Any suggestions for drying washing indoors

bossymoo

Airers usually in conservatory with windows open, gets pretty warm in there and it isn't damp. A good spin cycle helps too.

But, outdoors if at all possible.

Eliza_2

I knew it was there somewhere - a whole thread on this very subject.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/83653

In my case I dry them on the line and run in and out all day like most other people. Drives me mad. I don't like having them drying in the kitchen as the clothes end up smelling of whatever I've cooked. I put them on an airer in the living room but it's cold always in this house so things take an age to dry and I'm never really sure they are properly.

But having at last invested in a washing machine this week I feel I'm living in luxury not having to wash stuff in the bath and drip it dry!

Liz

midnightraven3

still hang mine out
under a £10 gazebo thingy thats over the whirly
looks ridiculous , but i can stand under it even when its raining and hang my washing out
its not been cold although its been wet, so it dries no problem

Spamfree_2

I've just invested in my first clothes horse after making a concerted effort not to use the tumbler.

If it looks like rain, the clothes go straight on it, it's very flexible.
It's on and off like this one: http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/better-home-products/cross-wing-indoor-airer-white/invt/bh00012/?htxt=PsAGyAqy%2FDSGVBgOHPBfATKVETOKIWHcwqoICuDrG%2FxTcDPfxIrYzUvEu76RzzM6wutKTeo9AOCB%0AtDs76aYYKg%3D%3D We've not had the heating on in the house for the last 2 months either and it usually takes less than 24 hours to dry. No problems with damp either.

Across the back from us I seen a clothes horse beside the window(opened a wee bit) catching the last of the sun's rays.

kerri_gt

I only have a clothes airer (only two of us) no tumbler and no line, so if i'm out the washing generally stays in (unless on a rare day I know it's deff going to be dry) otherwise it does the hokey kokey being brought in and out when there's dry spells.

I do know one of my MSE cyber buddies invested in one of these last winter which seems to have good reviews.

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/p21736/Lakeland-Dry-Soon-Range?intcmp=INTSRCH:drysoon

Personally I can't quite justify the cost atm for just two of us, though I am tempted as it would be handy in the winter.

I don't hang clothes over rads as a) I always feel they'll get dusty from the dust behind (perhaps I should clean behind more often ) b) I am wary of the damp washing damaging the paint (I mean directly on the rad, not using a rad airer)

ZsaZsa

midnightraven3 wrote: »

still hang mine out
under a £10 gazebo thingy thats over the whirly
looks ridiculous , but i can stand under it even when its raining and hang my washing out
its not been cold although its been wet, so it dries no problem

What a fab idea!

cod3

We have a pulley (airer) on the ceiling on the upstairs landing. It is away from kitchen smells, out of sight and is in the place to where any warm air in the house naturally rises.

Torry_Quine

If it's dry then it goes out, if it's raining it goes in the tumble dryer. I have neither the time, energy or inclination to worry about it. For those who think I'm extravagant I'm all electric and pay £60 per month.

thriftwizard

I'm washing for 7/8 here, all of adult size, one playing football 5 nights out of 7 & another in a very active job, and whilst I have had to resort to the dryer once or twice this summer, mostly I've managed without. It's been a combination of line-drying all the big stuff (and everything else whenever possible, complete with dramatic leaps into action at the splatter of a raindrop on the conservatory roof) having a ceiling airer in the utility room, a big drying rack over the stairs & using the landing banister rail too, a drier over the door of the "spare" (i.e. least-occupied) bedroom and when really grotty, the Lakeland heated airer. I'm lucky that I work from home so am here to take advantage of gaps in the rainclouds, and I have quite a bit of help from my two DDs too. We own 5 metal sock-driers; two live full-time in the utility room hanging under the shelves, two can & often do go out on the washing line, and one goes wherever it's most needed.

I don't dry over radiators even in winter (heating at max 18 degrees, never on 24/7) but the house leaks like a sieve so we don't have problems with damp or condensation. Draughts have their advantages! So there's at least one window open most of the time nearly all year round, but we are in the south. And whilst it's a biggish house, that just seems to mean more people occupying all the nooks & crannies; no sooner do we export one of the offspring than one of their friends moves in (the lodger) or another moves a partner in! Complete with their washing... :eek:

The only reason I still have a tumble dryer is because it's really good for fraying things!

Penny-Pincher!!

Tumble drier for heavier items (towels/bedding/etc) or undies (hate them hanging everywhere. All shirts, t-shirts etc are hung on hangers and put out in the office to dry then be ironed.

I do look at the BBC weather guide and its usually pretty accurate, so go according to that. We put the WM on timer to finish by 8am and will be hung out early if weathers ok. Even heavy items are dry within an hour as its a line not a rotary.