I find myself wanting a tumbledrier...

[doodleboo]

Tell me why i should / shouldn't.

Cannot take my pants drying in the lounge for much longer, washing has reached crisis point since DC2 showed up...

I have AEG condenser sensor tumble dryer, plumbed in by my own fair hands so I don't have to empty the water bottle

I use mine lots, my dh is 6'3" and built like he is meant to play rugby (and he used to) so I could only fit 2 t-shirts of his on one radiator! Even with those radiator drier things that you hook over.

I do try to tumble only what is necessary and I am lucky to have a utility with a kind of shower rail in it (dh did that bit) so I hang up t-shirts and shirts etc and they dry from the heat emitted by the tumble drier and from the breeze that blows through the garage as I open the door from the utility to the garage.

But, jeans and towels I always tumble dry.

I do try to balance this out with cloth nappies, energy efficient light bulbs, I recycle everything I possibly can, freecycle stuff, buy stuff from 2nd hand places etc etc. [tries her best emoticon]

i have one.

a hot point.

i use it in emergencies like d&v bugs and also for 20 minutes or so for towels and jeans so they try without being crunchy.

I am so sad every morning it's load in washing machine, load into tumble drier. Once both are finished load in tumble drier upstairs and put away/ironing basket, load in washing machine onto airer and another load into machine for the morning.

On a very rare day we might get a load hung out. In this weather the radiators aren't on but it's too wet to hang out it would take a load 3 days on the airer alone and with 3 DCs can't wait that long.

The dehumidifier sounds good littlefrog. Can you link to the type you have?

We have a condenser dryer, which is fab, but I try to use it as little as poss. In the winter I tend to do a couple of washes a day, then tumble what isn't dry the next morning before I hang the next lot on the airer.

Riven if it's a condenser dryer, it can go anywhere, we used to have ours in the dining room. Just need access to a plug. Or could you save towels and sheets and do a laundrette run once a fortnight and wash and tumble them there?

OP - I'd get the most efficient one you can, but ensure it's a condenser as the hose is a nuisance otherwise. When you need to use it, they're a godsend.

Thanks for all the responses! Will suggest it to DH (may have to chop a hole in the kitchen or keep it in the lounge but it sounds sensible, will have a look at the links later.

Riven I really hope things improve for you soon.

We have a condenser dryer and use a similar system to sweet kitty.

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The dehumidifier - I got it from Argos about 2 years ago (after a disastrous first purchase from b* Dixons who had mislisted a HUMIDIFIER as a dehumidifier...)

Is a bit like this

Basically we went for the cheapest, and it's been fine (we got it to dry out plaster, not for laundry; and BIL used it after a flood).

We have one - dont think its a condenser one as dh had to fit a pipe through a hole in the wall. Its fab - i try not to use it to much but in a wet week like this week the airers have collapsed under the weight of the clothes so i have used it to finish them off. If i finsh them of i find i have to iron less which is a huuugggggggggggggggggge bonus as i can just smooth them out.

Thanks littlefrog, may consider that once we get to Autumn.

My lovely mum was slightly horrified by my putting washing away when still a little damp (basically it has been on the indoor airer for days and I have more washing that HAS to go out) and rang me last night to say she had got me here

I'll let you know how we get on as it should arrive tomorrow {lucky daughter emoticon]