I'm drowning in laundry. I hate doing it. And its the one thing I can't really hire a cleaner to sort out for me. Please help with suggestions!

[oranges]

How do people cope? I have no garden, and am a real slattern when it comes to changing sheets, but I feel I'm forever sorting, drying, putting away. Short of discarding all clothes and buying a fresh set from Primark each week, what do I do?

I've googled and run the special defluff programme - apparently I have a machine without a fluff filter thing. But I haven't put some laundry on yet. I've always had a problem with laundry but its now reaching crisis point. And I really can cope with other aspects of housework.

do you think i could start a laundry service? we run a nappy laundry but the machines are only working three days a week at the moment- you've given me a brilliant idea!

Definitely. Even an old-fashioned "send the sheets and towels out" service would tempt me. Except that I am broke .

if you are in london, I'll hire you straight away!

Have a look at this drying cabinet

Nearlythere - an excellent idea!

Great idea Mercy, shame about the price.

Nearlythere - have to say a well priced laundry/ironing service using eco friendly detergents ought to make a killing. I for one would use such a service (and sod the expense) if it existed in Norfolk...
Would love my utility room not to look like a permanent Chinese laudry - which is how my cleaner described it!

I haven't read it all, but why can't you hire a cleaner? Mine does all of our laundry and ironing. I haven't ironed a thing for years and years, though I do put a load in the machine occasionally (rarely).

Do you really trust your cleaner to sort your washing, and dont you feel a bit odd having someone sort through your undies?

Oranges, I would personally vote for getting another tumble-dryer which works better. I couldn't live without mine and would feel exactly the same as you if I didn't have one. Drying is so easy for me, I just shove almost everything in the dryer and leave it for 2 hours and then it's done. I have maybe 2 or 3 things per load that need to be dried on radiators but that's not a problem. Ok, so it shrinks a few clothes but, to me, that's a small price to pay for not being a slave to drying clothes for 7 days a week!!

Right i've done it- spent last night going through it- eco laundry service, different packages from just washing to washing, air drying and ironing, collection and delivery service, eco detergent as standard or upgrade to premium detergent, essential oils to add fragrance, fab cond optional extra, energy from a green supplier, filtered rainwater for washing (this is something we already use for the nappy laundry and it works bloody well!)

Having leaflets and flyers and cards all printed, set dh up to produce some kind of database system type of thing!

Can't wait- i love laundry! We are surrounded by hairdressers and beauty salons so i would imagine they will be interested!

You are all welcome anytime you are in sunny ceredigion!

My tumble drier broke just before Christmas and treated myself to new one. My cheap as chips white knight died after 5 years of abuse.

Then I bought AEG conderser sensor drier that happily feels the fabric to see if it is dry and sings at me to tell me to get my ass in there and empty it. If I don't, it rotates the drum to stop everything creasing and beeps at me!! It does this for up to 30 minutes.

Could not live without it. Next year am moving to bigger house with extra bedroom to have a laundry room. My mate has 5 bed house and has a laundry room, it is sooooo fab. You can just shut the door on it all, ironing board constantly up, 3 separate laundry baskets where everyone's clothes go.

In USA they build new houses with a washing room upstairs because most stuff for washing comes from upstairs, clothes, bedding, towels so why would you lugg it all downstairs to wash and dry it and lugg it back up?? And considering the appalling weather we have over here, its not like we hang it out on the line.

Oranges have just seen ad advert in a mag for an Electrolux tumble dryer which is called "Iron Aid"!
App "it uses steam to de-wrinkle shirts and lighten your ironing".
I would get one myself if we didnt already have a perfectly good (and pricey) Miele dryer.
You can even use it to freshen up dry clean only clothes, even jackets and silk/wool items! FAB!!!!!!!!

I have no embarrassement about people going through my underwear, as long as they put it away for me! But FLUFF UPDATE!!!! I just rana load after running a special defluff programme and everything is DRY and ready to be put awa! So no more clothes horses! Yay!
Thank you!

Your dryer is obviously infinitely superior to ours to have a de-fluff cycle - mine has on/off high/low and that is it!

bumo in casse there are any fish swimming by. defluff has saved my marriage!!!!

i did expect mroe detail ont eh fuluff tbh
hwo mcyh was there
hwo much difference has it made

aoh and i want one of htose drying htings