To ask how you dry your laundry these days?

[InsomniacVampire]

We are a household with 2 kids. Shedloads of laundry each week. There is a garden, but it's either raining, or so cold that the laundry comes back wetter than when it came out even in the sun.
We used to own a Drybuddy but it broke and anyways we could not afford to run it now with the cost of electricity. One clothes horse (we dont have space for much more really) in the kitchen does not do the trick as the clothes take a bit to dry...
I do realise there is no magic trick but maybe someone has some creative solutions for this, or also just wants to moan about wet laundry...

Should have said, daughter and flatmates are drying clothes inside on airers.

I dry mine on airers in the kitchen (makes it a bit of a tight squeeze in there!) in front of the radiator and with the window open a bit to let the moisture out. Most things dry in a day and I haven’t noticed anything smelling musty.

Peg outside most of the time. And over the bannister for the rest. Have just bought a couple of the hanging airers to give me a bit more space. If you put it on hangers you get more on.

Microfibre towels make a big difference. Dry in no time. I got big ones in Aldi last year and they are really nice. Kids have a lot of fleeces and the t shirts made of football shirt material. Wool jumpers, walking style trousers rather than jeans etc. Having stuff that dries quickly really helps. If your kids are pre brand conscious age I've had great bargains from the Regatta site (jumpers for £3 each) and they wash and dry brilliantly - and very quickly.

I also have a half dirty box in my wardrobe. Jumpers and trousers can be worn several times.

Lots of small changes add up and make life much easier

I used tumble dryer last night. 1p per minute so 75p for the lot

Couple of airers in the small downstairs bathroom with the dehumidifier running

Have a weirdly enormous airing cupboard. Have put a big clothes rail in there and use that. Had no idea what a god send it would be when we bought the house. Fuck knows what we’d do without it - it’s been raining for a week!

I wish we had a tumble dryer... But laundrette is a good shout, there is one not far,so may do a massive load and take it all over there.

Extra spin cycle helps.

I use a heated drying pod.

Would the laundrette work out cheaper - massive drums to dry all the towels etc at once. Or at least "take the thick out of them" as my nana would say!

I double spin every load which makes a big difference, then use two airers with a heated airer between them in one end of my through lounge/diner. Pull the airers in front of the log burner if it’s on in the day. And try to Do less washing. I haven’t used my tumble drier since February.

No outside space and no tumbler dryer.
I have a heated airer and normal airer and an over the door airer. Do open the window for short bursts if drying in the day.

On this. I also use a dehumidifier for a few hours a day in that room to stop the dampness and condensation when washing is drying there.

Do the washing first thing, hang out on the line, take down before it starts to get dark (and damp!) and put anything still not 100 dry on the airer inside close to a radiator to finish off overnight.

We have a clothes airer (not heated) in our utility area. Most things seem to dry I about 48 hours but I occassionally finish them in the tumble dryer for 15 min.
Caveat - I usually only do around 4 loads of washing per week (2 adults + 2 teens) I don't know how I'd cope with the 10+ loads/week that many MN seem to do.

Usually on the line but not now it's got cold. The laundry room has a Sheila maid and my husband put up a wall air blower but I'm trying to avoid using that. Tumble drier just for bedding and towels. Everything else I'm putting on an airer in our en suite which gets toasty warm so they dry quickly. Hate having clothes hanging indoors though!

Repeat the spin cycle after the machine has finished. It really makes a difference

I'm drying in a covered area outside for ~2 days, then the tumble drier to finish.

New tumble drier has sensor drying, which appears to work well. So I've verified with a monitoring plug that it really does only take 0.5 - 1 kWh to finish off a part dried load of laundry.

In the summer it'll get dry in those two days. But right now it gets a bit drier outside, but never fully dry.

However I only do a wash about once every ten days as I live alone.

Dehumidifier, airer and one of those pull-out washing lines in the small en-suite bathroom (no outside space for drying here). The airer actually lives in the shower cubicle (we use the main bathroom for actual showering, so it doesn't get in the way!).

Combination of outside on the line, in the small room where the boiler is, drying racks in the bathroom.

I always look at the weather forecast and plan my washing around that if possible. But we only do 2 loads a week.

Giving the washing an extra spin in the washing machine makes a bit of a difference. We hang it outside as much as possible. We have a heated airer, a dehumidifier and hang shirts etc on hangers from the curtain pole above the biggest radiator in the kitchen diner. We're doing a load every other day at the moment.

I’m still using my tumble dryer, given that I’m restricting my heating I can have wet clothes hanging about. Redecorated early spring so doing everything to avoid condensation/mould. Of course it’s more expensive to use the tumble dryer but we’re conservative with the washing (will wear clothes an extra time etc if not dirty or only on for a few hours). I do around 4 loads a week including towels and this months electricity usage is £50. Pre price hike was £35, I’m happy absorb the £15 if it means my house is dry. In the warmer weather I dry on the washing line at every opportunity.

Some on airers, some is tumbled. Can't afford to heat the house Enough to only use the tumble dryer, or to heat the house constantly to dry bulkier/ thicker items, a dehumidifier works well but can't afford the up front cost. It's getting harder, definitely. I'm trying to wash less and reduce the amount of stuff we have and use. I also air items like bedding during the day which helps them stay fresh between washes. I don't use the line this time of year because it's dark both ends of the day, and we are out during the day.

Tumble dryer for towels and clothes horse + underfloor heating for the remainder.

Samp air is harder to heat than non damp air so if you have excess moisture in the air then you need to remove it.

I use a tumble dryer.
My (adult) dc uses a heated airer, which also gives off heat, so they use it whilst wfh and don't need any heating on.
Things that I can't tumble dry, I have airers near radiators.

I also don't wash stuff that doesn't need washing. I am amazed at so many threads on MN as to how many people wash things they could leave to be used again.

I use the tumble dry for towels and bedding. Fortunately now that my DDs are in Uni there’s far less laundry. Underwear and socks in the airing cupboard is too damp outside. Most other clothes on the clothes horse.

Are your DC toddlers or older? Could you spot clean some clothes rather than putting them in the washing machine?