Washing

[Ellawood2]

I have so much washing it piles up I get it done and dry put away and more is in its place. I need to cut down I have but DH still uses a clean towel evertime and puts it straight in the basket. I do mine again but only 2times. Dd wear things get changed and puts them straight in the basket.

Yep, I do a wash at least 6 days a week.

I dont wash a towel every time i use it. Really don’t see the point in that as its clean.

Tell them they must wear or use things at least four times, before putting them in the laundry (unless they are actually dirty).

Leave them to put away their own washing.

Clothing that does not come into direct contact with the body gets washed when it a) smells or b) is stained.
Everybody has their own towels (2 per person) which get changed every three days.
And no (that's mainly to you DS) - I don't want to put it away / there is invisible dirt because it has been outside / the ads tell me there are GERMS - is not a reason to create work and spoil water.

Just dd and I and I do 6 loads a week, usually over Friday night / Saturday morning.

Darks, colours, whites, gym clothes, bedding and then towels. Bedding and towels go in the tumble drier currently, everything else gets hung up. I iron on a Sunday night for the week ahead.

Towels get changed every 3 days here except swimming ones which go straight in the wash.

I hate the endless cycle of washing, drying, ironing though!

Tonight I came home from work and have done 3 loads (bedding, 2 loads of darks). I put whites in on a delay for the morning and will replace that with a load of towels.
We are 6 sometimes 7 and i wash 3 days a week at least with multiple loads

Towels get changed in our house once a week. They are used on clean bodies then put to dry on a heated towel rail.

Get your family to put away their own laundry, or even DO their own washing. You go through the basket and wash what actually needs washing, and leave whatever doesn't need washing. They can either fish it out or wash it themselves. They'll soon get the idea.
I refuse to wash stuff just because it has been worn; unless it's actually dirty, it goes back in their drawers (apart from knickers and socks).
Tell them about the wastefulness of excessive laundering. It's not some kind of virtue to be 'super clean', it's totally unnecessary and environmentally irresponsible.

1. Wash less. Have different towels for you and DH. Wash 2 of each a week. Hide all others. Tell him, then on day 3 when he’s dripping wet and looking for a towel, point to the washing basket.

When anyone puts clothes into the washing basket that aren’t dirty then return them. They’ll get the idea.

1. Don’t iron (apart from work shirts).

Saying all that we re-use towels and don’t wash unless underwear or dirty or smelly and I still do a load a day.

Yes I will try some of this I will say I don’t iron much most of what we have doesn’t need it if dh want any he does do his own I will say that about him he will spend ages ironing an outfit to go out in With dd she likes leggings so I think they do need more washing as they are thin she doesn’t wear jeans now which I would just put back in her wardrobe

Oh and I can’t let dh do the washing he put my wool jumpers on a hot wash they never recovered