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Where do you put wet towels

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IloveJonBonJovi · 05/06/2026 13:07

Where does everyone keep wet towels.
changed the radiator in the bathroom so it’s no longer going to look like Dunelm with 4 massive bath sheets on it.
We don’t have an airing cupboard.

I don’t really want them dumped in bedrooms.
what’s the solution. A rail? A rack? Some hooks?

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yonem · 05/06/2026 21:34

Allseeingallknowing · 05/06/2026 21:31

How often is that possible in the U.K.?

Where I live (in the U.K.) it precipitates on less than 1/3 of the days of the year. So, possible most of the time. We don’t have a tumble dryer and have never had any issues.

MummyWillow1 · 05/06/2026 22:04

I have one of those airers that hook over the radiator in the bedroom for mine, DH puts his on the bathroom towel rail and I’m lucky if DD’s makes it to the washing basket.

IloveJonBonJovi · 05/06/2026 22:20

I can’t put them in the rubble dryer. They are all the same colour and I don’t want my towel getting mixed up with DH or DSS cos ew.
We had a fancy towel heater type thing which stuck out both sides rather than a traditional ladder shape. I hated the way towels hung so when we redid the room we went for a tall sexy black number. I think the bannister is an option then back in the bathroom once dry.

I am not washing them every use. I’d have the machine on 3 times a day. It’s on normally twice as it is.

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JuneAlready · 05/06/2026 22:24

yonem · 05/06/2026 21:14

Wall mounted towel rail above the radiator and freestanding towel rail in front of it. I don’t like heated towel rails and declined to get one as part of our bathroom renovation.

Why don't you like them?

justasking111 · 05/06/2026 22:26

IloveJonBonJovi · 05/06/2026 22:20

I can’t put them in the rubble dryer. They are all the same colour and I don’t want my towel getting mixed up with DH or DSS cos ew.
We had a fancy towel heater type thing which stuck out both sides rather than a traditional ladder shape. I hated the way towels hung so when we redid the room we went for a tall sexy black number. I think the bannister is an option then back in the bathroom once dry.

I am not washing them every use. I’d have the machine on 3 times a day. It’s on normally twice as it is.

I love "Rubble dryer". 😂😂

If you ever need an alias.

JuneAlready · 05/06/2026 22:34

ThreeStripeQueen · 05/06/2026 16:52

I have three questions @JuneAlready

  1. how? Mine barely fits a couple of hand towels and face cloths.
  2. do you have the towel rail on all year?
  3. if yes to two, don’t you find it too hot?

I have 3 answers 😊

  1. I bought a large one! I fold them in half lengthwise & they hang pretty much the full length of the HTR (both sides)
  2. No, in the summer it gets warm enough in the bathroom not to need any other heat source!
  3. Yes I would find it far too hot!
oh & I often put them out on the (very convenient) outside line, just because I like them in the fresh air!
Denim4ever · 05/06/2026 22:37

Bath towels - space for 3 in our bathroom, one on hook on back of door, one on hook side of radiator towel rack and one on radiator towel rack. Hand towel on radiator towel rack

Swissmeringue · 05/06/2026 22:37

IloveJonBonJovi · 05/06/2026 22:20

I can’t put them in the rubble dryer. They are all the same colour and I don’t want my towel getting mixed up with DH or DSS cos ew.
We had a fancy towel heater type thing which stuck out both sides rather than a traditional ladder shape. I hated the way towels hung so when we redid the room we went for a tall sexy black number. I think the bannister is an option then back in the bathroom once dry.

I am not washing them every use. I’d have the machine on 3 times a day. It’s on normally twice as it is.

Rubble dryer sent my brain down a strange, paw patrol themed rabbit hole......

I'd colour code the towels then tumble dry them. Also means it's easy to identify the culprit when they get left on the bathroom floor in a puddle....

JuneAlready · 05/06/2026 22:41

Allseeingallknowing · 05/06/2026 19:54

Eventually they will damage your door!

Highly unlikely if your door is painted or varnished/lacquered.

