To ask how often you run these appliances after I’ve had a HUGE energy bill?

[Brepa]

How often do you run the dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer?

dishwasher here goes on every night without fail. The washing machine 6 out of 7 days. The tumble dryer 4 or 5 times a week. I didn’t think this was excessive? Is it?

Washing machine once every two days. Dishwasher everyday, sometimes Every other day. No tumble drier.

It's just as bizarre that you think that a family of 6 in 6 separate double/king beds is typical. Almost no-one has a house that big.

Not all tumble dryers are expensive to run, ours is as it is one of the basic vented ones which I prefer, we don't know which sort OP has.

You don’t say how much your bill was for.
My electricity bill averaged out at around £100 a month over the year. Our heating is gas. In summer I hang washing out on the line but put everything into the tumble dryer from about the beginning of October through to the end of March.
I usually run the dishwasher twice a day and have one or two loads of washing a day

I live in the UK and I agree with you. A lot of UK houses have washing hanging all over the house in winter. It looks terrible and can make a damp problem in the house. All radiators say not to put clothes on them but so many people do. I use a tumble dryer in the winter.

I have dual fuel and pay £75pcm.

Family of 3 (me, teen, primary-aged DC). The washing machine runs around 3x per week; I neither own a tumble dryer nor a dishwasher. Dishes get done by hand daily and washing gets dried on the line, even in winter. I rarely have washing hanging inside, and it's only ever after it's been outside for a while, so it dries really quickly after I take it in.

I have dual fuel and pay about £100 a month by direct debit. I've got Economy 7 and make sure we use at least 40% of our electricity on the night cycle. The account is always in credit by about a months payment.

You dry the laundry just like people did before dryers - you hang it up in front of the fire (or these days, the radiator). And yes, it does make the house damp in winter, although not 'steamy' as British houses are often very cold. You also do far less laundry, typically only underwear and shirts washed after only a single wear, and towels and bedsheets are expected to go a lot longer.

Washing clothes after a single wear, changing bedsheets every week, changing towels multiple times in the week are VERY new phenomena in the UK.

Many British households do not have tumble dryers or dishwashers not just because of the expense of running them but simply because there is no room for them.

We don't have a fire, and hanging washing on the radiators would make the house damp and encourage black mould. I'd have to run the dehumidifier at the same time, so there's no benefit. I'll stick to using the tumble dryer. Plus I don't have to use softener as the clothes come out soft, and as they get hung up straight away I don't have to iron them either.

I wonder what kind of clothes people own if they can be tumble dried several times a week? Tumble drying is damaging to most natural fibres. When I lived in a small apartment with no room for line drying my clothes turned into rags after six months with the dryer. I don’t want to replace stuff at this rate, given the disastrous impact of the fashion industry on the environment.

And things like wool should not be tumble dried at all, fortunately wool needs washing maybe once a year (if at all).

If you want to run a dishwasher and tumble dryer every day, that's up to you, but don't expect sympathy about your electricity bill.
I dry clothes outside most of the year and it costs £0.00 to do so.

These threads are so useless.

Everyone posts their own usage to various incomprehensible levels of detail which may or may not relate to the OPs usage at all.

If you want to track your usage you can use a smart meter or smart plug to see how much electricity you are using and to see whether the amount of electricity you are using is consistent with the appliances you have.

At the very least the OP might want to state what they consider a "HUGE"* bill to be and how many kWh they use per month to see whether that is in any way consistent with anyone else.

*For the avoidance of doubt, "HUGE" is not a well defined cost.

Don’t be a dick.

what if you don’t have any outdoor space?

what if you work all day and can’t hang washing out in the day?

what if you actually wash your sheets, duvet covers and towels more than once every month?

what if you live in a part of the UK or elsewhere which has been blessed with the usual miserable summer?

There’s plenty of reasons why you wouldn’t or couldn’t hang washing out on the line.

and if the house is new to you, does it have a hot water tank with an immersion heater?

we had that. there was a 'stray' switch in the hallway. house had a new combi boiler and the old hot water system was no longer in use but the switch was not removed and still heated up the water in the loft... at our (great) expense.

Where i live we have only had two days of nice weather in august - Sundays lashed all day and had heavy thunder that night along with very very heavy rain. Yesterday rained here until lunchtime too. i cant nor have the time to keep running in ad out to take it off the line . I detest clothes horses lying around aswell as dehumifiders- if it can go in to the dryer it does. I have invested in a heat pump dryer with is cheaper to run on electricity so my bill is not high and i keep on top of my laundry. Plus suffer badley with hayfeaver so tumble drying helps with pollen

@DancingNotDrowning , Don’t be a dick. Excuse me?

what if you don’t have any outdoor space? wouldn't live somewhere with no outside space.

what if you work all day and can’t hang washing out in the day? The clothes get darked on.

what if you actually wash your sheets, duvet covers and towels more than once every month? They get washed when they needed. I dislike washing piling up so it's not great in the winter but I try to use things that dry quickly.

what if you live in a part of the UK or elsewhere which has been blessed with the usual miserable summer? I wait for a dry day. You even get dry days in December and January.

There’s plenty of reasons why you wouldn’t or couldn’t hang washing out on the line. No reasons here.

As I have said on another thread in the last few days. It is absolutely pointless me hanging washing out in the winter. Even if it doesn’t rain it still doesn’t dry. We get very little wind and my garden faces north west. Believe me I have tried, I also don’t want to
go more than a week without washing bedding.

There’s only two of us. So, dishwasher once every two days, washing machine twice a week, tumble drier once in a blue moon.

Why are some people unable to see that people have different circumstances? Lots of people don’t have outdoor space. Drying indoors is not ideal if ventilation is poor. Personally I’m out the door at 6.30 and in at 6, so I tumble dry, otherwise it gets rained on during the day half the time. Someone working from home is different. I work full time, no cleaner, kids, so hardly lazy. A tumble dryer helps.

If that's aimed at me, I can see. But windows can be opened, and it's light in the mornings and evenings most of the year. You can use a tumble dryer if you like.

Washer 6-7 times a week. Tumble 3-4 loads a week in winter, almost never March-October. Dishwasher daily, occasionally twice. All appliances under 6 years old with reasonable energy ratings. I pay £200 a month combined but with the exception of Dec-March my bill is usually a good amount under that, especially June-September. We're a family of 7 (5 dc 14>7).

Washing machine and dishwasher daily. Tumble drier everyday in winter and less in summer. Electric is £100 per month

You’re excused 🤷‍♀️

I do at least one wash a day, no dishwasher as no room. Condenser dryer, I line dry, use dehumidifier and dry racks overnight depending on weather. Sometimes finish off in dryer. But, my 16yo is always using dryer to fluff clothes up/avoid ironing when I’m not in. 😡 May be forced to swap for dishwasher as this is a task I loathe. She nods along when I tell her not to use then sneaks when I go out.

Fuel bills are hideous. Also, daughter’s room has more crap plugged in than Blackpool. Can’t wait for savings when she moves out!

Meanwhile away to remove the bloody fuse.

“Wool needs washing maybe once a year”
Never heard that one before! Surely it needs washing as often as any other fabric?