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

I have dual fuel and pay about £100 a month by direct debit. I've got Economy 7 and make sure we use at least 40% of our electricity on the night cycle. The account is always in credit by about a months payment.

I have dual fuel and pay £75pcm.

Family of 3 (me, teen, primary-aged DC). The washing machine runs around 3x per week; I neither own a tumble dryer nor a dishwasher. Dishes get done by hand daily and washing gets dried on the line, even in winter. I rarely have washing hanging inside, and it's only ever after it's been outside for a while, so it dries really quickly after I take it in.

I live in the UK and I agree with you. A lot of UK houses have washing hanging all over the house in winter. It looks terrible and can make a damp problem in the house. All radiators say not to put clothes on them but so many people do. I use a tumble dryer in the winter.

You don’t say how much your bill was for.
My electricity bill averaged out at around £100 a month over the year. Our heating is gas. In summer I hang washing out on the line but put everything into the tumble dryer from about the beginning of October through to the end of March.
I usually run the dishwasher twice a day and have one or two loads of washing a day

Not all tumble dryers are expensive to run, ours is as it is one of the basic vented ones which I prefer, we don't know which sort OP has.

It's just as bizarre that you think that a family of 6 in 6 separate double/king beds is typical. Almost no-one has a house that big.

Washing machine once every two days. Dishwasher everyday, sometimes Every other day. No tumble drier.

It's August, washing dries on the washing line.

We have 5 at home and use the dishwasher every 1.5 days, washing machine around 5 or 6 times a week and tumble drier about 4 times a year.

We also don’t have any fancy electronic gadgets and use low energy appliances and cycles.

Our bill is still big, £300 a month in winter and £125 in summer. Plus heating oil, plus LPG for cooking 😬

No water is gas too. We bought those plugs that you check appliance usage with and there was nothing leaping out.n

I don’t think it’s just your appliances (are they old or very inefficient)?

I run dishwasher daily, washing machine and tumble drier at least once a day and my electricity bill is under £100 per month with us at home all day WFH in a large 5 bedroom house.

Mine is about £20 a month to use in the winter and I use it approx 3x a week . I think the average cost of a driver is £150 a year which isn't excessive . I think the old ones were more expensive to run but that was years ago. Is this a new increase in bills OP?

Dish washer usually everyday sometimes might stretch it to 2 days. Washing machine is on at least 5-7 times a week. Tumble dryer probably 6 times if I were doing 7 washes. Unless I can get it outside. I've still had to use it sometimes in the summer as weather has been so poor.

Heating is on a lot in the winter. Has even been on in the summer sometimes again as summer has been so cold and wet.

I have a 4/5 bedroom detached house and were £200 per month. It's just been put down to £145 which makes me very nervous for the upcoming winter. There was one month it was £400 last winter.

I'm not in the UK, I live in NZ so washing can be put out all year round. It doesn't fully dry in the winter months, as my line loses the sun early, so I leave it on a clothes airer overnight and it's dry by morning.

Dishwasher once a day, washing machine and dryer 3-5 times a week.

I have a cheaper overnight tariff and solar panels, so I try to run these appliances either when it's sunny, or overnight.

Don't use the tumble drier! They are power gobblers.

i feel like it’s a lot.. When there was only 3 of us I washed only on Saturdays and school clothes were washed separately on Fridays.. Only used the dryer in emergencies (twice a month if that) hand washed all dishes.. As a family of 5 washing increased to 2-3 times per week, dryer only in emergencies and although I purchased a dishwasher I only use it once a month on a short cycle.. I now encourage my older kids to wash dishes after dinner. Our electricity is super expensive so we need to be realistic with what we use

For us:
Dishwasher 9-10 times a week
Washing machine 4 times a week
Tumble drier - twice a week in winter only - in summer everything line-dries. When the weather is bad we hang everything up for at least 24 hours on an airer then tumble dry till it's properly dry

This comment is bizarre. How can you possibly know?!

we’re a family of 6, 6 king/double beds + 12 x towels every week generate 12-15 loads of washing. Plus clothes, plus sports kits, plus cleaning cloths, plus a delicates cycle or two.

if the OP is a family like mine her use seems positively frugal. If she’s a single parent with a potty trained toddler then maybe not, but you can’t possibly know

Family of 4, dishwasher on 4-5 time a week. Washing machine, 4 times a week, dryer not at all in the summer, 2 short cycles a week in the winter . We use a heated drying rack.

I put the dishwasher on when it's full. I don't have a drier and I probably put the washing on five times a week. Line drying is amazing.

Be aware that this is likely to be more expensive as the one that takes hours is eco cycle.

I have a ceiling mounted drying rack, hung over the stairs (see photo). When lowered I can stand on the landing to hang stuff, then pull it up to ceiling height and it's completely out of the way, even with sheets. In the winter I sometimes run a dehumidifier if I've done lots of laundry but the house has pretty good ventolation so damp has never been a problem. I also hang stuff outside 8 months of the year, so the inside airer is only heavily used for a few months.

I've never owned a tumble dryer as an adult, so it's probably a case on not missing something your not use to having.

@Brepa you need to give us more context. What was the bill and what period does it say it covered?
How much people use their appliances will vary depending on their circumstances.

Dishwashers don’t use much energy relatively speaking. I run it daily and my freezer uses more energy than dishwasher.