thinking of buying a washer/dryer? instead of using my gas heating on to dry my clothes

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but am i kidding myself into thinking of buying it!!, if i cant afford to have the heating on everyday or is it best to stick to what I'm doing...put the heating on to dry my clothes.

i hate winter as my clothes is all over the house so thinking of maybe buy a washer/dryer, but i can afford to run it? i do 3 full washes on average a week

i havent got a clue!

surely you would need the heating on sometimes?

the dryer part of a washer dryer only takes half loads.
could you dry in the bathroom with the door shut and extractor on?
or get a heated airer and put it in the smallest room?

We have a tumble dryer but use the rads in winter if the heating is on

Do you not have room for a separate dryer a like pp said you'd have to split load I think. Plus I've heard they don't dry brilliantly

this time of year, well it is getting colder, but autumn is a great time for a washer drier, however if your washing machine is still working seems feckless to just dump it, up to you how you spend your money.
i have a washer drier, hardly use the drier except for towels at this time of year

last year we put the heating on for 2 hours in the morning and an hour before the kids went to bed. I still not put the heating on yet as our house is still warm atm, otherwise if we get cold, then we put a jumper on, etc.

so u mean i would have to take out half of the clothes out for the other half to be dried?

we don't have a bathroom extractor fan and plus it be hard to keep the door shut as we've got 3 little ones too :-).

heated airer - i was liking the idea of that till i realised that maybe its too dangerous for my 3 yr old and i cant have it on overnight cos of fire hazard?. so i would like to know how long will it take to dry a full load of wet clothes as there is 5 of us.

yeah, ive got room to just get a separate dryer that can be next to my washing machine...its where my cat litter is atm! so i would have to rethink of where to put the cat litter without tripping over on it?? lol

unless i am more fussy than most but i find a lot of clothes arent allowed to be tumble dried.

riding - why do u use the rads in winter if you got a tumble dryer? please answer as i'm confused!

half load, yes that's what it means. plus takes aaaaages.
we have a heated airer in the draftiest place of the house and a full load (7kg washer) dries in about 12 hours. but I only switch it on for a couple of hours unless I really really need something quickly or I washed a big item like a duvet.
it gets warm, not hot, so not an issue with small dc around.

I bought a washer dryer because my washer and tumble dryer both broke at the same time.
It's rubbish, it doesn't dry the clothes it cooks them. Within a week I went and bought a proper tumble dryer.
I don't know how you manage with 3 kids and no dryer I wash about 15ish loads a week I'd never be able to dry it all without one.

hmm...interesting tarzan. I'll need to look into it when my Dh comes home later.

plus i would have to buy a condensed dryer (the ones i have to hang the vent out of the window).

Definite - i know!....as a few of my mates had said to me "WWHHHAATTTT!!! you've got no tumble drier!?!" lol.....

the most loads i wash is 5.....every couple of weeks if towels needs washing, bedding, someone been sick!...etc.

it just been playing around in my head for the past year as i need something for the winter as its annoying and plus i work 3 days a week which it will be going onto 5 days a week in 2 weeks... i cant be bothered stressing myself out over the drying bit!

we just sold a good one on ebay for £250 - i would buy that way

There are sites which work out the cost of drying for you. I reckon it's about 84p per load. You will still have to dry some stuff naturally. If you aren't putting on the heating due to no money and if you only do three loads a week I'd buy a,Lakeland airer for £90 and 6p per hour. I'd put the dryer money towards heating the home tbh.

How on earth with a dh and three dc do you only manage in three washes a week. We are two adults and one teen at home and I think I do at least five or six and only do towels weekly and beds fortnightly. DH has 7 shirts pw, 7 pants, 14 socks, casual trews x1, probably a jersey, plus similar for me and dd.

Because if the heatings on anyway I'd rather just dry that way rather than waste elec running dryer too

Our dryer is a beko 8kg condenser and is cheap and fab if you want a recommendation

sorry not condensed. vented tumble dryer

Get a dehumidifier, dry your washing on an ordinary airer in a smallish room with the dehumidifier on. Costs about the same as a fridge to run. Use the water for plants.

Get a condenser dryer. Mine is beko and was about £230. It is brilliant.

I love my tumble dryer. If you dry washing on rads you are covering them which makes them unable to heat rooms properly. Can also cause damp/mould/condensation.

I have a compact vented tumble dryer which sits on the worktop above the washing machine and vents through the open window. Only a 3kg capacity but that does me and 3 boys perfectly, but we do use radiators and an airer in the bathroom as well.
It's this one

Just to add we have 3 and only do 3 or 4 a week. We are not slaves yo washing.

We have the airer. Its fab. Leave it on overnight tho..

I have a washer dryer. I wouldn't be without it. I do dry in half loads. I also hang the washing on the line outside if the wearher is fine and finish off in the dryer if it comes in damp (this isn't because the dryer doesn't work, just that I prefer to dry naturally).

I was gonna suggest the deshumidifier too, electricity is cheap here (with the Canadian cold we need it to be!) so everyone has a tumble drier. But since we baught a big deshumidifier for the basement, suspended clothes dry really fast and the house feels warmer (it is strong enough that with open doors it reduces the humidity upstairs too).

fast drying clothes, cosier home and cheaper win, win win!