Drying bedding indoors

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I don't have a tumble dryer and after reading all the stories about them catching fire, don't particularly want one. Use my rads all the time for drying smalls, have a couple of large collapsible airers upstairs in spare room (we have absolutely no damp in the house and the room I have the airers in is warm and dry and well ventilated) for air drying clothes we're not in a hurry for, but I can't dry sheets and duvet covers on these as they are not big enough (king and super-king sized bedding). Using the local laundry even just for bedding is proving costly so how do those of you also without tumble dryers manage to dry your bedding when weather is bad or just during winter months generally?

I hang bedding (king sized) over a door or two (propped open). It dries pretty quickly.

I hang on interior doors overnight.

Thank you both for replying. Interior doors, really? What an ingenious idea! Do you just make sure the tops are wiped down and clean or have you covered them with something to protect the sheets? I never would have thought of interior doors!!!

Over my landing bannister!

Agree over the door. I always iron my bedding anyway so if I was drying indoors I would iron then hang over door

My landing bannister seems to have mystical drying properties too!

Or airing cupboard?

Folded as little as possible, just enough to keep them off the floor, over a large airer in front of the radiator, turned and refilled when I can they dry fast

I second the over the door trick! Think I had 3 over different doors in the house at one point!! Also over the banister! Also we use these for tops they hook over the door! https://www.lakeland.co.uk/8825/2-Over-Door-Plastic-Ironing-Hooks---Holds-10-Hangers?gclid=Cj0KCQiAtPuBRDcARIsAMNlBdpzOZSyhnG6NmzxmPU0NWOll6zOyPxv0nrZXEN14EwtNeJEMJ6-VgkaAj7AEALwwcB&src=gfeed&effid=Cj0KCQiAtPuBRDcARIsAMNlBdpzOZSyhnG6NmzxmPU0NWOll6zOyPxv0nrZXEN14EwtNeJEMJ6-VgkaAj7AEALwwcB:G:s&sskwcid=AL!49!3!398465063207!!!g!841444664131!

Be careful putting them over bannisters and doors because depending on the finish the wood coukd mark the bedding or the wet bedding could ruin the finish in the wood.

Another one that uses the banister. It's also the warmest place in the house so things dry really quickly. I hate seeing washing there all the time though, would love somewhere to hide it away!

I used to just hang them over doors and would need to iron them to get them nice and soft. Having a condenser dryer that is serviced regularly means I can skip the ironing as they come out lovely and soft.

I hang mine over the bannister.

I drape duvet covers over the top of the 4 corners an airer and sheets over the bannister

I can't use my banister because it would stain the would but my doors are perfect. I leave them there over night and then in the morning move them airing cupboard to finish off. I think those heated airers are similar to an airing cupboard.

I still use the radiators but pick a day when I around to rotate the a lot. Also I think I strip the beds less often in the winter which is no doubt slatternly but does help.

Get a dehumidifier. When I empty out the water container from the tumble dryer and see just how much water I tip out it is no surprise that so many homes without adequate ventilation have condensation problems.

Have you got room for one of these, my latest gadget which I love, cant believe something so simple has simplified everything.

It is in a spare room, above a sash window (with a radiator underneath it) which I open an inch so no moisture issues.

link.

A load of bedding dries overnight, the room I have it in is my smallest room, only 7ft wide, I am thinking of installing another one in my bigger spare bedroom for more drying space.

Over the shower screen and on airers in the bathroom with a dehumidifier overnight. Sheets and bedding once a week so the bathroom is very full that night but the dehumidifier does the job by the morning. I don't like having laundry drying everywhere so this works well for us, out of sight overnight.

Thanks to everyone else who's replied, especially @DookofBust for that link - what a nifty little line dryer! I may get one of those for my bathroom then I can hang things over the bath. But also, I note a couple of you have recommended getting a dehumidifier - do I need to be considering a certain size for purpose? I looked on amazon and there are so many differing sizes/capacities, I wouldn't know where to start! The Black Friday deal is on until this weekend so I will certainly really consider getting one of these if I knew which to buy so any advice would be much appreciated, thanks.

A smaller one would just require emptying more frequently. Never underestimate how much damage condensation from drying washing in an unventilated house can cause.

Thanks, @Gin. The room I use for drying really is well ventilated so I'm not worried about that, just how I might dry sheets and duvet covers to fit King and Super-King size beds. Up to now I've always used my local laundry's service wash and dry for bedding but it's proving costly and although my washing machine has the capacity to wash sheets and duvet covers of that size, I haven't done so because I didn't know how I would get them dry in poor weather or just during winter months.

I've seen these two on amazon and both mention being used for drying clothes:
www.amazon.co.uk/Pro-Breeze%C2%AE-Dehumidifier-Moisture-Kitchen/dp/B015MZQ7DG/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=dehumidifier&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1574851300&sr=8-5

www.amazon.co.uk/IKICH-Dehumidifier-Portable-Whisper-Quiet-Moisture/dp/B07RR7JCWC/ref=pd_sbs_201_4/257-8130459-1348937?pf_rd_p=f4a31d1d-8f61-48f5-b6f4-a22ba06df575&th=1&_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_wg=szz0h&pf_rd_r=E4113DYE2TYCGNTMD85W&pd_rd_i=B07RR7JCWC&pd_rd_w=EN3wT&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&refRID=E4113DYE2TYCGNTMD85W&pd_rd_r=e70a613e-e324-432f-b9fa-f4bacf992772

My king size bedding fits over an airer- can you get bigger ones?

And for what it's worth - tumblr driers don't even crack the top 10 causes for house fires! Washing machines cause more!

Ceiling fans & big clothes airer. Bedding is dry in about 2 hours. I only tumble dry towels. No damp in my house. Wouldn't be without ceiling fans now as I rely on them to dry mostly all of my washing, they dry it fast, especially with central heating in too as it's warm air circulating. Wet jeans are dry in a couple of hours too when placed on airer near direct air flow from ceiling fans.

Following with interest
Takes us ages to dry all of our clothes - and we have a dry soon thingy!