Drying laundry when it's always raining

[YellowHpok]

Really trying to reduce my electricity bill and cut down on tumble dryer use. We do about 5 loads per week, but so far this week I've only managed to get one load fully dry on the line as its always raining.

How do other people manage it? I feel like I'm constantly watching the sky or my weather app. Loathe to air dry indoors due to damp risk.

Same. Desperately trying to avoid use of tuble dryer but shitty weather not helping!!

line in the attic.
nice and drafty up there and clothes dry quickly.
also have a heated dryer up there but only switch it on when I need to dry something quicker than usual.

Honestly just need to dry indoors, that’s what I have always done as if I waited for a dry day I’d be waiting forever where I live! I dry the clothes on an airier in the kitchen. Not going to lie it’s a total pain but I try and wash only the essential things that are needed week by week. I sympathise!

Clothes horse indoors with dehumidifier on, or the heated airer thing from Lakeland.

Our bathroom is very warm and I can fit one load on an upright airer in the bath. I leave the window open so moisture can escape.

But on wet days I have to use the tumble dryer for most washing as I have sooo much of it (three kids, swimming 2-3 times a week).

Coat hangers along the curtain pole in the window eases the ironing too

Airer in the bathroom with the window open is genius! Just no space anywhere else and buying a dehumidifier seems to defeat the purpose of saving money, although I can see long term it probably makes sense.

Glad to knownits not just me who struggled with this, thought it was something everyone else had figured out!

DM has a line in her garage. Then she puts it on a maiden or in the airing cupboard to finish off.

Dehumidifier is much cheaper to run than a tumble drier, surely?

Slight derail, but where are all you lucky people who are getting rain? Where I am, in the Southwest, there has been no significant rainfall since 16th March, apart from a few pathetic showers. The land is dry, parched, arid and desperately in need if a good soaking from the precious, lifegiving stuff - a few days of consistent rain would be more than welcome here.

Line dry as much as possible then Lakeland heated dryer

I put an airer in the greenhouse and open the doors at either end so any wind blows through.

I choose our dehumidifier based on its low electricity usage, I got it for damp/mould in one room but it also has a ‘laundry’ mode. It would be cheaper per hour than a tumble dryer but not sure how long it would take enough to earn your money back.

My stepmother has a washing line on the ceiling in the upstairs bathroom. It doesn't look bad at all. It's interspersed with hanging air plants.

Also aired in the bath, I hardly use the tumble drier, I don't like it and it does shrink stuff.

If you have enough room invest in a couple of foldable airing racks and the racks you can hang over a radiator. They dry clothes really nicely and you don't even need to iron many of them. Then finish off in the dryer after 1-2 days.

We also use a dehumidifier to soak out any moisture which helps alot.

I have an airer that I put in front of the patio doors-with them open slightly to let moisture escape. Then I can take it outside fully loaded if we get a dry half an hour or bring it/keep it in when it’s wet.

but tbh a few times I’ve cracked and just shoved it all in the drier and cut down on the shopping instead.

I had a canopy built and I put a line under it when costs went up, so I can dry my clothes whenever. Mainly got it cause I love the rain so can sit outside without getting soaked haha but it cost about 50 quid for materials and it's looks really nice too.

Clothes horse in the spare room (in summer anyway). Put the clothes on in the morning, take them off the following morning. No faffing with outdoor washing lines and rain for me any more, life is too short.

In the winter when it’s cold, I have a big radiator in utility room and a two tier clothes airer cleverly fashioned above - again, put on in the morning and take off the next morning.

Clothes horses all over the house!

This is the reason I am hanging onto my crappy UPVC conservatory. It is an eyesore with most of the panes misted over but it is a fantastic drying space and gets really hot if there is any sun at all. I like the canopy idea though!

Dehumidifier is really effective and cheap. I've never owned a tumble dryer.

I now have a Lakeland heated airer which is brilliant.

We don’t have a tumble drier. We hang outside whenever possible. It’s been really nice lately, so that’s easy. In winter we have clothes horses and hang on the radiator. We maybe do one or two washes a week.

Can we have a picture please!

Clothes horse on the landing and I crack the window on the first latch.