Do you put your washing out when it's cold?

[Luckycatsplat]

Bright windy day here.
Not damp but coooold.
I was going to put the washing out anyway. I doubt it would dry but it would have got some air through it.
Husband thinks it is a silly idea.
We went out before the machine finished and it's too late now anyway but curious what other people think. Because I live life on the edge like that.

Yes. We put sheets out and they dried quickly, was breezy today. Most dry days the washing will get dry unless it's very still. And if the sun is out then the nappies and wipes go out to get rid of stains!

Washing machines have been known to catch fire if the spin cycle doesn't finish and it burns out.

I don't hang out in the winter as it absolutely wouldn't dry.

My Lakeland heated airer is a godsend.

I don't have a tumble drier, I have a line and then the lakeland drier. If it is dry it goes out any day of the year.

Well I shall tell my husband he was talking nonsense! Haha!

No tumble drier.

TBH washing would never get done if we had to in (and awake) whenever the machine was on.

Maybe I'm being thick (and hope I'm not jinxing things) but why would a washing machine which doesn't get particularly hot pose more of a fire risk than say a fridge?

Just brought in last lot of drying on the line ... as it tried to snow. Great thing about freezing sheets etc is the freezing gets rid of any nasties . And of course using a tumble drier is hugely expensive. And please people - I've just done it - if you have a tumble drier search the bastard for all the fluff which could set it on fire.

Do you live down south Cecily? It is icy here. Was -2 all day last week have known it to be -6 during day. I put it out in spring, summer , autumn and have a Lakeland drier for winter.

Ha ha! Three Lakeland driers on this page😄

Washing machines have been known to catch fire if the spin cycle doesn't finish and it burns out.

Smoke alarms & insurance are key.

Statistically it's a risk I'm willing to take, otherwise I'd never get any washing done!

Clothes dry perfectly well when it’s cold or grey.
What you need is a bit of wind.
I dint have a dryer and I wouod say 80% of the clothes are dried outside.
The rest is done inside when we have a spell of rainy days

No-use heated airer overnight,air house during the day.
I cant bear the smell of "cold" on washing
Makes me gag
I think there was a thread about this once.

Mine's out. It's cold but dry and windy. It won't dry a huge amount but it will smell nice and fresh, and will dry quickly over the airer tonight.

If I only ran a wash when I was around to supervise it, we'd run out of clothes pretty bloody quickly.

Yes. I put my washing out in all weather, except rain. This morning I put out 2 loads of washing and I've just brought it in because of the storm. It's dry.

I hung a load of washing out today, it was bright and cold.
Then it started hailing. It's upstairs on the airer now but was nearly dry. Of course, the hail stopped as I hung the last item on the airer and it's been sunny ever since.

I have put mine out on dry cold days in previous years but this year it hasn't dried even on windy days. I guess the air is just too damp.

We went out before the machine finished and it's too late now anyway

I often put 2 washes on in the afternoon, get them out overnight and they are dry by the next afternoon...particularly on a breezy night/day.

Apart from the autumn, when the spiders are rampant.

This time of year, no problem.

Doesn’t matter if it’s cold as long as it’s windy. Two loads done today and everything just smells so much better when hung out.

Yes I'm.in the northwest @Bowerbird5 and it's icy a lot here .

Another Lakeland heated aired here! Absolutely love it! But not needed today - lovely windy drying day here in the South East, despite a couple of hailstorms!

Yes. If there is a reasonable chance it will dry it goes out. I love the smell of line dried washing and try not to use the tumble drier as I don't like the feel of stuff that's been tumbled. I'm odd like that

CecilyP Being snowed on is okay, it's being 'darked' on that we have to avoid!

My dear old mum says . don't go out while the WM is on , I say wtf? She says it might flood , she doesn't mention fire hazards!!

I wouldn't leave a Tumbler on though. (I don't think I have, maybe I have but they stop on a timer don't they?) I digress, I only hang out the washing when it's guaranteed to be fine .and the central heating is off otherwise it.s on clothes dryers by a radiator in the bathroom and or spare room.

Yes if the ground is dry my washing goes out.It was sunny,windy but cold here today and I've have just got a load in and it's all dry,but if it wasn't quite dry I'd hang it up round the house for a bit or stick it in the dryer for 10 minutes to finish it off.I never see any of my neighbours laundry out on the line during the winter months mind you.

Mine's been snowed on twice and darked on once but it's dry now!

Statistics tell us that washing machines are the second most common cause of household fires with tellys being the first.

I thought it was tumble dyers and dish washers that caused most fires.

My mum always used to say that nappies and towels put out to freeze came in fluffy and soft.