Does anyone dry their clothes on a clothes horse in the garage or...

[coodawoodashooda]

does it make the garage damp? I can't dry my clothes inside on a clothes horse because the house gets damp. Any tips please?

I’ve seen some people do this if the garage door opens into the kitchen personally I wouldn’t. Nothing dries in my garage not even the pram raincover. Best to get a condenser tumbler dryer, store it in the garage and use the horse for delicates

Where is your boiler? There is always residual heat from a boiler that is useful for drying. When we had to replace our boiler we had it moved downstairs and took a bit off the home office to create a laundry. It's tiny but does fit the washer and tumble dryer. We try not to use the dryer and have a pulley dryer above the appliances. Not an immediate solution and I know not everyone has a room they can divide up but it has been so worth doing for us and might work for some others.

Dried the towels in the garage overnight. Quick 10min finish in the tumble dryer just to fluff them up but they weren't damp at all.

I personally have never found it a problem to dry clothes in my property. I don't have a tumble dryer for 3 reasons.

1. It's a rented property with white goods already in situ.
2. They can be a real fire risk.
3. They're expensive to run. I usually have a couple of radiator racks which hook over the top and jut out. These have been great even without heating on and items have dried in a little over 24 hours, less if underwear or lightweight garments. Shirts, sweatshirts and tops go on hangers on a high rail in utility room and jeans, trousers sheets, duvet covers and pillowcases go over landing bannister after being smoothed and folded. Not all done at the same time ☺️😂 Last week I bought a collapsible clothes airer/ dryer from Cooper's of Stortford for £17.99 with a 15% discount and free postage. I was looking for one with thicker bars as thin ones make marks across the clothes whi have to be ironed out. The Cooper's one is perfect and has bars along the top for drying things flat too. I haven't had heating on for months and temp is usually 18-19°c in the flat. I have used the airer/dryer ( it's not an electric one) in the utility room which is windowless and off the kitchen. Most things dry in a day, jeans or thick jumpers maybe 2 days. No condensation at all and I have single glazed windows - old property. I'd imagine a garage to be damp-ish, certainly colder than indoors but condensation shouldn't be a problem as the difference between inside the garage and outside it would be less than the heat in your house and the temperature outdoors being lower which causes the condensation.

I dry indoors on a clothes horse beside the radiator but in new place we moved into it has this air flow thing we can turn on so stops any dampness etc and seems to keep the air from getting too stuffy. If you have a spare room put clothes horse in there and open the window on the lock at night time. Hang up shirts/blouses etc on hangers and hang off something like a hook on the door etc as dry quicker and keep their shape so saves on ironing.

I am fortunate enough to have a spare room so just dry everything on the clothes horse in their. I leave the door to the room open most of the time and never had a problem with damp!!!

During the colder weather we hang them on lines above the bath

Buy a dehumidifier (~£100) and put it next to your wet clothes. It was an absolute life changer in terms of indoor drying.

Never had a problem with any room getting damp due to the clothes drying. I sometimes use the conservatory as it's warm in there when sunny even on cold days. Sometimes the clothes horse goes outside on the patio when it's not warm enough to warrant getting the clothes line (rotary) up outside, then at least they get a blast of fresh air.

I have an airer just in my hallway. Don't use a dryer, dehumidifier or heated airer. It dries overnight. For the amount of money it would cost to run a heated airer and dehumidifier for a few hours, I might as well but a dryer. I have 7 people in my house and we manage. I can dry one load over night and another throughout the day. Heating isn't on in the day as we are all out at work or school

We have 2 dehumidifiers in the house and 2 clothes horses that are always full of clothes during poor weather.
Too cold in garage to dry stuff.

I tend to tumble dry for a short time (10 minutes on my vented tumble dryer, needed longer on my old condenser dryer) then hang on clothes hangers for bigger clothes and on the clothes horse for smalls. Saves energy but speeds up the whole process.

This life hack changed my life when air drying clothes:

Put the load on an extra spin cycle once the wash cycle is done (my spin cycle takes 16mins) and soooo much excess moisture comes out of the clothes.

I have a heated airer for winter and crack the window open and never had an issue with damp or mould.

We dry our clothes in our house, we have a dehumidifier and crank a window in other rooms.
Our house is damp, but it's was before we started drying clothes in the house, we only have single glazed windows, which doesn't help, I keep on top of the damp with bleach.
I have managed to hang some clothes outside, this last few days. It doesn't get 100 % dry, but then I hang it on the clothes horse and the heating finishes it off. No need for our dri buddi.

Yep, have fitted a clothes line across the garage for hanging non-tumble clothes to dry. Useful in winter when outdoors isn't possible. Then I generally put things into airing cupboard out of habit rather than necessity. It works fine here.

@TheVolturi

If I put clothes on an indoor airer rack thing, and stand out outside in the sun, will they dry ok or will the middle bits stay damp?

They should dry fine. I have an open plan house and dry clothes on the airer/clothes horse which is situated on the landing. They are usually dry by the next day.

Put a fan on towards them. That's what I do when I've got to dry them indoors. Just turn a fan on all day. They get dry without the house getting damp

No, because it's 2 mins walk away and pretty damp already :-) I don't think clothes would dry particularly quickly there even were I to do this

We dry in the lounge or bathroom and run a dehumidifier.

Family member uses her greenhouse to dry clothes.
Only issue is running from the greenhouse to the house in rain.....

If your house is getting damp from a bit of washing drying, you need to ventilate it more for your health.

We have a draughty garage/car port and most washing dries fine in there on a pull up airer. Heavy garments like jeans get a bit of tumble drying to finish. Its as much about ventilation as temperature.

We use one indoors next to the rad in our dining room it's dry by the next day.

@Frigginintheriggin

Family member uses her greenhouse to dry clothes. Only issue is running from the greenhouse to the house in rain.....

What a great idea

I think the problem with a clothes horse is there is insufficient air circulation.

What one needs is a giant clothes hedgehog. The spines will support the clothes and allow much more air flow.

I have taken the liberty of reviewing the offerings at Argos, Lidl and John Lewis but sadly they don't appear to have any quite like thar at the moment.