Washing and neighbours

Because you have no idea what is going on in someone else’s house… I live outside of the UK and it doesn’t rain much but I still use a drier ( more than I would like to ) between work, SEN kids and trying to keep my head above water something had to give and much easier to throw in the drier …

Pull your head in and mind your own business … glad you are not my neighbour

Washing takes longer than 10 minutes to dry. it's not the time taken to hang it out, it's that the pollen will attach to all the laundry. Not drying washing outside is basic hayfever management.

There are days I can't go outside, yes, and that's with all the meds etc.

I'm guessing your notion of severe hayfever is different to mine.

@Poolstream it isn't hung out for 10 minutes if you have to go to work. And why would you do something that makes your child's hayfever worse if you have other options.

I don't hang mine out because (1) I am lazy and (2) I would have to wrestle it up a steep staircase filled with spiders with a hatch door at the top.

I put my washing out on the line whenever possible OP. I find a few minutes in the peace and quiet of the garden in the sunshine is good for the soul, even if I am only pegging out washing.

Out of interest, why does washing dried outside need ironing and washing dried inside doesnt? I do both and see no difference ironingwise.

From April my husband hangs washing out. In fairness he does the laundry. We also have dry soon racks.
Yesterday I told him I could smell rain and he called me a country bumpkin. He is a bit frugal so it's free heat to him.

Why would you want to do something that makes a health condition worse when you have another option?

Are you my NDN ? I assumed she didn't wear any.

Can't understand why not.

I dry my sheets and duvet covers outside on a rack if it’s really hot so they dry fast. I love the smell! But if it takes longer than a couple of hours I take them in as they get dirty in the air pollution. Hang everything else in the conservatory, while towels, socks and pants go in the tumble dryer.

i can send you a video OP if you’re interested?

Btw I never understood why British houses dont have a roofed space /balkony, porch, whatever/ where washing could be safely dried.

I think it’s possibly a generational thing - I hang washing out if my decking is dry be that on the 29th June or 29th December. I can count on both hands the number of days we had to dry inside during last winter. I also obsessively check the met office weather app and plan accordingly.
Disclaimer: I am however in the SE.
Surely using a tumble dryer in the summer is literally burning money.
But hey, that’s just my humble opinion, doesn’t mean I’m right (or wrong).

How sad is your life.

I only like to hang out my matchy stuff (I have a fair bit) I like to imagine the neighbours think, "That woman at number 6 must really have her shit together." 🤣
I hang the rest inside on the line (it's a whirlygig one) so it's slightly hidden.
It's a bit mad I know, but it amuses me

@AInightingale I have the woollen balls and put just a couple of drops on one of them. Been doing it for years and has not impacted my tumble dryer or anything I put in it other than make the items smell amazing.

So do you never go outdoors in pollen season? It must be really bad if you can’t hang washing out for 10 minutes.

My ds has severe hay fever, he won’t cut grass but otherwise he takes the meds and manages.

I like to hang mine outside /under the roof/ and do find it weird when people dont but they might have millions of reasons why they dont. Some dont want to put the effort in, some dont see the difference, some like to use their tumbledryer, some have some kind of a billirubin issue that doesnt allow for it, some have special anxieties about it, etc.

I never hang my washing out for two reasons:

1. I have horrible neighbours who would steal anything that isn't nailed down and have in the past broken into my back yard plus they are so loud, rude and their yard is such a tip that going outside makes me feel upset about what I have to live next door to
2. I get very bad hay fever so as soon as pollen season starts aside for reason No 1, I can't hang it outside as washing traps tiny pollen particles and it would be allergy hell.

Maybe they don’t want spiders rubbing their willies on their clean washing

You’re getting a hard time on here @whyamonthis

however, I’m with you that I’m surprised a lot of people don’t hang their washing out.

Where I live, we can easily see each other’s gardens and most don’t use it for their washing. I know they don’t have mobility issues and don’t believe they all suffer with severe hay fever.

Obviously, it’s their choice, but I suspect most just find it more convenient to use a tumble dryer.

If mine are looking they're probably wondering what on earth my washing is about.
This week I had a white load, a yellow load, a blue load, a pink load and a turquoise load.
I have a red, green and purple load to go.

It's costumes from a local show.

Mine is out on 2 airers hidden at the side of the house - means I can whip the entire lot in easily if it rains but still get the benefits of outdoor drying. You’d not be able to see them if you looked into my garden.

Am bemused at the idea of outdoor or indoor drying not requiring ironing. I iron everything bar underwear or pjs regardless of how they’ve been dried.

It's faster and easier for me to just use an airer in the utility room next to the washing machine, and I also use the tumble dryer for some things. It wouldn't all fit on my small line and I can't be bothered to carry the airer through the house to the garden all the time. I have a newborn and a toddler so it's easier to do it quickly where I can see them. And also because I'm an adult and I can do my laundry however I want.

Are you meant to put essential oils in tumble driers? I had always been led to believe that was a bit dodgy - fire hazard? Maybe not.