Most efficient way to dry washing

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I don't have a tumble dryer, can't line dry or part dry when it's wet, so what's the best way to do it?

Currently I wash, then do an extra spin cycle (is this worth it?), then put on maidens around radiators and have heating on for a few hours.

I'm trying to use the heating less so really only turning it on now because of the washing. Is there a better way? Heated airer, dehumidifier?

Heated aired with cover currently for sale at Aldi for £39.99.

By far the best way of drying tops (or anything that goes on a hanger) I think is to hang on hangers off curtain rails.

They're high up. They catch sun/natural warmth from the window. You can crack the window to reduce humidity (I also have damp traps on my window sills tucked behind photo frames etc). And they benefit from rising heat as and when you naturally turn your heating on, assuming you have rads underneath the window which is pretty common. Plus, they're out of the way so you don't need to be edging around airers etc.

Get a decent ( large dehumidifier) put washing on maiden post spin, switch on dehumidifier and close door. Will cost you a fraction of price if putting heating on , or buying electric heated maiden , as dehufifiers don’t heat up to work , just remember to empty water storage when full, it will cost you pennies x

I lived in Auckland for two years with no central heating or double glazing, and everyone had dehumidifiers, otherwise you would open a cupboard and all your shoes would be mouldy

The other thing that was std in houses was electric sink waste disposal units, have no idea why we don’t have them here?

Hangers over the bath/ shower cubicle and aldi heated airer (put of stock online but keep checking)

If no room for maiden, and don’t want to put heating( rads) on then I totally agree, I always hang clothes on hangers, on curtain poles above rads. Just put dehumidifier in room instead. I had a ‘Homedics’ one, don’t know if you can get them here( uk)

For the next 5-6 months, the warmer weather should mean washing dries quite quickly outdoors or on an indoor airer with ventilation in the room. I usually do a 1400 spin cycle (unless the items are more delicate) and hang them on an airer or two and it's dry within 24 hours. Ventilation is as important as warm air. Just washed a duvet cover and some towels this afternoon and they are only slight damp now, should be dry by the morning.

During the colder months I put the airer by a radiator that's usually on for a few hours a day at least anyway. I sometimes use clothes hangers for tops and shirts to create extra space as well (my airer isn't that big).

I swear by my heated airer. I use it in a small room where I work during the day. It’s v cheap to run and warms the room too. There’s been no damp in the room either. I hang loads of stuff all the way round it on coat hangers and then thicker stuff I lay on the shelves.

I hang our stuff on hangers on the curtain poles and use the multi peg thing? for socks and hang them up there aswell

I just wash with no extra spins. Then hang on clothes horse in spare room. Or on hangers on shower rail. We rarely have the heating on but clothes dry in 24 hours. Mind you we do live in mild south west.

You can dry laundry by hanging a radiator clothes dry out of an open window. Just make sure you peg the clothes to the rack.
Have done this in flats, a boat and a caravan.

Works as well as having an outside line when you don’t have any outside space! Added bonus is the open window will keep bird poo and light rain off the drying clothes.

Radiator clothes dryer rack (sorry typo)

I have heard, but not tried it yet, that a normal household fan will dry clothes faster than just leaving them on the clothes horse.

Don’t spin higher than 800 to minimise noise/cost/ironing.
2 (at least) freestanding airers
Clothes usually out immediately and almost all hung on hangers on traditional airers in sunny, well ventilated room (larger room quicker and without opening a window). May heat that room for a couple of hours in cold/wet weather for thick bath sheets.
Depending on fabrics dry within a couple of hours or overnight.
Don’t overload, so large duvet cover is 1 airer for quick indoor drying or one load of clothes washing.

I have a heated airer.

I'm wondering if a cheap option would be a normal airer but in the sunniest room of your house with the window open?

Same Or sometimes leave window shut if cold

Do rotary driers take much longer to dry the clothes then a regular washing line? When I was a child, we had a line which could be raised upwards once the clothes had been pegged on. I am not sure what they are called.

put your washing in the window, hang from the curtain rail

do you have an attic?
we have a line & clothes airer up there.
nice and drafty.

Why can’t you dry outside? If it’s because you don’t have outside space you can get airers that hang out a window. They’re very popular in a lot of European cities.

the other thing that was std in houses was electric sink waste disposal units, have no idea why we don’t have them here?

because the waste system/sewage isn't geared up for it and the food waste should be placed in the green food waste caddy and then it can be dealt with separately, which in any case is a more environmental way of dealing with the food waste

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use the bathroom, close the door and open the window wide

@ivykaty44 omg we had one in the 70s - it was an eviL piece of kitchen equipment. Removed the fuse to it in the end. It would either block up at the sight of a crumb, or take your fingers off up to the elbow.
well rid of them. Food caddies are much safer!

i have an airier. I have to be quite organised to get it all done and dry but I make full use of the heating being on and use radiator hanging things for socks etc. occasionally I’ll use the tumble dryer but that’s if I have a backlog and need pants and socks dried and out the way. The airer sits in our bedroom. It gets the sun all morning so the room gets some heat. I also hang light weight things like shirts or houses off the curtain rail on a hanger.