drying washing

[babyjjbaby]

any tips i try not to use the tumble drier cos it works out alot i have checked lol i have got 2 clothes airers and my house looks like a laundry centre and most of it takes ages to dry ie couple of days any tips pleeeeeeeeeeease

radiators?

Have you got some of those radiator hanger things so you can dry more than one row of washing at a time?

I put stuff that takes ages to dry on the radiators, like jeans and towels. In our old house it was a nightmare though - room for one airer and only one small radiator it was feasibly to dry things on.

Which is your warmest room? Can you dry stuff in there? Put an airer up across the bath? You can get pull out ones or clothes horse types that stand across the bath.

all our radiators have summit in front of them so that wouldn't work i have gto one airer up in my room and 1 in front room

but we can't really afford to use it

cat64, not if it's a combined washer dryer it doesn't! I've never seen such creased clothes as come out of mine!

It'll be warmer soon, BJJB - fo you have anywhere you can hang things outside?

I'd try to find a bath airer if I was you - additional space across somewhere that's not used all the time and when it's needed, you can just lift it out of the way.

I do one load max a day so I can get it all dryed. Small stuff on radiators, drys quickly and as they dry next things put on, larger items like jeans hung over living room doors, sheets over banisters, tops and jumpers on hangers on doors.

Ok it does all look like a laundry, but its not too much stuff so I put it out the way if I am expecting comapny .

Well, your best bet is to move things away from the radiators a bit so you can use them. Otherwise, paying 50p or £1 or whatever it is to take your wet clothes to the launderette to use their industrial tumble driers.

Has anybody tried a 'tornado dry' or similar? It's like a bag that you hang the clothes up under, with a fan and heater - google it and see what they're like. I saw them on TV shopping recently - if anybody knows what they're like, it might be suitable for you?

oh i am gonna go and google it now thanks

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I think, for the price of it added to the fact that it uses electricity anyway, I'd leave it for now, use the tumble dryer (but sparingly, and for damp clothes, not straight from the machine) and wait for warmer weather.

Have you tried dryer balls? (see here). I use these in the dryer and means only have to put on for 30 to 40 mins for a load instead of 2 hours.

I have drier balls and still have to put it on for the saem amount of time as before.

I must admit to using my tumble dryer. I tend to do one load of drying for every 2, sometimes 3 loads of washing. We have economy 7 so I tend to put on overnight to save some pennies. I try to use an economy 30 minute wash then the fastest spin on my washine machine -1600 to get the clothes as dry as possible.Each load of washing comes out, is hung or folded and put in the dryer once I have enough...I don't iron much at all!! I buy clothes that don't need much ironing!

The stuff that doesn't tumble goes over the radiators, small items get hung on one of those pegged hangers in the airing cupboard. When I run out of rads I hang clothes individually on hangers and hook over the curtain poles..most of our rads are under the windows so the heat naturally rises and helps dry them.

It does make the house look like a laundry at times, but needs must!

thanks i was surprised most of washing dried by this mornin and was only hung up to dry late last night and i have now got 2days washing drying so hopefull ythat will dry quick too

I use the tumble for towels and underwear, and the radiators for everything else.
Looks like a chinese laundry at the weekends (i work full time) but it's all dry and ironed on a sunday ready for the week ahead