We moved to a new house in the summer and have line dried since then.
I think we've reached the end of that till spring, mostly because the back garden is north facing, and it's still coming in very damp after 8 hours. Besides, I also need to think about winter drying.
The house is unusual. It's built into a hill (kind of split level) so the lower floor (living room, utility room, dining room) is downstairs and into the hill and (other than the living room) is palpably colder than the rest of the house. The utility is huge but has no window and is constantly about 17 degrees.
The upper two floors are toasty and without any heating on the temperature hasn't yet gone below 19 degrees (and more often is about 20).
I have a dryer, in the garage, but I am concious that costs about 60p an hour to run. I've thought about a heated airer but I guess it'll cost me the same as a dryer, plus the outlay. The dryer takes an hour to dry a load, and I think the airer would end up costing that if left on overnight so I might as well use the dryer, and this is an exercise in trying to cut down the costs overall. Plus I don't have a window in the utility only an extractor, so that would be adding extra costs.
If I put the stuff on an airer on the top floor, it does eventually dry (24 hours) but it has to go on the landing and gets in everyones way (and irritates me). Seeing as I do at least one load a day, it would be a permanent fixture and I don't fancy that. A dollymaid upstairs isn't an option - there isn't really anywhere suitable for it. Loads of room in the utility, but no warmth!
I've thought about turning all the radiators off except the utility room and just using that, but it's a small radiator (2ft) and is it really economical to do that? Running a whole boiller for one radiator?
I feel like I have no system!
Any ideas? Inspiration?
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alabasterangel · 29/09/2015 09:37
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