When do you give up line drying for the year?

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How do you decide when to give up line drying for the year? I managed to dry about 90% of this weeks laundry but had to put the rest in the dryer to finish off. I had been hoping for a bit of sun but it never really came out. Looks even worse over the next few weeks so should probably give up but we have a small house and no space to dry stuff indoors without tripping over it. I would put everything in the dryer over winter but have quite a bit of stuff that says not to and obviously woollens etc.

I generally don't hang out in December and January as it's often just too cold and wet but otherwise if it's windy or sunny, I'll still give it a go!

Once it starts to still be damp after being out all day. It’s so frustrating to go to the effort of hanging it out only to have to tumble dry it anyway. Will download that app, thanks @AngelofIslington

I usually take the line down when the clocks go back. We just don’t get any wind here. Today the ground has been wet all day despite it not raining. I use the tumble dryer. I just can’t stand washing hanging round the house. I think it looks slovenly.

I don't. If the pavements are dry and there's a bit of a breeze then it goes out. If it's a bit damp when it comes back in then I'll hang it on the airer overnight.

Line drying all year round here in Scotland.
We don’t own a tumble dryer. It gets finished on racks in front of the log burner.
Very happy to be called slovenly 😂

Once the heating goes on. We have an ancient boiler that lives in the utility room. It churns out heat so it's fab for drying laundry.

It goes out until it comes back on as wet as it goes out. I have put washing out on Christmas day before to amazement of my neighbours.

When it gets to around 5c it won't dry outside. The washing I put out before lunch was bone dry today so it helps to get it early

Will line dry AYR. Don't have a tumble dryer. I do, however, have an excellent dehumidifier i can use if drying indoors as don't want the damp hanging around the house.

Another one who puts it out all year, assuming it's dry. Even on dull days it lightens the washing and that freshens it up and saves on indoor or tumble drying time.

The question is more why do you think there's a cut off?

I'm with everyone else, look out the window/check weather forecast, apply common sense and a y accordingly

Never. An old lady told me if the paving slabs are drying, so will the washing.

I’m not trying to be funny but I don’t understand this - you seem to contradict yourself. If there’s snow in the ground surely that means the ground is wet?

I will line dry in winter on my days off or if it's dry and windy but really once the clocks have gone back and it's dark by the time I get home from work even if it had dried it's all dewy again. We don't have space indoors for hanging apart from a few bits on radiators but do have an efficient heat pump dryer so it gets finished in there or straight in there after washing on wet/windless days. The garden doesn't really get enough sunshine in winter to help, it stays low behind trees.

This is me too. Line dry all year round if it's dry and a little wind. Just get it out first thing so maximise the amount of time I can have it out.

tend to try and wash according to weather forecast

I think I read on here once six weeks before Christmas and six weeks after, which feels like a good rule of thumb. I am just folding washing now which has been on the line all day and half of it’s just not dry, grr! Might not bother next time

I hang out throughout the winter on windy and sunny days.

We had 2 retractable lines but they have recently both broken so at the moment I put washing on a drying rack (I do a load most days) which I then put outside in the garden if dry & bring it in late afternoon (if I remember - has been known to stay out overnight and brought in the next day if dry overnight).
If it’s raining the rack goes in the kitchen by our patio doors and when needed for the last week we’ve had the heating on for an hour so that helps dry it. It usually dries in a day / overnight indoors or outdoors and I’ve got a washer dryer but hardly ever use the dryer.

Never. I dry outside all year-round by watching the weather forecast and knowing my stuff.
I have a tumble dryer i have never used. Not once.

All year round if there's wind (or a bit of sun). Wind makes the difference in the winter.

Damp, dreak grey days are not good for drying.

I find it just doesn’t dry if the heating is on. Usually I give up in September but this year it’s been so mild I am only just now beginning to think of stopping hanging it out.

If it’s cold and windy it will still take some of the moisture out. I tend to stop putting out smaller things though, as doesn’t always seem to be worth the effort.

I gave up a few weeks ago, although last week was warm so out it be out. However, should have turned it midday, as the bottom if the clothes didn’t get dry.

Unless we have an exceptionally warm day, I won’t bother now until Spring. Too much hassle taking out and bringing in wet clothes. I have a dehumidifier it we have a tumble drier.

I’ve pretty much given up. I’m not home
enough to piss about with it (long commute). As most days I leave when it is dark and get home in the dark. Ex is WFH (we are living together through a divorce) and won’t touch my laundry (and vice versa) and funnily enough he doesn’t do DD’s either!

We have a downstairs bathroom though with just about room for an airer so mine goes in there with the fan on and window cracked open. Dries in less than 24hrs if I do a 1600 spin.

We have a dryer for towels and bedding and emergencies but I avoid putting clothes in. Ex tumbles everything all year as he is too bone idle to hang it out. When I move I’ll be so pleased to have the washing machine, dryer and airer to myself!

I got the bedding dry yesterday and a load dry today.

I never stop if the weather is right

I think I’m just about done after a couple of ‘failed’ loads this week, which makes me really sad as I love drying washing on the line!