Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

Rainy-Days

You need to get your home aired as much as possible. If you can it would be worth keeping a window open to let a through breeze come through and dry your clothes you can even hang them on coat hangers and hang them up on the curtain rails with the window open behind them. Now is an ideal time to get your home ventilated and keeping the humdity levels down - the only way you can do this is allow the fresh air from the outside in!

BitterAndTwisted

I suspect the OP's washing-machine may be clogged with that horrible black slime (which I think fabric-conditioner can contribute to) or it's not rinsing properly. I'd be having a look at the outlet hose after I'd taken out the dispensing drawer. I had the shock of my life when I removed the one from the machine in my nephew's shared house. It seemed that every item being washed and rinsed in the machine was being coated in that vile fungus or whatever it was. No wonder their laundry stank

Cat501

squeakysue wrote: »

I am thinking of getting a few of these for around the house, lots more drying space for the winter and can be used outdoors over the fence.

http://www.homebargains.co.uk/products/3107-radiator-airer.aspx
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Thanks for the heads up, prompted my first visit to Home Bargains for 6 or 7 months, bought two of these plus....er......rather a lot of other stuff. I should never be allowed in that shop....:o

krlyr

What cycle are you using on the washing machine? OH, in his attempt to be MSE, always used the fast spin setting. I use the 30 or 40 degree regular washes (depedent on what I'm washing/how dirty it is) and then the occasional hot wash (towels, bedding, dogs' beds etc). The settings I use have a regular spin at the end but I discovered that the setting OH uses only does a half/quick spin. We compared and on that setting the washing comes out soaking wet and takes days, if not the whole week, to dry indoors in cooler weather. Solution, we do the quick wash on sunny days when we can stick the airer outside (no clothes line in new house yet) and do the regular wash on the cooler/damper days.

Bogof_Babe

If you find your washing machine is not performing well, or is on its last legs, consider replacing it with a washer dryer (finances permitting of course). That's what I've got in our small flat and it's great for drying larger items e.g. towels and bedding. Takes a bit longer than a stand-alone t/dryer would, but worth it not to have things draped around the place for days on end.

I try to only buy clothes that can be tumbled now. M&S teeshirts are great but lots of manufacturers say "do not tumble dry" on the label so I avoid buying those.

I also have some radiator airers that are good for things that aren't quite dry after the tumbling cycle has finished, and for the odd non-tumbleable item.

Debt_Free_Chick

myteeduck wrote: »

Can anyone give me advice on how to dry my clothes quicker when its raining and cant use my line.

Thanks in advance x

TBH, I'd be inclined to use a tumble drier at the local laundrette if these are just occasional incidents

empressemma

My washing was like that a while ago, and it was the washer.

I don't have a tumbler drier, but adjust the spin option to the highest so they're nearly dry when they come out anyway. Also, rather than heating on full to dry your clothes, pop them in a room with the window open, and the door shut on cold days! Could be the 'stuffiness' of the room and bad ventilation causing the niff!

zippychick

Im sure you don't really smell of wet dog

Ive merged this with our thread on drying indoors as it has loads of preveious discussion
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wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver

Easy just get a Lakeland heated 3 Tier Dryer a heated clothes horse you just need to cover with a sheet to work it's magic. I would not be without mine.

allybee101

I use a spin dryer to get excess water out and then hang on clothes horses to dry in my teeny one bed house. The key is to make sure that clothes dry properly before putting them away.
Put the clothes horse near an open window, and don't overload the horses - there needs to be air flowing through to dry the clothes. Do smaller washes if you can't spread everything out.