inventive ways to dry washing

[BooyhooRemembering]

i have a lot of washing to dry at the minute and have no tumble drier so i have had to be a bit imaginative with drying methods. i know everyone has different methods so i thought it would be a good idea to collect all the different ideas into one thread to make it easy for someone to find them all.

here's my list of suggestions (i know these wont be practical/possible for everyone)

-obvious one is the washing line but of course is weather dependant
-if you have space ouside you could build a shelter- my mum is lucky enough to have a barn that is no longer used and she has two big lines in there.
-indoor laundry pulley(if possible have it fitted over a heat source)
-radiators and radiator airers
-clothes horse
-hotpress slats
-dehumidifier in a small room/cupboard with clothes on airer
-hang clothes on hangers on curtain rails/doorways
-banister rail
-tumble drier (probably the most expensive method)
-heated drying rack

that's all i can think of right now. please add your own and maybe i can get a bit more washing done in less time

Booy, it has two shelves, but the bottom one is pretty much on top of the tank.

yeah my last one was like that. pretty useless for hanging stuff except underwear.

how much space is there between the tank and the door when the door is closed? i'm asking because i know people who hook those over the radiator airers together to form a ladder type airer and hang it from the bottom shelf so the rungs of it are between the tank and the door. only usefull to you if you have about 6-8 inches of space.

There's no space at all between the tank and the door. I just remember my Mum always putting piles of clothing in the airing cupboard, to 'air' them I guess, finish them off.

yep my mum does that too.

i'm all out of ideas for how to use your airing cupboard i'm afraid. you could still hang stuff from the slats of the top shelf and set stacks of 99% dry stuff on top of the slats. use the bottom shelf slats for underwear and other small stuff.

When it looks that it will be a dry day I do as much washing as possible. I always try to hang it outside.

If it is still very damp at the end of the day I put it indoors in a spare room on drying racks. If it is only slightly damp then I iron it straight away.

I no longer have a drier and apart from the towels (drier made them lovely fluffy and soft), I don't miss it.

One of these

www.lineman.co.uk/

Wheels in and out garage within seconds. Holds about 4/5 loads!

my toaster barely warms the bread never mind drying my socks

www.rotaire.com/

Anyone tried a rotary with a cover?

Those are both amazing but expensiv. I was just going to purchase a 14.99 gazebo to over the rotary airer.