Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

hmc

its taken me 2 yrs of humming and harring but i finally bought a lakeland heated airer. its fantastic. i do the wasing last thing at night, if wet in the morning and cant peg out i put it on the airer in my bedroom for the day, switch off at night as too hot. i have no where else to have it. most of it is dry by then or it will be dry by the morning. sometimes i just have half of it uo for airing after line drying just for a few hrs

bluebag

After reading that most indoor damp is caused by drying washing indoors without sufficient ventilation, I invested £20 in a second hand de-humidifier, works great. It also has the benefit of adding a teeny bit of heat to the room.

Costs about 2p an hour to run, I have it on a timer for 4 hours then let the clothes air off overnight.

When it's been raining for days and days.... like now, ugh!, I break down and use the tumble dryer.

Whenever possible I line dry outside, I was told that if the paving stones outside are dry the humidity is low and the washing will dry, but if the stones are wet, save yourself the effort of pegging it all out.

splodger_seedswapper

i live in a bungalow - and the loft hatch is in the centre of the hallway - because the loft is extremely warm at this time of year (even in wet weather) - i just open the loft hatch and let the warm air out - i put larger (and damper) items on hangers and hang them around the hatch hole - and position the clothes horses under the hatch - i put a load there on monday morning and it's all dry now

Murphymycat

wouldbeqaulitymoneysaver wrote: »

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.

We bought one of these a few months ago when our tumble drier stopped working and being a Miele it was going to cost a fortune to get repaired. Although the Lakeland drier was quite expensive it has been worth it's weight in gold. The clothes/sheets dry fairly quickly and as a big bonus a lot of the items need much less ironing as they dry with fewer creases. We also have an electric clothes horse bought from a newspaper ad about 25 years ago And kept in the roof but has now been resurrected.:T

frugaller

Hiya

There's me, my hubby, two teenagers and two dogs and I am having big issues NOT to resort to the tumbledryer this summer.

If it's sunny out, I put some laundry out and either by the time I've put it out or within a couple of hours it's been rained on and I'm back to square one.

I don't have my radiators on in the summer and if I dry laundry in my house on the radiators in the winter then my house goes damp :-(

There must be something that I should be doing but I'm not, but I just don't know what...

I would really appreciate any advice on what you wonderdul MSE'rs do to dry your laundry in this horrid weather.

TIA
Frugaller

PixieDust

We use an airer on the kitchen ceiling (the sort you hoist up out of the way) and coathangers on the showerrail. I also do smaller wash loads and wash every day.

We're two + two teens, a dog, 2 cats and 10 ferrets. The latter create a lot of washing!!!!

Gintotmelinda

After years of managing without in desperation I have bought a small tumble dryer in T**co Home this afternoon. Last one in the shop £109 good price-have seen them £130.

I'll just get my coat then......

Gintot

happy35

i have managed to dry most of my washing on the line, but if not I have put washing on 2 airers and dried in the utility room with back door open. If really heavy rain have left the window open a few inches.

I did tumble dry one batch of towels and one of sheets this summer as just had no room to get them dry, towel do not dry well on an airer IMO

building_with_lego

I've taken to hanging almost everything on hangers, then using Lakeland's hook-em-ups which stay on the line. When (;)) it begins to rain I run out and whip the hangers indoors- so long as they've had a bit of a blow around they finish off nicely indoors. Oh, and I check BBC weather religiously every morning to check whether it's worth doing a load.

Rainy-Days

With great difficulty! I am washing when I know I am going to be at home, so I have been here when it has rained. I also have three airers which I put in the conservatory and kitchen to help dry them there. The people across the road from us have taken to having their garage door up and putting the washing on airers in there - which is a good idea if you don't have a conservatory. All round it's been a bit if a nightmare trying to dodge the showers.