Any idea for drying laundry very fast and with limited space?

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Hello!

Any idea for drying laundry very fast and with limited space?

I cannot have tumble dryer
I do not have space for airer
I cannot spread my laundry due to limited space
The place is not sunny or airy
I can only put my laundry in a basket or something and I need to dry it there

Thanks!

Dehumidifier. Smaller space like a small room or cupboard the better. But no wet clothes will dry if in a basket, air needs to move between them.

Clothes will not dry fast in a heap
They need to have space for air to get to them for the water to evaporate.
An over the door airer?
A radiator airer?

Do you have a local launderette? That would be your best option.

if you don’t have that option then do a second spin when the wash cycle is finished. Hang T-shirts, skirts etc on hangers and hang them in doorways. You can iron clothes when they are still a bit damp.

My airer sits on the bath. I plug the dehumidifier in to a power socket on the landing, and the cable is long enough to wheel it into the bathroom.

You must have room for an airer somewhere, surely?

Local laundrette really seems your best bet, if you can’t have an airer.

I have limited space. I do my laundry every 2 weeks or so and take to laundrette to dry. Wash at home in bulk and £3 to dry around 3 loads

I hang mine on hangers from the curtain rail which has a radiator underneath

If you have a bath tub or a shower with a shower rail, hang your laundry on hangers on rail. Buy a dehumidier (approx £140) which will dry your clothes in a couple of hours at a very in-expensive rate plus dry your home therefore heat it up.

I don't have a lot of space either. My airer spends a lot of time in the bath.

One of my colleagues just recently got an old fashioned ceiling pulley. She says it's a game changer

Hang over backs of chairs or sofa, over doors etc
Not ideal because you end up with damp air but the clothes won’t dry on a pile.
Maybe best option is laundrette tumble drier

Or maybe this?

We have a ceiling pulley and a dehumidifier with a clothes setting. It's amazing we have it set up in a cupboard

What about a kitchen maid pretty sure they can go on most ceilings

You can buy hanging airers with lots of pegs attached, useful for small items and could hang off curtain poles if securely fixed and not drying heavy items. I store my 3 airers under my bed and sometimes stand them on the bed to dry washing during the day if I don’t want them in living areas. Bit precarious, but works okay. I’m fortunate to have a fire so wash all mine and DDs clothes in one day (set machine to come on at 6am when I am waking up and then put one or two more loads through before work) and towels etc the next. Stand it quite near the fire in the evening while I’m in the room and can get it dry by the third morning.

Give each wash an extra spin - it makes a huge difference to how quickly things dry.

Thanks all! I am very interested in that, could you post a photo to see how the setup looks like?

Do you have stairs? A hanging rack (maiden) above a stair well is a very efficient place to dry clothes but you do need to separate them. They won't dry in a basket/heap without getting smelly/stale.

Thanks all!
@peplepue I am very interested in that, could you post a photo to see how the setup looks like?

Converting a cupboard into a clothes dryer is very attractive, similar to my hope to dry clothes in a basket!

I have a dehumidifier in my airing cupboard. I can dry up to 4 loads a day, it's amazing.

If space at floor level is limited then the only option is upwards.

Extra spins, wring or squeeze by hand, roll in a towel to get as much water out as possible, hangers, hanging hooks from DIY stores, portable clothes rails, over bath airer, over door multi hook or towel rack, if curtain rails sturdy enough and clothes light enough, hangers on rail above radiator or heater (at safe distance).

JML or Lakeland covered heated airer if heating budget allows, heated electric airer that folds up after use, dehumidifier with laundry setting - ours has made a huge difference.

I know you said space is really tight, would you not have enough space for one of those tall airers with the arms that fold down, kind of like a portable whirligig?

Or laundrette if there's one near you though they're much less common than they were.

I do this too, anything that will go on hangers including using the clippy style for trousers. Anything left over goes on a socktopus from IKEA. I hang from curtain rails but also on the shower screen and anywhere else where they can freely hang for air circulation.