To put a wash on at this time?

[NoTeaForMe]

I live in a terraced house and have just put a load of washing in the machine and turned it on without looking at the time. Have now realised the time and am wondering if my neighbours will hate me?

Is the washer against a party wall and is there a bedroom through that party wall?

That’s life in a terrace. Lots of people wash at night for cheaper energy. It would be nice if you could manage not to have the washer on a shared wall but most people don’t have options.

I would be pretty annoyed if your machine is loud when it spins. How long is the wash program? It will be finished quite late surely.

It’s not on a shared wall and is downstairs so not near any bedrooms. I’ve just come upstairs and it’s barely noticeable at the moment but it isn’t doing the spin yet I sipped. It will be finished in about an hour.

sipped should say suppose

YANBU. I just have.

really do people care about this?! Mines on every night, 11/12 sometimes.

mines on now and im putting on another one after it finishes

So long as you're not going to sleep while it's running I'd say you're fine :) running laundry and dish washers while asleep or out is a fire hazard.

My neighbours have theirs on about 3am, it does wake me up, but that’s life, they’re not doing it solely to annoy me. Though it’s kind of ironic as I no longer put mine on after 9pm as they said they could hear it spinning...🤣. I think I’m being a bit of a mug 😖😂

YABU - purely because my washing machine has been broken since the weekend and I'm just jealous because I can't use mine 😂😂

But being serious I'd say no, as long as it's not joined onto a bedroom or anything.

I put mine on at night as it's cheaper, I'm detached but I can't hear it upstairs anyway, the advantage of an older home (about the only one, it's a money pit!)

Why is it cheaper to run at night?

Can you not put your washing on a quick wash?

@Bobbycat121, I'm shocked too that this is actually a 'thing' It's honestly something I'd never even give a thought too. Not at 9.30pm anyway, 2am maybe, but otherwise definitely not.

IncrediblySad you must tell them! That’s really unfair otherwise.

OP I think it’s fine to make any normal noise like that before 11 and after 7. I wouldn’t bat an eyelid at a washing machine going in at 9.30.

I do it all the time, no-one's ever complained, and I've never heard my neighbour's, so I suppose it must not be an issue.

Washing machines are really quiet nowadays, even on spin!

Well, I wouldn’t, because the sound insulation in my house is not great...

Florescentadolescent
Why is it cheaper to run at night?

Some people are on economic 7 or similar, two meters and the electricity used at night is substantially cheaper.

I put mine on regularly as I head to bed, around 20pm and I live in an upstairs flat! Never had a complaint and the neighbour is far louder with parties anyway 😒

10pm! Sorry, very, very tired.

I do my washing all the time at night, electricity cheaper after 7pm .

My tenancy agreement says I can make reasonable noise between 7AM and 11PM. I figure a washing machine comes under that.

I put mine on when I go to bed. My old machine had a timer, and now it's a habit. Nobody has ever said anything

Some people are on economic 7 or similar, two meters and the electricity used at night is substantially cheaper

But the downside to this is the day rate is dearer - more than a standard rate on a non economy 7 tariff.

For most people now, economy 7/10/12 just doesn't pay off (unless you have electric storage heating)