To ask how you dry your clothes?

[Kat256M]

Especially if you own a tumble dryer! I live in a flat and can't dry clothes outside plus no space for a drying rack.

I recently bought a dryer. I am probably doing something wrong because I have three shirts with holes now!

I own a Hotpoint tumble dryer, use the "cupboard dry" option and the eco mode. Takes a bit more than 2 hours. Did the cotton option at the beggining but it was taking more than 3 hours!! Tried the "hanging dry" option but they came out wet.

I think I am drying them too much because the lint trap is so full but can't find a faster programme that actually dries them.

I was chucking everything in because I don't own any really expensive clothes but I may need to rethink that(apparrently the zipper from jeans can damage clothes?)

Heated airer and dehumidifier plus garden line occasionally.

Line dry whenever possible! I have a dryer but rarely use it. Oops, sorry! Just realised you have no outside space!

heated airer and dehumidifier. The set up is about twice the size of a drier but no wider so we just put it where the drier used to live and it does a much better job. Clothes are dry and warm within about 4 hours and it costs pennies to run

I dry everything in the dryer. I just whack it on for an hour and it's done.

Clothes out on an airer overnight then finish for 30 mins in the tumble dryer. I live in a large draughty property so I don’t have to worry about wet clothes being on the airer causing any problems with condensation.

I'm not a huge fan of tumble dryers. I have a combined washer and dryer. It's only really good at 100% cotton when it can dry sheets in an hour. I don't want to put non Cotton clothes on a cotton dry in case they shrink. Any other setting comes out feeling damp.

I have a flat and I hang them in the bathroom. I have a rack that folds our flat and a over the bath rack. Do you have a bath? There are racks that are slightly curved inward at the feet to fit into a bath. I want to upgrade to one of those for space purposes.

A lot of people use heated racks and a dehumidifier. My bathroom has a fan so it's not an issue and I have never noticed any condensation or damp.

I do have a balcony but I am too lazy to put things out there! Although I do that more in summer.

Heated airer and dehumidifier is definitely the best way. Yes it does take up space but you can fold the airer down between uses.

I have a separate laundry room with a tumble dryer and a dehumidifier for delicate stuff. For various reasons I couldn’t cope with trying to hang stuff out on a line.

I live in Scotland and have quite serious COPD from chest infections and drying washing on racks and radiators in a flat in my younger days. I wish I’d known then what I know now.

I’ve got a Victorian drying rack in the utility room so I can lift the clothes up to the ceiling out of the way. I finish the clothes off on the heated clothes horse. In winter though I dry on radiators and move the heated rail to the hallway which is a bit of a faff.

I just hang mine in a drying rack indoors. Doesn't cause damp or humidity issues for us.

Tumble dryer. Always. Hate line drying plus I have solar so doesn’t cost anything most of the time

Outside on line if dry / warm enough. Otherwise clothes on airer in spare room with dehumidifier on - dries pretty quick.

Have a v small larder type room that the tumble dryer is in

Anything that can't be tumble dryed gets hung on hangers inside the cupboard with the tumble dryer on so it dries as everything else does.

I don't line dry,don't have the time it takes or the inclination to be honest as it's a soul destroying job and a constant flow.

I live in a tiny flat, and don't have room for a dryer
I have an ordinary 3 tier airer and a dehumidifier plus a couple of radiator airers which I use with or without heating on.
I don't have a garden but a communal courtyard which I use for airer if dry
You can buy balcony airers, or over bath if you have one, and ones that fit over doors
It's a case of utilising what space you have really

Line dried if weather allows feel it smells better and is fresher. Winter is dryer time and I throw everything in, same mentality with the dishwasher.. only the strong survive 😂 I just put it on cottons and my dryer works out how heavy it is and sets drying time accordingly. I leave the window and door open for ventilation.

In the winter I use a tumble dryer most of the time, except for delicates. I really don’t like washing hanging round the house. My tumble dryer is a Bosch and I have had it a very long time. T shirts, and polos don’t come out that well and I do get a bit of shrinkage, but I certainly don’t get holes. It is pointless me putting washing on the line in the winter. There is very little wind where we live and the clothes would just be as wet several hours later.
My tumble dryer only takes an hour at the most but I don’t have an eco setting.

I use a mixture of airers and tumble dryer.

it sounds like there may be something wrong with your tumble dryer though. Each load I put in goes in for either 45 mins or an hour. I’ve just put a load in and that’s a set of single bedding, a couple of hand towels and four bulky waterproof sheets and I’ve just put that on for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

I am quite lucky in that I have a very large airing cupboard with a shelf. (Hot water tank is located in there.)

I do have a tumble dryer, a dehumidifier and do dry outside too but when it is wet in the summer I hang all the large items on hangers and hang in the airing cupboard - where I can add the dehumidifier if necessary - and just tumble dry small and quick drying items on low heat in the tumble dryer. Bedding I hang over the landing railing overnight.👍🏼

Have a washer and dryer combo.

Clothes are dry in under 2 hours usually. Only find it doesn’t when DH overfills it despite it saying on the machine how much can be put in to wash and to dry and it being a 3 kg difference. I also add wool balls to help break up the clothes, circulate the heat, and add a bit of fragrance.

Double spin and tumble dryer to 'extra dry' when it's not sunny and dry out. Electric bills are £35/month summer, £45/£50/month winter, family of three.

Holes are probably down to the quality of your clothes?

No help with your drying dilemma and I'm sure you know, not in anyway suggesting for a minute you're stupid...but always make sure the lint filter in the door, and if there is one the filter on the bottom of the dryer drum is always clear of lint...tumble dryers are one of the biggest causes of house fires.

Trousers with zips need to be zipped up and buttoned to avoid damage.

What other setting options do you have op and is it a condenser dryer you've bought or a vented one?

Tumble drier if it's too cold/wet to dry on the line. I use low heat and that seems to avoid too much shrinkage.
Also have an airer for stuff that can't be tumble dried and a dehumidifier ( I have a utility room so space isn't a major issue).

Can you put a drying rack in the empty bath with a window open?

I use a tumble dryer, and an airer for delicates and stretchies.

I have a Beko dryer (so not expensive) and I use the cotton/hot 'Extra dry' for bedding and shirts, and the low heat 'cupboard dry' for everything else. I've never had it take more than about 30 minutes to get everything dry? It has a sensor, and beeps when it's ready.

I do double spin unless I've done a cottons wash, when the spin gets things really dry anyway.