To be able to cope without heating on except for the laundry issue?

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Nothing gets dry! We have a dehumidifier, we have a tumble dryer (which I will only use as a last resort) and already the laundry is piling up everywhere. We don't overdo it with laundry either - bedding every 2 weeks, bath towels once a week, tops usually do two wears, jeans and trousers probably 6 or 7 wears. There's 3 of us living here atm.

It's horrible when your bath towel isn't properly dry from yesterday when you get out of the shower. The hand towel in the kitchen doesn't get dry.

Aarrggh!

Have you got a washing line outside? It hasn’t been cold enough for the heating where I am yet (midlands) but I’m still mostly drying on the line, apart from the odd tumble dryer load if it’s raining.

Is it worth investing in one of those heated clothes horse things?

Yes mine is taking ages to fry to even with the windows open.

Im SE & I'm still drying outside. Sometimes it doesn't feel bone dry so I put it on hangers or throw it over an airer & it dries fully.

I don't have a humidifier or dryer, so they're not options. If it gets to the stage where it's not drying, I'll choose the best time to
put the heating on (like when I'm
cold!) so it kills 2 birds with one stone.

it'll do the house good to have the heating on occasionally, so I'm not interested in getting a heated airer etc.

@valid...

bigger pan maybe??

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If it's raining outside, chuck your towels in the tumble dryer. I worked out it was roughly the same to have the tumble on for an hour as it is to have a dehumidifier on for 6 hours. (Others may disagree). Luckily I am still able to afford £1.25 to tumble my towels.

Is the dehumidifier and washing in a small room with the doors shut?

Are u re spinning ur washing ?

Extra spin on the washer or use a spin dryer, line dry when possible. I usually manage to line dry all the year except November to February. Tumble dry when weather is bad. If you can dry it on the line a bit even if the deepest winter it reduces the tumble dryer useage.

Double spin everything for a start! Especially if your washing machine is less than 1600.

I am still drying outside on the line as far as possible but I have put the heating on occasionally for an hour in the evening to dry off a few things. I would rather budget for that to have dry clothes in the winter.

Yes same, I usually hang everything that takes a long time in the tumble dryer like towels and jeans. Then I tumble dry all the quick drying stuff like fleeces and pants so it’s not taking up space on the airer. The next day the airer stuff is a lot dryer so I finish it in the dryer and repeat!
I find using the dryer is expensive, even if it costs 1:25 a hour, my dryer would take longer to dry a full load and I have to do at least 2 loads of washing a day so using the dryer all the time could cost me nearly £20 a week.

6 of us here ,work clothes ,daily swimming towel ,it’s never ending,half the kitchen is laundry because nothing drys ,not using dryer ,not putting on heating.
have a heated towel rail ,but really need 3 of them to ,make any difference.

Get a bigger frying pan then.

If you're cooking put it in the room with the oven (obviously at a safe distance and not if you mind your clothes smelling)

validnumber

Spin your washing twice. It makes SUCH a difference. I wash mine, spin it twice, then hang it to dry.

Yes and make sure you're not cramming too much on a clothes horse it needs air

I have also read similar comments on other threads. Better to heat the room a little with a tumble dryer and reduce damp.

YABU. Just use your tumble dryer for figs sake!

I use it a couple of times a week and it's probably not even a tenner a month!

Use the tumble dryer. It'll get things completely dry far quicker, so will probably save energy in the long run. Save stress and woman hours as well.

I agree. They're definitely worth it.

I'm still line drying things here in the North West, then putting items on airers to fully dry.

So far I haven't had the heating on, and tbh I don't really want to use it. House is a new build terrace, and the last two winters, it has been warm enough to only have the heating on a handful of times.

How often do you think I should put the heating on to prevent damp, and for how long?

Our tumble dryer (which is a cheap 5yo one)is about £1-£1.30 for a 9kg load, so about £25 a month for us using it five days a week. Personally it's money I'm willing to spend for not having damp laundry all over the house! Sometimes convenience is worth paying for if you can afford it.

There's this tumble dryer hysteria going on, whilst the same neurotics discuss how to keep on baking their stupid potatoes (how many per oven, to make it "worthwhile" to run said oven for 2h?).