To be totally f***ed off with this weather and considering buying a tumble dryer

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Why the fuck is it raining non stop in JUNE?

I'm putting off washing sheets and clothes because the fucking rain won't stop so I can't dry them outside. I spend the whole winter drying washing inside the house on radiators and airers, is it too much to ask for the weather to be nice in the summer so my house isn't cluttered with clothes for a few months? This is really pissing me off.

I'm probably BU for not already owning a tumble dryer.

Would anyone recommend Very.co.uk? They have a pay in 3 months with interest free credit and 10% off first order, which we could afford. Is it a trustworthy website? I normally hate store cards and stuff, but I think this purchase is more of a basic need than a "want". There are 3 adults and 2 small children in our house, so our washing load is....ALOT.

I love my tumble dryer and use it almost all year. At least I'm grateful when it rains in summer so I can bung it all in the tumble dryer without feeling guilty. Its safes so much time and cuts down on the ironing (see - saving electricity by not having the iron on too!).

Love my tumble dryer, I have a large capacity condenser one and couldn't live without it!!

Tumble drying aside, I am finding myself becoming irrationally angry at the weather. I could fucking punch the dark rain clouds blowing over my damp house and ruined garden. Bastards.

mine died yesterday and we got another the same day. cant do without one in our house esp. with a baby in cloth.

We use our tumble dryer all year round too.

Out of the machine, straight into the dryer - done.

I am far too lazy to hang out washing - in fact we don't have a washing line! My mil pegs out her washing, including her ginormous white knickers. I find it a bit embarrassing!

a baby in cloth

What a lovely medieval-sounding expression. Sweet.

My dryer is currently on. In June. I can't believe it. But I couldn't live without it - non tumbler stuff has been on the airer for twenty four hours and no where near dry damnit.

And I use very.co.uk. they are the same as littlewoods and v. Good. You pay more than any shop but can pay interest free over time so very manageable.

The one advantage to hanging washing out on the line, apart from the financial savings and loving the planet, is that sunshine bleaches stains out in a way that chemicals don't.

That's if there is actually some sunshine.

Weather shite but would rather have my tumble dryer than washing machine!!

Have ordered a new one today from Appliances Online. The heater thing went weeks ago and I've been putting it off, but now the washing machine has snuffed it too so I've bitten the bullet. I am disproportionately excited about their impending arrival :0.

The washing machine has a 15 min wash cycle!! I can see that being the default button. For me,it's all about speed. I am a single parent with 3 kids and a more than full time job. Washing and drying has to be done in the minimum time possible - 'Muuuum, I'm going out in an hour and my jeans are filthy...'

Are most people talking about separate tumble dryers or washer/ dryers? We have one of the latter and it's crap. Takes a ridiculous length of time to dry even half a washload and what's more the drum is relatively small so everything ends up horrible creased.

Would absolutely love a separate dryer but we don't have the space

I have a seperate dryer i did look and washer/dryers but it looked complicated

Separate, definitely. Combo washer driers are shite. The drier bit can't take a full load and break before the washing machine gives up the ghost! googly Do you have space above to stack them? Always seemed a brilliant idea to go upwards to me, no more bending down to pull stuff out of the drier...

Why not buy a de humidifier,cheaper to buy and run than a tumble drier. They are also good for taking all the condensation out of the house in the winter

Another vote for the Lakeland heated aired- I have not used for dryer since I bought it. I think it was about £70-£80 but I found a code for £5 off- I think it will have paid for itself already.

Guess what? I got my tumble dryer today......and the sun has been shining all bloody day. Not a cloud in sight. But I still used it and I am in love!!

They're great. Mine died the other week and was unfixable - it had lasted me 15 years. I went straight out and bought another (White Knight).

You've all got me tempted (I've never had a tumble dryer) but looking at some, they take up to 8 hours to dry a load . And the enrgy efficient ones are £600 the chepa dryers have a tiny load capacity and cost a fortune to run over a year. Apart from soft towels - honestly isn't it just an expensive way to get stuff dry?

I like the convenience of my tumble dryer but it does seem to fecking shrink everything, regardless of heat setting, label instructions etc. I think it hates me for keeping it in the garage.

what is wrong with an airing cupboard. A lot less stress and fuss than a tumble dryer.

I go to the local laundrette once a week throughout winter and rainy summer weeks with three loads of washing and get it dry for £3. so all in all I think approx £78 a year is a bargain for not having washing cluttering up the house (4 of us in 2 bed terrace). I would challenge anyone to suggest that £78 would pay for your own tumble dryer including electricity over a year, no matter how long you own a tumble dryer for.

Plus, those who use a tumble dryer "come shine" - I seriously think you should have to pay tax on that, it is nigh-on criminal to use energy to dry stuff when it could be outside for a few hours and be dry.

Drying wet clothes in an airing cupboard is a fire risk - we had a fire risk assessment from a hunky fire man.

Plus, I haven't got one in this house!