To ask how you dry your laundry in the winter?

[Marie0]

I seem to do washing every day - there are only 4 or us that seems too much.

Any way - although I do have a tumble dryer I’m reluctant to use it because it’s quite expensive- so just in ‘emergencies’.

But I don’t really like washing on the radiators all over the house - just doesn’t look nice.

I currently have a de-humidifier plugged in and 2 clothes airers set up.

But they take up so much room and because I wash every day - they are in constant use so a bit of an eye sore.

How do I overcome my laundry challenge?

I invested in a 10Kg washing machine and a heat pump condenser drier. So fewer washes - I can get both children's bedding in one wash. We have underfloor heating so no radiators. I do hang out our clothes when ever I can but the tumble drier is very economical

I put everything into the tumble drier except wired bras! Never had anything shrink but then we don't really have any wool clothes.

Oh and the other thing about using the tumble drier is that a lot of the clothes need little or no ironing after wards. Saves time and money.

Another tumble dryer, and no ironing, fan here.

@NoWordForFluffy

I'm on the NW coast (somewhere that used to be Lancs but now isn't!) and it isn't that damp here. So it isn't as simple as east vs west, more like inland vs coastal, then maybe east v west a touch

Well no, not that simple, but broadly speaking the west is milder & damper than the east, N or S.
Clearly there are people all over the UK who can dry their washing outside in the winter.
Equally there are people all over the country who can’t.
But some people here seem to think that everybody should
I was just trying to point out that generalising isn’t helpful

Tumble drier (winter only). Before that I used the radiators and had a problem with condensation.

Actually, NE is really bloody damp. Have had whole weeks if fog, in the spring, which has made everything in the garage go mouldy.

I just ordered a Dry Buddi based on posts here 😁 wouldn't have thought they'd work very well! I was trying to find a tumble dryer but they're so expensive, this was less than £40 including delivery.

Which is still more than I'd like to pay because I'm a cheapskate.

I dont understand, if you use a heated airer with a cover where does the condensation go? Surely it just gets trapped inside the cover, and makes the clothes damp?

I don't iron either. I can't understand it. Most irons now give off loads of steam.

Fold whilst taking off the line if dry or a quick go in the tumble dryer or after a night either across the banister or on the clothes rack.

Radiator racks are good too for smaller items such as socks and underwear.

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We haven't got a tumble drier but have a laundry pulley airer in the “rough” room, where the wood burning stove is, and also some lines in the boiler room, where the washing machine is.
We do have a dehumidifier, for if it all feels damp and horrible in the house but it's an old draughty place, so the damp air escapes, I guess.

I get the tame dragon in from her stable and get her to breathe on it very gently.

Actually I put it over airers in the spare bedroom and leave the window open a bit, and make sure the radiator is on.

I tumble the lot. Life is just too short to be faffing around. Apart from if it's good weather. I put towels and sheets out on the line when sunny and dry.