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!

I do this:
Extra spin or even 2 for everything except bed linen and shirts (too difficult to iron if too many creases)
Old-fashioned pulley (it's amazing how fast things dry when up high, where the warm air is
Leave laundry room door open or at least a window to let air circulate
Tumble dry at the end to finish off.

Dcs vest are dry within 4 hours of hanging on pulley.

Those wooden pulleys are about £30 on line and cost nothing to run. I feel quite evangelical about them. Couldn't be without mine.
I also think whites stay whiter if you can get them outside for just a short while.

Mechanical heat ventilation recovery.
My house is essentially a super insulated airtight box. Air is pulled into the plant room and all the damp/ pollutants filtered out and all the heat recovered. Then fresh air is sucked in from outside, heated by the recovered heat and circulated around the house. It's all a bit grand designs but it works.

Sounds interesting. Is this in the UK?

Oh yes. Market town in south east. It's got back up gas central heating but the house only used it a few years ago for a few hours when it was minus seven outside.

I put tops, skirts and trousers on coat hangers in doorways upstairs to get as much air around stuff as possible. Save radiators for towels and get stuff dry as quickly as possible or it goes whiffy 😕

When using a clothes airer make sure to put clothes over two wires,dries so much faster and no damp smell.now if only my husband could do same must get my self a dehumidifier

I've got a Lakeland heated drier that i use when i need my washing drying. It drys them really fast and the clothe come looking fresh.

We have a MRVS, it's a small unit installed in the ceiling on the landing. It works by slightly raising the pressure in the house and thus forcing air from the house through any crack so circulating air. As a result clothes do dry within 24 hours. They're great. I think it's the cost of a light bulb to run. When first installed we had it run too high and our noises dried out!

MRVS - mechanical retrieval ventilation unit. Will check if I've got that right.

Our dries very quickly indoors on regular dryers. We live in a flat so most stuff dried on airers all year ( we have a dryer but it's a washer dryer sononly use for towels and bedding) .
We always leave a few windows open, especially one next to dryer rack. Heating is on in flat. Most dry in 4-6 hours. No damp issues due to windows open

Is your house very cold?

I use a heated airer for my uniform tops and anything light,
Stuff I don't want creased or is bulky goes on a hanger on the doorframe, plus side to that is once dry I just shove in the wardrobe no fuss 😆
Most items dry overnight.

I don't dry washing in the house ,it's so bad for it. I use the tumble drier and just hang up tops that might be prone to shrinking but tbh hardly anything does. My drier does have lots of different cycles though which might be why.

As others have said I do an extra spin in the machine and then put the stuff on airers. Most things dry overnight except jeans which take a little longer. If I need something drying quickly I put it on the radiator.

Not having a tumble dryer does mean I have to be a bit more organised about doing the washing but I don't really miss it.

I don't use the tumble drier for clothes for the same reason as you, OP - it shrinks everything. Only bedding and towels go in and only then in extremis.

I've just bought the Mumsnet standard-issue heated airer from Lakeland and it is fabulous. Everything emerges from it lovely and soft as well as perfectly dry, no more damp-smell washing.

I use the td for bedding and towels and things which are safe if I cannot line dry, today stuff will be put out.

I have a utility room and a rail thing I pull out over the radiator for non safe stuff. Doesn't take long to dry

Washer dryer being delivered tomorrow (squeeeee! ) but will probably continue to dry on airer as follows:

Window open
Try to hang over 2 wired
Next to radiator
Double duvet cover thrown over the top and the radiator to keep the heat in. Works a treat.

I dry my clothes in the spare room (no utility first floor flat no outside ). Two airers windows open (we are south facing so get a lot of sun).

Generally everything goes on the airers then things get finished off in the tumble dryer.

I've done 6 lads today

Erm, are we still talking about how to dry washing??

I don't find that tumble drying shrinks everything? I tumble dry all school uniform, underwear, t shirts, jeans as well as all bedding and towels and don't have any problems with shrinkage.

I've checked reviews of Lakeland dryer which seem to be mixed. Is it correct that clothes need to be dried across the rails rather than hanging from them. Is this correct? Not sure how this would work if there are only 6 shelves.

I use it just like a normal airer. but thick items (like jeans waists) dry best laid flat.

Has anyone tried the JML DriBuddi? I'm pondering it but torn between that and the Lakeland airer

IVe got the Lakeland mumsnet heated airer- it's great. In answer to a pp questions I tend to lay stuff over two bars, small things over the bottom layer and heavier things up top. Everything's pretty dry overnight usually, apart from thick things jeans, sweatshirts. Anything I desperately need I stick over as many bars as possible as the more bars it's touching the quicker it will dry. I think the negative reviews tend to be from people expecting it to completely replace/do a job on par with a tumble dryer. As long as you consider it an airer on steroids it's great

And I can get about a full loads washing on mine. Two smaller loads if I squash everything a bit more and only use one bar for small items- just takes a bit longer to dry