What dryer do you have In your garage?

[Buttons294749]

We have an integrated but poorly sealed garage (I.e. it gets cold).
LL has installed a washer/dryer in there which I hate so want to buy a dryer. This will be my first ever dryer as I previously dried on my lovely South facing, covered balcony. But in this house north facing, shaded garden means things didn't really dry even on Sunny days. Landlord has asked not to dry washing indoors on airers because of mold.

I can't get a vented dryer as no window in the garage. I really wanted a heat pump one but apparently they need to keep it somewhere 10 degrees C plus, and a condenser one needs 3 degrees plus too!

We will move in the next couple of years so don't want to spend too much as I know removal men can be heavy handed!
What have you got in your drafty garages??

Thanks x

Wait.... I have a garage?

:-D

I also currently do not have a garage or dryer but in a spookily appropriate coincidence am hoping to move into a rented north facing, shaded garden, house with attached garage and was thinking of getting a dryer out there. So thanks for starting this thread and hopefully you've not moved into in MY house!

P.S DP says I shouldn't get a dryer because higher energy costs.

Beko condenser dryer in a cold and draughty garage here.
Works well, no problems and didn't cost a fortune.

@whilemymeringuegentlyweeps

Not London/Surrey borders by any chance?

We got a 9kg condenser dryer by Electra this July that lives in the garage, previously lived in a 2 bed flat.
I’ve found it very easy to empty the water tray out each time and the fluff filter too. Personally worth having it as I can now dry all the bed linen (asthma suffers with weekly linen washes x 4 sets) in one day.

[quote Buttons294749]@whilemymeringuegentlyweeps

Not London/Surrey borders by any chance?[/quote]
Whew, not quite.
Kent.
Are you planning what, if anything will grow in the garden? I have a massive oak tree in mine

I actually had some luck with lavender this year (we do get s bit of sun) and some roses grew too!

Hi evilpea
I'm considering a heat pump tumble dryer. I'm just wondering how yours is performing in shed please. And have you found it difficult to use in cold spells.

Tks again

Sorry I don't fit the MN stereotype in the thread title, but I don't have either a dryer or a garage.

It does ok. I did the bedding yesterday, it took about 4 hours to dry. Towels the night before 3.
in that real cold spell we had it was still ever so slightly damp after a 3/4 hour run, but nothing a quick radiator dry didn’t sort.

it is slow, however I can see the difference when comparing electric bills from when I got it. The graph just suddenly drops down. So it is definitely worth it. I think the newer ones would cope much better.

Tks for the reply
I'm looking at an A+++ or A++ Hotpoint.
My gas tumble dryer is very fast , but I'd like to change eventually.
What brand is your model if.u don't mind me asking ?
I suppose in the summer it's a lot faster ?
Cheers

Gosh this is an old post.

hello!
sounds like my experience is similar to damns. I get bored of trudging backwards and forwards turning it back on for another few hours, so tend to just bring it in to finish off once it’s nearly dry on really cold days. By finish off, I mean just half hour tends to do the job.

Mines a zanussi lindo I was trying to stay away from hotpoint as I had one before and had a nightmare with the recall etc. but sort of inherited it, it’s an early heat pump one.

you’ll really notice how slow it is vs a gas one. I’ve used them at the launderette and they are amazing. One good thing about the heat pumps is they are less likely to cause shrinkage though

as my tradesman dh says to customers you can have slow and cheap or expensive and quick. It’s a compromise I’m happy with and can live with. I’ve never got that angry with it for misbehaving or taking a long time…. Unlike my washing machine. That’s an utter arse

I have an AEG heat pump dryer and it's absolutely amazing and I love it.

It costs the same to run as a fridge so it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to run, definitely good news st the moment.

It works differently to a regular drier, it doesn't get so hot so drying a load takes longer but it also doesn't damage clothes and you can dry all sorts including man made.

You need to sort laundry into similar types (cottons, man made etc) select the correct program and just leave it to do it's work. There's no timer, no checking halfway you select how dry you want it and leave it all to the sensors.

It doesn't require venting, you can either empty the plastic water collection tank, or you can choose to have the water outlet connected to your drain. We chose the latter so all the water collected goes into the washing machine drainage pipe so apart from cleaning the lint filter there is no maintenance.

The machine isn't cheap but I would highly recommend it.

I think the majority of times it’s over 3 degrees

Mines an early Bosch one. I bought it from gumtree when someone was clearing their relatives house as they’d gone into a home and the council needed it back. It was £100 3 years ago!

Thanks for the help..I went to Northern Ireland to pick up a new hotpoint heatpump. 200 euro cheaper than anything even near what was.down here on South Ireland. Ran my first dry half load and it took about 1.30 hrs..very happy and it was around.8 degrees outside in lean too.

Cheers hope it's still going OK