For those that don’t own a tumble dryer...

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Mine has just broke- can not afford a new one at the moment.

So how do you all keep on top of drying laundry?
We don’t have a washing line either!

Do you do a load of laundry every day?

Am I mad? Can you live without a tumble dryer?

My best advice is rethink your laundry days. Stop washing every day. Try every other day and see how you get on,though personally I prefer to blitz it at the weekend. Eke an extra day out of PJs, trousers, kids' tops. It's astonishing how much it changes the washing pile if you make a mindset shift from daily washing and washing half-worn things in "to make up the wash" to trying to curb the laundry just a bit. Laundry seems to me like hair washing - the more you do it, the more often you need to.

Other than that, I wouldn't bother with a Lakeland airer especially in summer. A washing line is a good investment, and a double retractable one is very cheap. Other than that you just need space for an airer and good ventilation in that room.

When I lived in a tiny flat with no dryer and no radiators and no garden I used one of these over the bath.

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I did have a full height airing cupboard with the hot water tank and it just fitted in there so that was an option too although things did dry a bit crispy and meant lots of ironing.

Airers in the spare room.
Washing line whenever possible.

We have one, but hardly ever use it.

Ordinary clothes-horse airers with a dehumidifier work very well.

clothes horse or two if you have a damp house get a heated airer as we stayed in a cottage and things just did not dry at all.

being organised. wash every day/most days

move things about on the airer. turn washing over so the inside drys quicker. make sure you do not have things packed too densly. washing one load a day and drying is quicker than two or three loads in one day and trying to get everything dry.

it can take up to three days to get stuff aired in winter.

air nearly dry washing away from the airer, it will finish off quicker.

use an airing cupboard if you still have one.

I manage without a tumble dryer and without radiators (use electric)

I have a ceiling pulley thingy and also some lines up in the boiler room.

I smooth and fold small things like tea towels and pillow cases, to go on radiators, so I don't need to iron them.

Went 2 years without one when we had just a baby and toddler (have 4 now). It's totally manageable but I found myself always second guessing whether things were fully dry. Even in winter we use it more for a top up, use the line or clothes horse as much as possible but couldn't do without now

I saw one in NextDoor for £15...

When I was in a flat with no garden, I used to put the washing machine on first thing when I woke up, hung it on the bog-standard clothes airer before work, leaving the window vents open all day.

On returning home, even in winter, I'd throw the window open for half hour to let the damp air out and grab a hot water bottle and a blanket so I didn't freeze. Then windows shut, vents closed, heating on and anything still damp got put on the radiator to finish drying, switching the now dry things for damp ones every half hour or so.

Half hour before bed whilst I was in the bath, radiator on in bathroom and bedroom to take the chill off the room. Radiators turned off elsewhere and those rooms windows thrown open again to let any remaining dampness out. Shut the windows but left the air vents open overnight. Never had a problem with mould and heating bills fine too because radiators only on when they would have been on anyway.

Only time I had troubles getting things to dry was in properties with a damp problem, then I'd end up having to put the radiators on for an hour even in summer just to finish drying the washing.

I gave our tumble dryer away. Multiple loads of laundry on dry days which I hang outside - do you have any outside space eg balcony which you could use?
We also have multiple airers for indoors plus some of those ones which hang over the radiators for winter when the heating is on. Dehumidifier if it’s not warm enough to dry within a day but not cold enough to put the heating on.

Rotary clothes line outside.

Clothes horse indoors. Sometimes I put it outside too if the weather is good and I have lots of laundry to get dry.

Over a radiator if I'm desperate (just an occasional item).

Even in Scotland, it's not a problem getting it all dry.

Never had a tumble dryer, heated airer aka Maiden aka clothes horse (SO worth it) clothes line and hangers everywhere if the weathers crap.

Had one years ago, only cat and I, heated airer, love it!

When I got my first house as a single parent I hadn't got room for a tumble dryer, I bought a Dribuddy which is basically an airer that has a nylon cover with a big heated fan attached, it was £59.99 & could dry a full load of washing in 3 hours, the best thing is you can use clothes hangers & nearly everything doesn't need ironing. It folds up to the size of a bucket when you aren't using it, I used to set it up in the evening in the kitchen & everything was dry by bed time.

Extra spin on clothes wash before taking them out helps immensely.

I've only recently started sorting through the washing to take out the things that are going to be needed soon, and it's made a lot of difference.
Towels and that kind of thing I keep back, and do them when I'm fairly up to date with essentials, and I spin them harder.
I check the weather forecast, and any time there is a few hours without rain due, I make sure I put washing out.
Indoors, I drape bits over doors, on an airer and the roads, even if the heating isn't on.

On rads.
Not roads. Yet.

Outside rotary, 2 clothes horses and bedding goes over the bannister upstairs and is dry in no time.

March - October, it goes outside if it's dry. Otherwise it's inside on the airer. If it's too cold for the airer I have a 'concise home electric clothes dryer'.

Better than a tumble as they can also do knitwear without it shrinking.

Large outside rotary airer and an indoor heated DrySoon airer from Lakeland.

When living in the UK, we had teeny utility room where the washing machine and heating boiler lived. We installed a small radiator and had a ceiling-mounted Sheila Maid airer.

We never had to dry clothes anywhere else, including outside. NO clothes over radiators, etc. Also, we never ran the heating to dry the clothes, ordinary house heating sufficed.

Couldn't cope without my tumble dryer! Can't be faffed hanging up socks and knickers, or towels and bed sheets.

my radiators are currently not working so in emergencies, put over the oven door while I am in the kitchen, with oven on low heat. (emergencies like I have run out of school uniform... )

Just remembered - before tumble dryer days we had a dedicated spin dryer that I got off eBay for about twenty quid. They use virtually no electricity compared to a tumble dryer (no heat). They spin at about 3,000 rpm, meaning that the stuff comes out barely damp and dries much more quickly that it would straight from the washing machine.

Arse. recuycling just got harder as they have withdrawn the service, so one bin bag space for two weeks of rubbish and recycling. yeah, that's going to work.