To desperately ask…Do you wash….

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Duvet cover and bottom sheet together or separately?!

OP I do it together.

I have a normal double bed and what I consider nice sheets (400tc john lewis cotton). So they're heavier/thicker sheets than some, but not as heavy as truly posh people's sheets!

My understanding is you'd be extremely unlikely to damage your washing machine with one set of sheets. I have a 7kg washing machine and put in my duvet cover, base and pillows. I separately do pillow protectors and mattress protector together as they are not 100% cotton, they absorb a lot of water and I think it would be too much for my machine as you'd need to ram them in to get it all in.

In terms of tangling - I often do up the duvet before putting it in so things don't get inside. I have also learnt it's good to do same sheets as they will discolour together evenly (even whites over years change colour very very slightly), and if they're cotton it's good to keep separate from sythentics as they will get bobbly more quickly that way.

Don't worry though, I'm sure you're doing great. You hear of people abusing their machines all the time but I think a standard bed set is fine :)

Separately, but only because I have no washing line so can only dry one sheet at a time.

If you're not overfilling the drum I can't see the issue. Colour separation like everything else and the appropriate drum fill.
How very odd.

Always washed the entire bedding set together.
Mine only get tangled when in the dryer, so sometimes I dry them separately.

same here😁

We have a King Size bed and Super King duvet and a mattress protector.

A bedding wash is two washes as there’s too much volume to do in one was, but the bottom sheet either goes in with the duvet or the mattress protector without any rhyme or reason. In fact it probably would be better just doing with the mattress protector as it does get a bit knotted in the dryer with the duvet cover. Nothing a couple of shakes doesn’t fix though.

I've washed them all together for around 40 years now and I've never found an issue. I don't tumble them together though as they end up in lump and don't dry properly. I only do this if the weather is bad though.

yep.

Always close up the duvet cover before putting it in the wash. I find everything else finds it's way in there during the wash and it can cause uneven spinning which the machine doesn't like.

I usually wash duvet cover, 4 pillow cases, bottom sheet, two towels and maybe some tea towels together and don't have a problem.

You won't break you're machine.

Depends on the colour

Oh come on, no one washes one item at a time exclusively. Yes the washing machine is capable of washing both at the same time

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I have a 6kg machine and prefer to do the cover and some pillowcases and t-shirts, and the sheet in another wash. You're right to not overload the machine.

Separately, because the duvet cover is king size so it won't all fit in together without overloading the machine. Duvet cover on its own, pillowcases and sheet together, usually with a hand towel or two.

I wash the bottom sheet with other white stuff; duvet cover (fastened closed) with other coloured stuff.

Of course you can wash them together unless you have a teeny weeny drum in the washing machine. If they both fit in easily with a little additional space, then they are good to go together. If you are forcing them in then they may not wash or rinse thoroughly. Not issue for the machine though!

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Mattress protectors either get washed separately every now and again or with a sheet or 2, just depends what fits.

Not issue for the machine though!

That's not quite right. Overloading can damage the machine

https://www.candy-home.com/en_GB/blog/what-happens-if-you-overload-your-washing-machine/

Who told you that? It depends on the capacity of your machine as to how big a load it can handle.

If they are different colour, yes.

Could you pop the sheet inside one of the pillowcases if you're worried about them tangling? No idea if this would make a difference. I do mine together usually - never thought about it really.

I’ve been washing bedding for well over 50 years. Just chuck it all in together, duvet cover closed so other stuff doesn’t get inside it. All comes out clean and how on earth can your laundry damage a washing machine? It’s exactly what they’re built for.

The drum should only be half full. So whatever quantity of bedding fills to that level for your machine. People on here will have different sized drums and bedding. For instance, I have a Samsung ecobubble, I put the bottom sheet and pillow cases (superking) in one load and the duvet cover in another load.

No one is talking about overloading! We’re obviously talking about machines that have the capacity to wash the load. If the machine didn’t have the capacity, common sense would dictate not to keep loading it with more items… lol

I use a top and a bottom sheet, so the sheets and pillow cases get washed more often than the duvet cover, all my bed linen is white so I don’t worry about matching. When the duvet cover eventually gets washed they all go in together.