ThreeStripeQueen · 05/06/2026 22:47

JuneAlready · 05/06/2026 22:34

I have 3 answers 😊

  1. I bought a large one! I fold them in half lengthwise & they hang pretty much the full length of the HTR (both sides)
  2. No, in the summer it gets warm enough in the bathroom not to need any other heat source!
  3. Yes I would find it far too hot!
oh & I often put them out on the (very convenient) outside line, just because I like them in the fresh air!
Edited

Thank you 😁
My ‘towel rails’ are long thin radiators with only two horizontal bars.
I have a slight fear of putting it on anyway because my grandparents used to have a massive heated towel rail that was on 24/7 and was hotter than the sun, I fell on it aged 8 and still have a scar!

yonem · 05/06/2026 23:12

JuneAlready · 05/06/2026 22:24

Why don't you like them?

They usually replace a radiator but are often undersized for the task and then the towels block all the heat anyway leaving the bathroom underheated. And they never have enough space for all the towels either and for the most common shape ones you have to fold them really narrow which is inconvenient.

Blinky21 · 05/06/2026 23:36

Heated radiator in bathroom or tumble dryer if really wet

eclecticwalls · 05/06/2026 23:56

FeliciaFancybottom · 05/06/2026 13:19

In the laundry basket, we use them once, then wash them.

Poor planet.

Sesame2011 · 05/06/2026 23:58

Love that this is under Home Decoration. Very fitting for me as mine dries over the bannister.

Rubeeee · 06/06/2026 00:00

Towel rail if just two of us . If children/ partners we use the bannister rail.

likelysuspect · 06/06/2026 00:05

We use Turkish thin linen towels and hang them up after a shower on the back of the bathoorm door hook, they dry in a few hours

I hate heavy thick towelling towels.

macaroni234 · 06/06/2026 00:44

You can get hooks that are specifically made to go on heated towel rails. I think they have to have horizontal bars though. Ours go on the banister until they dry then on hooks on the back of the door

IloveJonBonJovi · 06/06/2026 07:22

@Swissmeringue I can’t possibly colour code them. I’ve bought all new to match the new radiator because I’m a fussy bugger. Can’t cope with mismatched towels.

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IloveJonBonJovi · 06/06/2026 07:23

This is the old one. Beautiful but crap for hanging towels.

Where do you put wet towels
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IloveJonBonJovi · 06/06/2026 07:25

New thing of beauty. No wet towel shall be looking in its direction.

Where do you put wet towels
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user1476613140 · 06/06/2026 07:27

RampantIvy · 05/06/2026 13:12

Heated towel rail in the bathroom.
It helps that we have 2 bathrooms so there are only ever 2 bath sheets in the house bathroom at most.

This. Got one in my wet room, one in my bathroom (towel rail).

Nothankyoucat · 06/06/2026 07:34

IloveJonBonJovi · 05/06/2026 22:20

I can’t put them in the rubble dryer. They are all the same colour and I don’t want my towel getting mixed up with DH or DSS cos ew.
We had a fancy towel heater type thing which stuck out both sides rather than a traditional ladder shape. I hated the way towels hung so when we redid the room we went for a tall sexy black number. I think the bannister is an option then back in the bathroom once dry.

I am not washing them every use. I’d have the machine on 3 times a day. It’s on normally twice as it is.

I used a permenant marker to write our initials on the ticket so we know whose it is!

Topseyt123 · 06/06/2026 07:45

FeliciaFancybottom · 05/06/2026 13:19

In the laundry basket, we use them once, then wash them.

That is ridiculously wasteful and unnecessary.

We just put them on the heated towel rail (which is also the radiator) in our bathroom. I change them and take them for a wash about every three days or so. There are three, sometimes four, of us in my house.

They've always dried. No problems.

pouletvous · 06/06/2026 07:46

How wet to your towels get? I hang mine neatly on the towel rail. They dry fine there

Tallestone · 06/06/2026 07:50

On hooks on the back of the bathroom door.