How do you dry your washing without a tumble dryer?

[littleweeannie]

There is no space in my kitchen for a tumble dryer, although I would love one as it would make life so much easier, and I don't have a washing line. My back yard is absolutely tiny so can't fit a good sized line there.

I have a heated maiden but it doesn't really get that hot. I don't really like hanging washing inside because they often dry and smell damp and I don't like to leave the windows open all the time (I get cold easily).

How do you dry your washing?

we have a washing line outside, but if its raining I stick everything on the airer underneath the lean to thing that's next to the "wash house"

(its a tiny added on room which is only accessed by a door directly to it, you cant get into it from kitchen which it is attached to, and contains the boiler, washing machine and gas and leccy meters - I don't know what the technical term for it is)

it usually dries unless its chucking it down or its a freezing cold and not windy day.

When its like that I stick the airer in front of a radiator and have radiator airers on the rest of them. Dries in a couple hours. I keep the windows a crack open.

stuff also dries surprisingly fast hung on the banister at the top of the stairs.

I keep umming and ahhing about whether to buy a dryer (ds has started potty training so I am washing like theres no tomorrow) but at the minute I cant see that it would be money well spent...

Misread the thread as "how often do you dry your washing without a tumble dryer". Ooops.

We don't have one. So today it was pouring this morning so I waited for lunchtime to put a load on. It's now bright, sunny and blowing merrily on the line. (I appreciate I have the flexibility to do this as I work from home, not an office).

In the winter I'll still put it out on bright and cold days. It might not dry completely, but it will still smell better and get some moisture out. I don't do what my mum does though - she pus it out in subzero temperatures and freezes it to the line.

If it's really cold, the heating is on in the house as I'm here working. So two large screens by the radiator. With the trickle vents open on the windows for ventilation. I really think people hugely underestimate the amount of water which comes out of a load of washing.

We have a Lakeland heated airer for winter & also have a retractable double washing line in our garden. Our garden is quite small so means it only takes up space when it’s in use!

I moved to the tropics and now everything dries outside in a few hours, it's heavenly. Just have to remember to bring it in before the afternoon rain starts.

When I lived in the UK with no tumble dryer or garden I hung light stuff on a rail over the washing machine, draped sheets and towels over the banisters and put heavier things on a clothes horse next to the window so they got some sunlight and breeze.

At one point I worked in a dry cleaners and did my laundry there because they had a tumble dryer.

Tumble driers are evil imo. Why not just hang your clothes on a dryer inside and let them dry normally?!

I hate using the tumble dryer as I'm trying to cut bills down !!! I've got 2 airers and I pop them outside if weather ok and bring them in if it's damp ...

Washing line outside or airers in the garage. Big sheets can go over the landing banisters. In winter I use radiators.

Outside or on large Lakeland heated airer on damp/wet days. Occasionally resort to over radiators if I'm desperate, yes I know it's not a good thing to do but light stuff dries in minutes. I actually have a small tumble dryer in the garage but I rarely use it as I hate the feel of stuff when it's been tumble dried.

Outside if not wet on a rotary line. Otherwise, on an fairer in the second bedroom. We have under floor heating, so dries overnight. We have freestanding heated towel rails in each bedroom, and jeans dry overnight on one of those.

Put an airer outside and peg clothes to it.

Run a cleaning cycle on your machine. If you use an airer inside ensure there is plenty of room for air to circulate around the clothes. Speed up the drying process be turning over clothes after half a day so the dampest side is on the outside.

We only have airers, and don't have the heating on, not the windows open most of the winter. Things dry in 12-24 hours in summer, longer in damp weather and winter. I take the clothes that are nearly dry off the airer and move to elsewhere in the room to air. Increases circulation around the rest of the clothes and speeds up airing.

You could get a rotary airer to put outside. I think you can put them up as you need and store elsewhere as they can be unsightly.

On holiday I find that some houses do not encourage clothes to dry.

Heated airer with a sheet over the top (I make sure to wash a sheet or towel each time and drape it over so it dries but also traps heat in)

I do wish I could dry in my garden though. Sometimes if it's really hot my neighbours ask if I want to and I pop my clothes on an airer on their driveway
Madness that they can drape clothes all over a driveway but I can't use my own private garden for an airer

Clothes horse, with one of these in front of it overnight

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Towels and thick hoodies etc aren't 100% dry but i then turn fan off and during the day they finish off

In the winter, I dry my clothes on hangers, hanging on the upstairs doorframes. BUT, to get them dry without making your house damp and smelly, you really need a decent dehumidifier. I also put each load on an extra spin cycle as well, to remove as much water as possible.

My condenser drier is in my eldest dc room. Shes 19 though. Makes upstairs lovely and toasty when it's on.

You can put your clothes on a drying rack outside. When I'm drying clothes indoors I make sure I have it downstairs by door so when we are going in and out they always gets some fresh air.

When I was a student I put things on hangers and hung them up on door frames and a few of the strong curtain poles in front of windows. I then got the extended radiator dryers and two over-door clothes horses as I kept knocking things off when I used the doorways. I tried using the dado rail but they didn't dry very well.

We don't have a tumble drier because I am keen on reducing energy use/skanky (delete according to your point of view). I spin twice then: hang things on their hangers from curtain rails (we live in a bit of a laid back/green area so this doesn't offend the neighbours), I have a hanger thing with clothes pegs on that takes socks and underwear - these get hung off the light fittings in the sitting room and bathroom, the rest goes on a clothes horse or over bath airer. We open windows every day, whatever the weather but understand this isn't for everyone., so in terms of dehumidifiers we do have one for a rather dark bedroom at the back - just a supermarket non-electrical one that takes what looks like a big dishwasher tablet. Does a great job.

You could get a washer/dryer

Anyone drying clothes inside should always use a dehumidifier. Otherwise you'll make your house damp and be very prone to mould.

Could you convert to a washer/dryer. You only need the space for one machine obviously. Otherwise how about a heated airer/dryer like the one from Lakeland. Best result from that type of dryer is to throw a sheet or something over to trap all the heat.

Do you have room in your yard for a small storage shed OP? The short ones?
My mum's friend has a static caravan and she has a storage shed thing that she keeps her washer and dryer in.
It's waterproof so fine for anything electrical.
Maybe you could put one in your yard with a dryer in it.
Alternatively, you can buy retractable washing lines, which have 4 lines on them for indoor use. I had one, pre tumble dryer which was in the bathroom. I think Argos still sell them.

Aldi’s heated airer is currently available for home delivery

It does takes up more space when open than the cheapest Lakeland one, but is also much cheaper.

Aldi one is 230w, Lakeland 198w

www.aldi.co.uk/heated-clothes-airer/p/018734287269500

www.lakeland.co.uk/25904/Dry%3ASoon-Mini-Standard-3-Tier-Heated-Airer

Dehumidifier and also a heated foldaway drying rack thingamy (folds flat, goes under bed when not in use). This type of thing....
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