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

This is us too. Family of four. I like to line dry. 5 bedroom house. WFH.
Electricity bill £40-55 a month. When I use the tumble dryer over winter it jumps to £90-100 a month. And even then I try and dry stuff without the tumble dryer overnight first.

I don't think the washing machine and dishwasher uses a huge amount of energy as we are on BG peak save so half price energy on Sunday, I generally do two washes and one dishwasher, sometimes do the very hot cleaning wash on both, and seem to get back less than £1, it's more in the winter when I use the dryer and cooker more

I also have a heated clothes horse, I only tumble dry, underwear, towels, tea towels, that sort of thing

Sorry for the drip feed been up since early.

Also I do the dishwasher on a quick wash, my old one used to take hours. X

This is exactly what I do and the dishwasher goes on twice a day, but I do have a smart meter so top it up as I go and out between twenty to forty pounds on a week, but that said I don't let it run low.

I don't think my usage of those appliances is helpful, I live alone, for a start. I do have a tumble dryer but never use it for clothes - mostly for 'finishing off' bedding and towels. They are expensive to use.

In my previous house on a day that was going to be warm I would hand laundry outside before leaving for work at about 7 am (which meant washing machine being on very early, or the evening before as I don't run appliances with a heating element at night), and it would be dry 11/12 hours later, when. I got home. In this house I have two pyromaniac neighbours who burn all sorts of stuff in nice weather, making my washing smell. Plus I now leave at 6.20 am ... I used the washing line when I'm home but all washing has to go on indoor airers when I leave the house.

So it's not always as straightforward as peg it out everyday.

Live alone. Dishwasher daily, washing machine 3x a week, no tumble dryer.

No dishwasher, but washing machine and tumble dryer. Both used on most days, I always tumble dry (apartment, although we're rural no laundry lines allowed in the grounds so no line drying). To be honest, I prefer tumble dried clothes, they are softer and fluffier than the stiff towels that come off washing lines.
I also use air conditioning in the summer, bills £50 per month as there's only me.

Dishwasher twice a day, sometimes 3. Washing machine and tumble dryer (not in the UK and no way to dry clothes other than the tumble dryer) roughly 4 times a week each.

Do you have an electric shower with lots of long showers? That would rack it up quite a bit.

We pay £115 pm for gas and electricity and this is about right for our usage. We have gas central heating but everything else is electric including cooking and showering.

Maybe in the UK, where I live it’s very common to have a laundry room even in houses that are over 100 years old. Modern ventilation might be less common but it’s increasingly popular because having a well insulated house with a modern heating system gets your electricity bill down immediately so it’s an investment that pays off quickly

Most people don't have laundry rooms or modern ventilation.

My electric bill is over £200 a month and we can't figure out how. DW on maybe three times a week. Washing machine and tumbler once a week. Heating is gas. It's weird

We rarely use our tumble dryer at this time
of year. Why aren’t you drying on the line or on a clothes horse?

I'm probably similar to OP. We have a lot of sporty people in the house who produce a lot of sweaty/muddy work out clothes and eat a lot so lots of dishes

We have a laundry room and the house has a modern ventilation system (exhaust air heat pump).so it’s never damp. More and more people are increasing environmentally conscious so don’t run the dryer even if they have one.

Dishwasher once in 24h - we pick the time when it’s cheap to run. Washing machine - twice a week. Dryer - once a year maybe: it’s expensive to run and it damages clothes so bad for the environment and the wallet.

We live in Sweden in energy zone 4. The highest electricity prices in Europe since 2021.

It could be the dryer. I get creative with drying indoors when I can't peg it out. Over banister/hand rail. On towel rail which is heated. 2 clothes airers. Hang over doors even on door handles. Back of kitchen door if not cooking anything smelly. Untidy yes but free.

I’m very curious about the lack of tumble driers on this thread. I had no idea it was to common not to have them in the UK. Here in Canada, it would be unheard of to own a washer but not a drier. (We have clotheslines and drying racks too, but clotheslines are only useful for part of the year, and the drying racks aren’t great for large things like sheets.

How do you dry a whole family’s laundry, including sheets and towels without a drier in the cold and rainy months? Doesn’t it make your house damp over time?

Define HUGE.

Is the bill accurate? Right number of units for what you've used?

Is it more than the same period last year? The changes you mention won't hugely affect your electricity bill unless you've gone from very efficient to very inefficient appliances. Dishwashers don't cost much to run and you should see a small reduction in hot water costs to compensate.

As our circumstances are unlikely to be comparable to yours I won't bother recalling how often the dishwasher or washing machine go on but we only use the dryer in extended cold or wet periods. Laundry is line or airer dried as much as possible for cost and environmental reasons as well as not wanting to ruin clothes in the dryer.

Unless you're physically incapable of hanging out washing or have no outside or inside space at all that would be an easy swap to reduce your electricity bill.

Your tumble dryer use is excessive. Can you hang washing on the line or pop it on a rack inside?

But their way is the one true and correct way, don't you know?

Of course that's excessive. A ludicrous amount of times to have all those appliances on

@SweetBirdsong you can’t possibly say that’s excessive without knowing the makeup of OPs household

We have a double dishwasher with both drawers going on at least once per day. If we’ve had people over for lunch/dinner that’s another 1-2 times per day.

washing machine is on 3-4 x per day

tumble dryer 3 x per day

Posted before I read this, but basically YES!! I agree...