When do you stop drying laundry outside?

[Family1st2020]

I've still put mine out on dry days. Even though it can take near all day to dry but saves using tumble or having it over radiators. My ndn said she stops by mid Sept as not nice enough out.
Today has only been 11 degrees and cloudy but I've dried towels and our bedding. Dh uniform and 1 other load.
I've just seen weather is nice midweek 13. So plan to do kids beds then rather than tomorrow and tumbling? I'm now thinking my neighbours think I'm odd 😂

I’m in Scotland so when it’s dry my washing is out, had it our yesterday and today.it then dried overnight on the indoor ra ms with a dehumidifier running. I don’t have a tumble drier as they are so bad for the environment and most of my clothes have a no tumble drying symbol.

I never knew that about the dry patio - brilliant!

In answer to the pp about tumble driers, they are expensive, I object to using power to dry clothes when the wind is free, also they are bad for some clothes and I can't be thoiled to sort through my wet
sundry to pick out the fancy stuff that can't be tumble dried.

I don’t bother from late October to late February. My back garden is north facing and hardly gets any sunlight at that time of the year.

I heard or read somewhere that if the ground/path is dry then there’s enough drying in the air to dry clothes. Works for me.

I'm in North of Scotland and like others, my washing is out whenever it's not pissing down regardless the time of year.

If it's still damp in the evening I just chuck it on the airer to finish drying

I'm not keen on Tumble driers as I know a few folk who have had fires.

[quote Alicatz66]@LizzieSiddal .. me too !!! I bloody love hanging washing out !!! You are not alone [/quote]
Add me to the 'Sad Gits' group!!!

I bought a set of 12 (supposedly) tea towels, to use as hand towels because they're easier to soak/sterilise/wash/dry. I especially LOVE them flapping around on the line. Even more so when I do a tea towels & dish cloth wash as well and they're all on the line.

I'm easily pleased 🤪

@Family1st2020. Sod your neighbours & what they think! I put washing out all year, at this house as where the line is, is like a wind tunnel so unless it's actually raining it'll dry to at least a good degree, if not totally, then it finishes off overnight on the airer

I've been known to peg it out in drizzle if I'm going out & looks like it'll perk up later on and I never mind it getting a rain rinse, so nothing to lose!!

@Phrowzunn. I don't like dryers because I wear a lot of t shirts & they shrink them. And I prefer my bed linen & towels line dried (live the smell of fresh sir on them & prefer the texture). I have radiators do I can dry something pretty quickly, if I had to.

Obviously it's environmentally better not to use one too

I will dry outside to get stuff as dry as possible before the rain starts. I also have ceiling fans in all bedrooms upstairs, they are fab in the winter as it means a full clothes horse of clothes can be dried within a couple of hours. I put bedding under them too & that dries super fast under them on the fastest setting. Couldn't be without the fans now!

All year round. I don’t have a tumble drier. Washing is timed to match the weather where possible.

I hardly ever put it outside except on a really warm day. Certainly not in October. Going outside finding it not quite dry at best or soaked by a downpour at worst., Waste of time.

Phrowzunn

Environmental reasons for me, using unnecessary energy

Stopped already - I’m in Lancashire, small east facing backyard with 6’ walls, & buildings all round pretty much

But there are only 2 of us now, and I have a drying rack over the stairs which takes one load pretty much. I would dry outside all year round if I could, but without much of a breeze it comes back in almost as damp as it went out - plus coal fires are still a thing here so it’s smoky too

I have always stopped in October and restart in March. Perhaps I’ll try all year this year but never find it dries, even on very windy days.

If it’s a good drying day the washing will go out irrespective of the time of year. I remember reading on a thread on mumsnet that Americans typically don’t hang out washing, I was shocked to the core at such insanity 😁

Another one who pegs out all year with the drying path test.

If I don't think will dry fully, I'll still try to put it on the "liftable" airers and stand them in the garden for a couple of hours. The first hour or two is when most of the moisture comes out, and better it is blown away than making the house damp.

Tumble dry on damp days though. Making the house cold and damp is not worth it.

I have washing out on Christmas day much to.my neighbours shock. Unless it's raining or very cold, even getting it a bit dryer is worth it. I dont pit clothes over the radiators any more. We have a modernist house and the ceilings go mouldy if I dry clothes inside ( no air bricks in the house maybe)

October to April/May, another north facing shadowy garden here.

I've been finishing clothes off on the rads for the last few weeks already. Some October's are nice, but this one has been really wet.

For as long as possible. Even if it doesn't dry thoroughly outside I'll then either do a short tumble or hang on the heated airer.

When it stops being dry outside. Last used my rotary airer about 10 days ago.

I was always told that if the paths were dry it would dry. The key is to bring it in before it starts getting damp. So earlier on autumn/winter days, bung it on the airer and it's dry in no time.

And with a toilet training autistic teen I love my dryer with all my heart.

I tend to hang washing out between Feb half term and October half term. Tumble drier over the winter which also warms the house up downstairs and saves on the heating. Love tumble dried towels, they are beautifully fluffy 😄

Never.
It still dries outside on a dry day in winter. I just have to plan it a bit.
Waistband and thicker items finish drying inside.

I've already given up with drying outside for the year. I have a tiny North facing garden so it's now constantly in shade and is muddy from now til March/April.

All year round. Washing smells better if it's hung outside. If it's not completely dry then I'll hang it over the AGA or on racks in front of it. Very, very occasionally I use the dryer for finishing off towels or bedding.