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.

I had two loads out today, first lot practically dry and 2nd lot still v damp but will dry over night in the bathroom

I'd love to put mine outside but we have far too many seagulls here, so I either tumble dry or put it on the bannisters where it won't get shat on.

I hate the smell of washing that's been on the line to be honest. Think it makes everything smell horrible, dunno why. Prefer tumble dryer.

I wouldn't put stuff out now though, not up here. Come home too many times to stuff frozen to the line.

Yes I hung mine out today on this windy but very cold day because:
It means less time in dryer
I like the smell
I love seeing washing on the line 

It's usually still damp but takes 10 mins in dryer to finish rather than over an hour.

These tumble dryers that take over an hour to dry a load... My MIL has one of these. Is it because they have a small drum? Or are they just crap?

Mine rarely takes more than half an hour to dry an enormous load, and costs very little to run.

How big is 'enormous'?

Our washer is 11kg and our dryer 7kg. It makes sense to dry as much outside as possible as a full load can't fit in the dryer anyway.

Our dryer takes 30-40 minutes for a load, I think. We very rarely use it to dry a load straight from the machine unless the weather is utterly dire with no change in sight.

Those who don't use a dryer - do you peg stuff out in the dark?

During the week the only time a wash can go on is in the evening, by which time it's already pitch black. So best case a wash might be done by half 9 - would you then go outside to hang the washing on the line in the dark, and just hope that the weather is OK overnight? Do you then bring it in the following morning before you go to work?

Those who don't use a dryer - do you peg stuff out in the dark?

Yes, not in the autumn as our courtyard becomes spider central...I usually decide after the evening weather forecast. Bit of light rain = fine. Heavy downpours, it goes on the airer.

No laundry overnight here, simply because it wouldn't dry.

During the week, I load the machine in the evening, or dump everything in front of it if dirty. Alarm clock goes on at 6am, very first thing: put laundry on. It's done at 7am, on the line 7:10 and I am out of the house by 7:30 latest.

I have a delay button on my washer, so I sometimes have the machine starts at 5am if I need a longer timed load (towels or something), or I need to leave early.

Even when I am home during the day, the laundry is done and in the garden by the time I go for the school run.

We put washing on the line overnight. As long as it's going to be dry with a breeze it goes outside. Even in winter they sometimes dry overnight, but it generally gets left until some point the next afternoon, unless space on the line is needed before then.

If there's loads of washing we will do one to go out overnight then leave the machine on timer for me to put out when I get up. If it's a really heavy washing day, I'll then also put a load on after I've finished on the cross trainer for DH to put out after the school run.

During the week the only time a wash can go on is in the evening, by which time it's already pitch black.

Nearly all our washing gets done on a 15-minute cycle, so I have time to do a wash and hang it out before I go to work. And I'm generally home soon after 3, so can get it in before it gets dark.

I don't have a problem with stuff getting darked on, but the air tends to get damp once it's dark, so the washing's not quite as dry.

Regarding leaving the machine, I always did but luckily I was in one day when smoke started billowing up the stairs and stopped in. A corner of an item had got stuck in the drum and the motor overheated very quickly at the start of a spin cycle, scared the crap out of me!

Another one here who was thankfully home and awake when the washing machine went on fire - it faulted electrically inside and started slowly emitting smoke, which l smelled before it set off the house smoke alarm. Pulled it out from under the worktop and covered with fire blanket - fire brigade arrived, hauled it out the back door still full of wet washing, cut the top off it and put out the fire..... Fire blanket contained most of the smoke so thankfully little damage to the kitchen but could well have been a different story had I been upstairs sleeping as the fire service advised that it would have been significantly on fire before the smoke alarm would have sounded - my advice would be don't risk it, these machines go on fire very quickly and for various reasons.

Young
Thank goodness its not just me !
The smell is awful,sour coldness is the only way to describe it .

Our washer is 11kg and our dryer 7kg. It makes sense to dry as much outside as possible as a full load can't fit in the dryer anyway.

I have a 4.5 cu ft washer and a 7.5 cu ft dryer. I often put two washloads in the dryer at once.