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Clothes drying solutions

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Werk · 20/03/2021 10:02

We have just moved house and there is nowhere obvious to dry clothes - I did not realise this when looking round as, although there is a utility room it is also the downstairs loo.
DH doesn't think we can dry clothes in there for that reason. There is also no window, just an extractor fan.
In my old house we converted the old outside loo into a utility - it was great, tucked away. We installed heating and ran a dehumidifier- a load dried in a few hours. We had a pull out thing on the wall and a separate airer which I stuck outside on sunny days.

We now seem to be having wars with the airer - DH doesn't want it in the kitchen so he moves it into the hall. I hate it in the hall because it is the first thing you see when you come in.

I don't want it in the bedrooms.

So where do you dry your washing (obviously when it can't go outside). I am going to invest in a tumble drier but not everything can go in that.

There might be space for a small pull out airer on the wall of the bathroom but it will spoil the look, I think.

So, what do you all do? Does anyone have one of those old fashioned pull down things? We could possibly have one of those in the utility (if DH can get over the loo thing) but how high does the ceiling need to be?

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RedMarauder · 21/03/2021 22:44

I now have a separate spin dryer like Myopinionrules and it makes loads of difference. I don't have a tumble dryer though. It means nearly all clothes dry in a couple of hours when I hang them on clothes horses.

In fact with the crappy replacement washing machine Hotpoint gave me, it often takes longer to wash clothes than dry them.

RandomMess · 21/03/2021 22:51

I loved my spin dryer, was sad
When it died!!

DaddysGirl36 · 21/03/2021 22:55

I'm intrigued by these airers on the stairs, can anyone provide photos please?

Off to google pulley maids...

RandomMess · 21/03/2021 23:00

A stock photo of one lowered and then you put it up to ceiling height. I also found this interesting wall one??

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DaddysGirl36 · 22/03/2021 09:18

@RandomMess

A stock photo of one lowered and then you put it up to ceiling height. I also found this interesting wall one??
Thanks. I also found these last night via google & pinterest. I shall be investing in both when I move home soon as our set up is rubbish (airers up in bedrooms with very little room to move). These seem ideal, especially with toddlers
RandomMess · 22/03/2021 09:28

@DaddysGirl36 excuse the mess!!!

How it works when up

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dementedpixie · 22/03/2021 09:33

My mum has one of them in her kitchen. More likely to get cooking smells on them there though

minipie · 22/03/2021 10:38

We have a pulley airer in the utility. We also have full height cupboards but the pulley airer is in the walkway ie the bit without cupboards. Can’t you do that?

If you want to put it above the washing machine then I’d take the cupboard doors off altogether. Drying washing inside a cupboard doesn’t seem like a good idea, even with holes in the doors. i know it won’t look as pretty but nor will a mouldy cupboard.

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