haven't got the space or the airers and b) damp air isn't good for the house (or our many books).

Amarillo

I love my Tumble Drier but I do feel guilty as they do use a lot of electricity which I can't help feeling is unnecessary and if I was just a bit more organised I wouldn't need to use it . My guilt has been made worse by moaning to two friend's about my broken dryer and both of them not having one, when I'd wrongly assumed they had.

After comparing carport washing and greenhouse washing, the carport wins as smells fresher. DH has said that his Mum used the greenhouse for years so it must work as she was very particular about things like that.

Bigwigg

Hi all, now that it seems Autumn is really here, it's too cold for the clothes to go outside to dry and I've just got rid of my dryer due to the cost of the electric so I just wondered if anyone had any OS clothes drying tips that they could share with me?

How did people dry their clothes in winter before dryers came along? Someone out there must have some good tips,
thanks,
Liz

bargainhunterss

I tend just to put them on hangers and hang them on doorways and clothes horses/maidens etc. wherever you have space really!

rising_from_the_ashes

even getting the washing out for a wee while on a cold day helps take the really wet off things (especially towels etc) which means they take less time to dry once inside (and saves really damp washing hanging around).

Do you have an open fire?

I used to stand my clothes airer in front of it (obviously at a safe distance and with a fire guard up) when I had one and it was great for drying the clothes.

I have the hangers you get for radiators over my doors and hand stuff up on hangers - they dry pretty quickly and need less ironing too!:D

russetred

Invest in a clothes horse and stand it by an open door when its not too cold but raining then you get the fresh air smell but your clothes will dry

kittywight

i have clothes airers and shove them in the warmest room in the house, usually the livingroom lol
dont always put the radiators on ... i always get confused if it costs more to tumble dry or more to put the heating on??
but as long as your house isnt an icicle you should be fine , theyll dry eventually

big things like bedding and towels ect i hang over doors


xx