Clothes on the line?

[Elsouth]

Do you put your washing out on the line when it's winter and freezing cold but sunny? Me and DH have a constant battle over this. I'd prefer to bang it all in the dryer. But he pays the bills and wants it on the line. Today I've stuck bedding and towels on the line and smalls/baby items in the dryer (I hate that stiff feeling baby clothes get on the line)
None of my friends put clothes on the line in the cold so just wondering what everyone's opinions were?

Maybe I've used tumble driers wrong in the past (don't have one now) but I found I was checking the clothes every half hour and they'd be either still wet or the clothes especially had shrunk

I would give up the dishwasher before I would give up having a dryer of some kind

I'd give up the telly and watch on the laptop rather than give up a dryer

We don't have a car, but I'd run an old banger before giving up the dryer if we did

I've only ever shrunk one or two things in my life, and that was just because I left delicates that very very obviously couldn't be tumbled in with everything else

(anything that can't go in the dryer goes in a washing net now, and I just whip out the bags, and shove everything else in to dry)

Anything that's 100% cotton won't shrink. Most stuff that says it can't be dried actually can, IME, depending on the fabric

The only time stuff didn't come out bone dry even in the shitty washer dryer was if I'd overloaded the machine (drying load is smaller than the washer load). Not a problem in my new world of tumble dryer heaven!

Parker I am having a total laundry boner about your laundry room

Hell no. Clear and sunny today but -30 with the wind chill.

I'm a line fan normally buts it's been hovering either side of zero for about four weeks here. When it's warmer it's raining so I retired the line mid-December. Time wise- hanging it all out then bringing it all back in to hang on airers is madness. Maybe time yourself and tell him how long that takes. Especially with the constant washing with little ones.

Can you use indoor airers in a well ventilated room(s)?

I would give up the dishwasher before I would give up having a dryer of some kind

but your clothes can dry without a dryer, whilst your dishes will not get clean without you actively washing them. No one takes my dishwasher away from me!

but your clothes can dry without a dryer, whilst your dishes will not get clean without you actively washing them. No one takes my dishwasher away from me!

5 mins doing the washing up vs a house permanently covered in washing

Time taken to loving place every sock or pair of pants up to dry somewhere vs the wash load coming out completely dry and then just having to put it away.

Crispy towels! The horror!!

I love my crispy towels
I can already picture the complaints from my future daughter-in-law

The whole point of the outside line is to not have any laundry indoors! Finding enough days to dry all your laundry in this country, you do have to love the challenge

I'd rather use my dryer and have beautiful soft dry clothes, all my laundry from wash to dry and put away done in 2.5 hours max, nice toasty warm house with lovely heating in the winter, than waste money on shite such as a flash car or designer handbag no one actually cares about.

Well said Buns.
There's a lot of stuff I wouldn't spend money on, but the 75p or whatever it spends me to run a load in the tumble drier, is money very well spent, and probably saved on the house not getting damp and the heating not going on just to get stuff dry; on never having to do any ironing, and that's even before you start factoring in my time.

I looked up what it costs to run a tumble dryer - depends on the type/age/model but it seems to be between 37-75p an hour which I don’t think is bad for totally drying 7 bath sheets and making them fluffy and ready to put away?

We're on the NW coast and unless it's wet, it's usually a good drying day as we have the coastal breeze to assist. We very rarely put anything straight into the dryer from the washer; there's usually an attempt to get it dry outside first. Even if it comes in a touch damp, it dries way quicker (either in the dryer or on the airer) than it would have done without having had a while outside first.

While it does save money / reduce our carbon footprint a tiny amount, I just love the smell of line-dried washing.

Must buy more pegs though.

Clothes generally won't dry outside in Nov/Dec/Jan in the UK.
If you hang them out and it rains, you end up washing them again.
I have had the odd day in these months when they will try enough to air indoors.

Our washing does dry all year; if it's clear and bright it will. Or just bloody windy (often!). We also dry overnight if it's dry and windy; works a treat.

As I said, the coastal breeze helps us. Maybe it's different elsewhere.

when dc had a bug I washed towels/bedding at midnight and put them out (clear frosty night) they were almost dry in the morning, if a bit stiff.

It may vary on location, wind direction and the item - usually it will need airing at least. A crisp dry day with a breeze will do wonders.
Yesterday, some stuff (a fleece) dried outside after a few hours but some of it (towels, t-shirts etc) was still quite damp.

Well I had mine out today. There must have been a really strong gust because the whirly gig had bent over and one of the washing line supports broke.

Drying outside is great in theory but not when you end up with more washing because some fell into a pile of mud.

If your husband pays the bills then he can do the washing. He can collect it, separate it, wash it and hang them out to dry.

After all they do it in Siberia.

siberiantimes.com/other/others/features/f0205-washing-day-in-siberia-video/

If you put a dry item in the dryer along with the wet ones, it dries quicker and thereby saves money.

The Amish in northern Maine hang their washing out in winter too.

They also wash everything by hand, travel by horse and buggy even when it's -30C, eschew electric lights, etc.

Winter is about the only time we would be able to line-dry stuff - in our house someone is allergic to the pollen produced in pretty much every other season.

But... it's -17C right now.

Nah...