Damp in bedroom and drying clothes inside?

[halcyondays]

Our house is single glazed and we get a lot of condensation, especiallyon our dormer window, which seems to be getting worse, I wipe it down every morning but it is starting to cause damp on one wall. Is this because of drying clothes on aires, although they are dried downstairs? I was going to get the double glazing film as I saw this mentioned on another thread, but not sure if it will solve the problem by itself? I think if we are going to carry on drying clothes on airers we need to get a dehumidifier, but I am becoming more and more tempted to just get a tumble dryer, as it would mean we didn't have to have airers put all the time. But that will be expensive to buy and they use a lot of electricity if using all the time in winter.

Dehumidifiers work really well. Not only do they drey the air, the washing drys a lot quicker too.
Much cheaper on the whole than a tumble drier.

Drying clothes indoors means that the water evaporates into the hot air in the house. Warm air has the potential to carry quite a lot of liquid, ie, be damp. Hot damp air also then move upwards as far as it can, so will naturally end up upstairs. The air with the water then meets the cold windows, and will instantly cool down, and release the water, on the windowpanes.

You will have less damp, and a drier house if you have a small dehumidifier downstairs next to your airer. Keep your bedroom doors closed when drying laundry. And keep the windows downstairs a little open to get fresh air.

Thanks, still tempted to get a tumble dryer. The airers take up a lot of space. I do try to open windows for a while when it's not raining.

We had this problem. I now hang clothes on the line as much as possible before moving them inside. It has made a huge difference. I use a set of 'smalls' dryers to make it easy to transfer most things inside. When the weather is really bad I hang inside snd use a dehumidifier.

the main cause of damp, condensation and mould in UK houses is people draping wet washing around the home or over radiators. The amount of water released is colossal, so unless you have a great deal of ventilation, the house will always be wet (a lot of the condensation happens in the loft, where you will not see it until it drips through the ceiling or the timbers rot)

If you have got to dry indoors, get a line in the bathroom and leave the extractor fan running continuously. A typical extractor fan is about 20W and will run for 50 hours for 12p worth of electricity. A typical tumble drier is about 3000W and will run for 20 minutes for 12p.

My tumble drier states that for 7kg load of cottons spun at 1000 it will use just under 4 units of electricity to dry them.

I recently got a new washing machine (old one spun at 1200) new one spins at 1400 and I have found this makes a massive difference to how long my tumble drier is on for. The washing is usually stuck to the top of the drum it has been spun so fast.

My elec costs 8p a unit so 32p per tumble drier load based on the 1000 spin, but in reality I suspect it costs me less. If you then use the tumble drier again straight after it doesn't have to heat up as much as it is still warm so would use less electricity second time round.

In warmer months I peg everything out but I couldn't live without my tumble drier. Both my sons had reflux so went through shed loads of bibs daily and clothes.

Fizzylemonade
"My elec costs 8p a unit"

what year is the bill you are looking at?

Agree with piglet about the loft condensation. Out loft was dripping wet last year - had no idea that damp clothes could do this.