To ask how often you run these appliances after I’ve had a HUGE energy bill?

You need a smart meter to really know what's going on. We have high energy bills but a huge proportion is heating at this time of year because our house is old and draughty. We use the dishwasher most days, about 4 loads of washing a week, and occasional dryer use if it's too wet outside to hang the washing out.

Absolutely understand why you have a lot of washing! X

I have 2 young adult men with disabilities. For one, clothes are filthy after a day. The other gets through a couple of changes each day plus wets the bed at night. His covers are a load on their own. Add in extra towels (I often find something suspicious wiped on my own bath sheet that I don't even keep in a bathroom, for example and my washer only copes with a half load of towels without threatening to walk), cleaning rags and so on and it soon adds up. It doesn't sound much different to keeping on top of baby stuff but everything they wear and use is much much bigger.

Get a decent dehumidifier and put your washing on an airing rack. Set your washing machine to do an extra spin to get more water out.
Use the eco setting on your dishwasher. I find it works perfectly well an economy.

@MyCleverGrayBear in contrast, my washing is never done. 4 of us in the family and 3 of us go regularly to the gym so we have extra gym wear to wash. Dh plays football and ds trains for rugby 2 nights a week with a match on a Saturday. Add in 4 beds, towels, dh work wear and there's multiple loads.

I need to do at least 1 load a day to keep it under control (sometimes more than 1) and with no tumble dryer have to hang clothes indoors.

We don't own a dishwasher but we run the washing machine/drier about 5-6 times a week. We pay £60 a month for electricity.

I realise I haven’t done a wash for 5 days. I have one full darks load on the machine and enough for another darks load if I include towels. Plus one whites load which is two lots of bedsheets and the school shirts. Then I’m done!

I’m really not trying to be argumentative. Please help me understand 20 loads for 4 people unless one or more have medical conditions that involve frequent changes etc.

The only way I understand it is if some loads aren’t full or there are a lot of bedsheet/towel changes

Yes I checked it out, amazing. But irrelevant for most of us in the west.

Dishwasher probably twice a day. Washing machine averages out at about 5 washes a week and at least 20 hours of drying a week 😞 😞 It’s a washer/dryer so really crap. We’ve got solar panels which help a bit and during the summer we rarely use the drier so look at the bills as a yearly cost to soften the blow 😂

Last month our electricity bill was around £110 for the house and about £34 for charging the car.

The high energy bill will be the tumble dryer.
I live on my own so don't have a dish washer because it isn't worth it, but I'm a clean freak (!) and have the washing machine and tumble dryer on every day. The tumble dryer uses the most energy...that and the frequent kettle boiling for coffees etc.
I prefer to pay the bill because I just love tumbled dried clothes and towels, they are all soft and fluffy rather than harsh when dried otherwise. And I don't have damp problems from stuff hanging around drying, which I also can't bear.

Not washing clothes & blankets definitely ups the risk of typhus. It’s spread by clothes lice that prefer woollens.

I understand all too well how you end up doing 20 loads a week without washing stuff that isn't even dirty. It's definitely not because I enjoy it and I'm sure the PP has their reasons, too.

Dishwasher: probably 3 times a week.
Washing machine and tumble dryer: twice a week each.

But there are only 3 of us. I can imagine a larger family needing to use their appliances much more frequently.

I run them all around 4x a week each, every other day or so. The dishwasher and washer goes on dirt cheap night rates but have to run the tumble dryer during the day annoyingly. We line dry during the summer. Car charging is what puts our bills up but still cheaper than petrol costs.

Blimey you're right. I learn something new everyday 😀

I don't think not washing your woollen garments for the year caused typhus. Maybe you should check that out.

I wonder that too. No wonder the planets in trouble. Utterly ridiculous.

How do you have 20 loads of laundry for 4 people? Or did I miss read the number of family members? I have two dc who wear games kit AND school uniform 5 days a week. always clean uniform every morning, more often than not clean games kit. One plays a muddy sport twice a week out of school too plus two other sports. Only one adult at the moment though.

normal size washing machine. I can get several days worth of uniform/kit etc in each load.

Hard not to sound arsy but genuinely curious about how you have 20 loads a week!

We're 3 adults, use the dishwasher every other day, same for washing machine and tumble dryer (( eco setting for wash and have a heat pump dryer. )) The tumble dryer I use year round yet our bills rarely go above £100 pm until the winter months when they work out at around £130 pm from using the heating......and no I don't feel bad about using the dryer in the summer. I work hard, I don't own a car or go abroad on holidays and I have all new appliances. I'll hand the blame on the hole in the ozone layer onto someone else !

Don’t use dishwasher, no tumbler, got a heated airer which costs pennies. Washing machine on once a day, 40 min cycle.

I would LOVE an energy bill that low.
Our electric bill alone is £240 per month.

20 loads of washing and tumble drying per week and 16 loads of dishwashing.

We have a new Miele Heat pump model powering through 20 loads of drying per week. Costs around £8.50 per week to dry those 20 loads. Which to me is well worth the cost.

Oh christ now it's making me think ours is excessive. Family of four here in a very busy household.

Dishwasher is on twice a day, 3 times per day at the weekend. Totalling 16 loads per week.

No less than 20 loads of washing per week.

Dryer 18 loads of laundry per week in winter.

Electric bill for the month around £240.

How many KWh are you using a week/month/year? And how much are you paying per KWh? Do you have the potential for an off peak electricity tariff so you can run loads at night/in the evening?

If you are on Octopus you can see your daily KWh usage in the app. Try not running washing/dryer for a day and see how much difference it's making.