How can I dry my washing??!!

[Mumonthesofa]

So autumn has finally set in and I am resigned to drying washing in airers again - does anyone have any tips to speed up the drying process?! It takes at least two full days to dry and they still feel damp! This evening I have resorted to shutting the door to the utility room and putting the heater on in there, with the window open a little, it seems to have worked to get the school uniforms dry but doesn't feel viable as a long term solution! I usually leave them in the kitchen as the door to the utility is usually open to allow the pets access. I sometimes move the airers in front of the radiator but this leaves little space for manoeuvre and doesn't seem to speed up drying much. I don't over fill them either. Any tips greatly received!

Can you get a spin dryer to get them as dry as possible or do a couple of extra spins? Hang outside if it is dry and any wind / sunshine as the aggetation will help. Lots of rotating the clothes and turning them over and put them somewhere breezy / warm

Dehumidifier next to the dryer - everything's dry overnight.

a drier or a heated airer is the only way really.

If you already have a great deal of moisture in the air, things are going to take a long time to let their moisture go. (There's nowhere for it. )

A dehumidifier would help out enormously.

DH got one of those pressure fit shower rails and put it between two close together walls right next to a window.

We put our tops on hangers, trousers on the rack and space them well. Duvet covers over doors.

If you have the luxury of a utility room get yourself a Lakeland electric clothes airer. Costs just under £100 I think. I bought one but passed it to my DD as I don't have the space to keep it up all the time. DD has it on 12 hrs a night and it keeps the utility room warm (dogs love it !) and dries everything. Costs a penny or two an hour to run.

Dehumidifier. We have this one and it's brilliant - everything dries overnight.

I dry outside as much as possible. Even if not bone dry, it removes some moisture. Then inside I use heated airers and a dehumidifier.

Aldi sell heated airers. Mine was under £15.

I could have written the original post! I hate when it takes the clothes so long to dry as sometimes they spell bad once finally dry ( a horrible damp smell)
I got a heated air drier from Lakeland, it's cheap to run and gets a load of washing dry within a day, I leave it on over night too.
For towels, bedding and large things I try to get them out on the line for at least a while and then sometimes resort to putting the heating on for a few hours so I can hang them over warm radiators. I'm not sure if I'll survive another winter without caving and getting a tumbler though

I have a dehumidifier and its brilliant

extra spin.
heated airer (saves you putting the heating on)
dehumidifier in the utility room

We have the dehumidifier and heaters on, but first we spin things in the washing machine. That second spin makes a massive difference. And we try to dry as much outside as possible, when it's not tipping down.

Lakeland heated airers are great - I put a load of washing on in the evening and it's dry by morning.

I have a heated airier too. My tumble drier is in the shed for emergency "I've got no pants" scenario. I put stuff on the line if it's not pouring down and move it about the house to air on a rotation. If it needs to go on a radiator then it is put on one without wallpaper. I've just moved from a 6 bed farmhouse to a 2 bed cottage and I am missing my laundry room but will cope.

Thank you for the replies! I think I'll look at getting a dehumidifier but will definitely go for a second spin in the washer. I do have a tumble dryer but it is solely used for underwear towels and bedding, I've had too many shrinkage experiences with it!

I know what you mean. I use a tumble dryer for clothes/towels/bedding and an airer with a dehumidifier for everything else.

I couldn't be without my tumble dryer I know it's expensive but it's better than damp in the air and living like widow twanky

Tumble drier. I just don't understand how in this day and age people don't use them in this country. I'd say 90% of my washing goes in the drier. I've done 6 lads today and it's all dry and back in the cupboards bar a few sweatshirts and a couple of pairs of tracksuit bottoms

Because it's much better to dry outside on a windy day than tumbledry. I use the dryer just st the end for 5 mins so i don't need to iron.

Also use a dehumidifier- they're great and you don't have to have stuff all over your radiators all the time in winter.

I have a mvhr which removes the moisture. Because of this and the fact my house is around 25 degrees all year with no heating on (it's a passivhaus) stuff dries quite quickly. Tumble driers cost me a bomb. I know I'm lucky by the way.

You've done 6 lads today vghifcqueen? And had time for laundry?

What's a mvhr?

The school uniforms shrink in the dryer and the embroidery goes funny on then and I have found using the dryer wrecks my clothes, I have a tiny budget for clothes so I try not to use it, my clothes last me for years!