When do you stop drying laundry outside?

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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 😂

At this time of year I do a drain and spin cycle after the normal wash cycle has finished to get excess water out and then if the weathers dry (regardless of temp) I'll put out on the line until it either rains or gets dark then I'll move them inside.

As long as it's above zero and not humid. Only jeans, towels, bathmats.

HATE having laundry hanging around the house, so it's either tumble dryer or outside.

I stopped in 2007.

So I'm not odd 😂
Were due 3 days of dry weather so tonight I will strip kids beds and wash ready to go out.
It's not due to rain till after lunch today and I'm debating whether to stick the baby's washing out in a min and see if drys in the next 3 or 4 hours. It's a high line so if a breeze it should dry.

Depends on the weather rather than the time of year!
If it's really cold but sunny then I dont bother as would have the heating on anyway.
It did go on the line yesterday but was still damp when it was brought in hours later.

I used to live in a flat with no outdoor drying area. And drive me insane having to have it on airers, luckily we had a recess in our bedroom where the rack fit nicely but it seemed there was one out all the time and I hated it.
Our heating clicked on this morning, no idea why as wasn't cold ( prob the teen before school) I've had to open windows but I'm not wasting the heat that's still cooling In rads do have put Muslins etc on there as they'll dry within half hour then can be sorted.

I’m in Scotland and we had a lovely breezey weekend so I had washing out and it dried. I do usually stop end of Octoberish though. I hate bringing in damp clothes to re-hang.

I'll put mine out any day if there's a good breeze. Usually needs finishing off on the drier or the airer in the winter though.

As long as the garden path's dry, the washing goes out. Year round.

And actually, this year I might continue hanging out face masks as they are small and light.

I only dry outside in proper sunny weather. Now the heating is on I hang laundry by the stairs and it's dry in a few hours, and saves trekking in and out. I do own a dryer but only use it a few times a year.

It won't be happening today as its a lovely wet Scottish day here

I find an extra spin in the washing machine, on mine it adds 8 minutes, cuts the drying time down considerably.

I'll line dry until about now, October holidays, with the exception on high pollen days. I won't put the kids' bedding out on those days.

All year round, as long as the weather is dry(ish). I may have to air it off inside (don't have a tumble drier), but it's fine.

What do most people do who don't have tumble driers?

About ten years ago...

This is something that I have never ever thought of. But I don't live in the UK.

Mine goes out 12 months of the year, during winter it takes longer but as long as its not raining and there is a breeze, it dries.

Definitely going to go by, if the path is dry then dry enough to hang. I have an a++ energy tumble and it still uses a fair bit according to the smart meter

Does no one use a pulley? If we had somewhere to put one I would have one. They are brilliant. Dry washing really quickly and it’s free.

I have a pulley in my middle room, Running. Goes up above the coat hooks. But I use it for airing rather than drying.

How would a pully dry more efficiently than a normal aired though?

because warm air rises.

I have a pulley in the same room as the boiler and hot water tank so it dries really quickly. And it’s out of the way. But nothing beats outdoor drying. Sometimes I take a photo of my beautifully hung out and flapping laundry. I realize I am tragic.

If it looks like a drying day, then it goes out, whatever the time of year. The airer lives in the bathroom, next to the heatsink radiator, so gets dry quickly. Bedding, towels and jeans go in the drier.

It's wet today but here in the east of Scotland it's often bright and breezy so clothes can go out all year round.

Not all of Scotland is the same!

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