Raining all weekend - how will you dry your washing?

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I’ve got loads of washing, school uniform, sheets etc so can’t leave it and it’s raining all weekend. So it will be draped on an airer, stuck on radiators and I will have to put some in the tumble drier although I try not to use it too much. I’ve got a very small house and it’s a pain!

Tumble drier, or on the airer beside the radiator in the bathroom that is a heat sink for the range. Dries overnight.

I've only had a tumble dryer since Summer and I love it. Whole loads of laundry washed and dried in a few hours. It used to take a day or 2 on the airer or radiators which obviously made the house colder and damper so we had the dehumidifier running all the time. I know the tumble dryer is not cheap to run but the efficiency is worth it.

We live in a small rental, no outside space and a small washer/dryer that has been known to take 8 hours to dry two towels. Like you OP we are open plan and the noise of it is intrusive. We have basically lost a room we really need just to airers. One is Lakeland heated which helps, but I think I am going to try a dehumidifier too.

Those of you who use airers without dehumidifiers - do you open a window or use some kind of ventilation?

@Ginfordinner when we lived in a flat with excellent double glazing, we ran a dehumidifier every day during winter, and at other times. Now we're in a leaky Victorian house, with crappy double glazing, we haven't needed the dehumidifier, despite drying all our clothes inside.

After years of using a Lakeland heated airer, I caved and bought a tumble dryer in February. They're not very heavy so it sits on the counter above my washing machine in the utility room.

I have no garden or washing line outside so with 3 kids it's been a bit of a life changer!

Dehumidifiers are a game changer if you can't afford or don't have space for a tumble dryer.

Clothes that take too long to dry can smell musty, especially jeans. Our dehumidifier is about 18 years old. We bought it to dry out a damp cellar, but it is brilliant at drying clothes that I don't want to or can't tumble dry.