Drying clothes in winter

Definitely need to sort out your spin issue.

Put clothes on plastic hangers and put them on door ledges spaced out.

I’ve done 3 washes today. The first was light sportswear & stupid Uniqlo stuff so once shut in a room with the dehumidifier on laundry mode it was dry in 3 hours. Second wash was mixed, just everything in a normal wash & max spin. Shut in the room with the dehumidifier at 13.00 & dry by 19:00. Last mixed wash went in the room with the dehumidifier at 20:00 & will be dry by 2:00 tho none of us will be up at that time. Does your dehumidifier have a laundry setting & are you closing the windows in the room that it’s in? I had a washer/dryer & struggled when it packed up, but I’m way happier with a washing machine & dehumidifier.

Buy a spin dryer - takes up no more space than a kitchen waste bin, if you fold stuff before you spin it, it comes out super uncreased so no ironing.
Typically, I find spinning removes almost a litre of water from a washload, so still needs drying on an airer, but dries tons faster.
3kg Gravity Spin Dryer In White 2800rpm, 350W - SIA SD3WH : Amazon.co.uk: Large Appliances

I second this. When it's sopping you've either overfilled, and/or didn't spin enough. Take out a couple of towels and do a 10 min spin on the rest. Or take out about half and spin the two separately. Centrifugal force needs space to move - there's a reason you can put very little in those little swimsuit spinners at the swimming pool!

I have a 3 year old washer dryer from Hoover and it's working just fine.

What's a socktopus? I've googled it but nothing coming up resembling anything that dries clothes.
I've got a clothes rail that I put all hanging things on plus a couple of airers so can space things out a bit in the hallway, close all doors and put the dehumidifier on. It's all usually dry within 4-6 hours.

Too right, I used one for a duvet once as it was much bigger than mine and it was alright as it had just been put in brand new but when I went back a while later I couldn't use it as it was full of pet hair

Oh is that all?

you take that risk anywhere.

our local laundrette though has an animal pair (W& D) a motor set (anything grungy!) & a 'misc' gardening/decorating/etc

all in one corner- brilliant. Got a whole load of dust cloths done.

We have only just some near us, I don't use dryers, but I was going to suggest them to a friend with a washing mountain! Why do you say not to use them??

Wash at home
Drive to launderette
Shove in massive dryer and sit and wait for 20 mins

I've seen people saying that they've got an air fryer and hot plate and replaced the space that their oven occupied with a tumble dryer OP 😊

Ah that will be it. It was dry and cold but still so everything came back in damp.

Even with no wind clothes will dry outdoors eventually, even in the cold, as long as its not rainy or very humid

Drying on radiators around the house with sopping wet clothes leads to damp and mould for sure.

Your clothes shouldn't come out of the machine sopping wet after a spin cycle. Check your machine is draining properly. Trying adding an extra spin.

What temperature is your house? Cold air doesn't hold much moisture so its harder to get things dry.

You need the radiators on, dehumidifier running. Or dry things on radiators in evenings but get windows open to air the house & let moisture out every morning without fail.

I didn’t have a tumble dryer for years, and I would religiously check the BBC weather app for good drying days, even in the depths of winter you still get a couple of sunny, breezy days per month. Sometimes I would peg out the heavier items for 2-3 days in a row. That helps to get it 80% dry and then let it warm indoors. I do understand the stress though, it’s quite a faff. Hug.

Even a Miele washer dryer is rubbish, my advice youel be to find a spot for a condenser drier. When we lived in a flat and space was really tight we had one in the corner of a bedroom with a cover over it when not in use.

It's not good for house to dry inside and new tumble driers aren't very expensive to run these days ,I use ours all winter and it's £20 a month which is well worth it. I peg out in the spring/ summer.

I’ve dried mine on radiators for 20 years and never had mould in our house 🤷‍♀️

You won't get mould from drying washing on radiators any more than you'd get from drying it any other way (unless it's an externally vented tumble dryer) because it's the same washing so the same amount of water being dispelled into the air.

Any form of drying inside risks mould - the same amount of moisture come out whether radiator or heated airer. I've never had mould in this house. In an old house I did get mould so used a dehumidifier when drying washing.

Sun but zero wind where we are today, so stuff came back in slightly drier but absolutely freezing.
I keep putting outside for as long as I can, it’s so still just now it’s not doing anything though.

You can line dry outside if it’s windy - I did all my sheets on Wednesday. Bring inside and stick over the bannisters overnight to get from “cold and possibly damp” to “properly dry”. The bigger issue for me is being out at work all day - I do draw the line at hanging washing out in the dark.

Washer dryers do work if they aren’t over-filled - I take tops and trousers out and dry on the airer, and tumble underwear and pyjamas. Means the airer isn’t overloaded.

They shouldn't be sopping after a wash. Is there a problem spinning?

I don't have a heated airer. I don't have a dehumidifier and I have one socktopus. I don't have a tumble dryer or space for one.

I line dry outside whenever I can and when I can't I dry my washing inside in the kitchen on a airer.

My airer is huge and on wheels. So I wheel it into the living room when cooking.

I spend my life moving washing around and so many pictures in the house have drying laundry in the background (to my dismay)!

It's just the way it is.

I have a washer dryer which I was really sceptical about at first but it's absolutely incredible. I have an LG one, think it was about £600 but I now couldn't be without it.

Beats my heated airer hands down. So many people told me washer dryers were rubbish but I've not had a single issue drying anything, can do a full load washed and dried in 3-4 hours which beats the airer anyday!

How many are you washing for? I've a pulley, a wee airer in the kitchen and a dehumidifier for three of us and i just about keep on top of it.

I have a hotpoint washer dryer which works reasonably well, I don’t use it for everything but works well for towels/sheets that would otherwise take ages to dry. I also do heated airer with a cover (just chuck a sheet over it) and dehumidifier, we don’t have any outdoor space at all and are a family of 4 so in winter this set up is running practically 24/7. We put it in the bathroom which is sometimes a bit annoying but at least I’m not having to look at it when I’m trying to relax of an evening. Extra spin really does make a difference too.