What’s the laundry routine in your household? Share with Fairy Non Bio - chance to win £300 voucher! NOW CLOSED

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Doing the laundry is one of those chores that can seem never ending; every time you think you’ve completed the load, the cycle begins all over again. Cue the laundry routine. With that in mind, Fairy Non Bio want to know what the laundry routine is in your household.

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Do you have a laundry bag/basket for each member of your family? Perhaps you do all the whites on one day and colours on another? Do you iron as and when or all at the same time? Or maybe you pride yourself on not having a set routine?

However you organise the laundry routine in your household, share it on the thread below and you will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 voucher of their choice (from a list).

Thanks and good luck.

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My husband tends to sort his own washing. I bung mine and the kids in the laundry basket and do a wash whenever it gets l-usually twice a week-sometimes 3. I'm not too fussed about sorting into coloured and whites-and we use the dryer a lot.

I have between 2-3 loads a day depending on school/nursery activities, PE days and the likes and always split into whites, colours and darks , but on a Saturday all the beds get changed so the wash count goes up but nothing nicer than the scent of fresh washing especially when it has been out on the washing line.

One laundry basket, loads sorted into colours and whites. I tend to catch up on washing at the weekend ready for the following week.

I don't iron. Ever.

I do the laundry, whenever the basket is full. If its not in the basket, it doesnt get washed, every one has learned that lesson the hard way ( including myself)

I wash as and when. One wicker laundry basket. Hate washing piling-up! I tend to have non-iron clothes else hang others for minimal ironing! I wash everything together @ 60 deg and fingers crossed!!

I do all of my laundry in one hit over the weekend - washed, dried and ironed. It takes quite a while for a family of five.

I do mine every weekend, I work full time during the week and work odd hours so easier to do it at the weekend :)

Washing machine goes around at least once every day, but we don't sort colours or fabrics out, it all goes in the same wash!

Our washing machine usually goes on every day. Alternate light and dark washes.

Two hampers - One White & One dark

When hamper full put on appropriate wash - When finished gets put on clothes airer to dry. The person who fills the hamper responsible for that wash - from start to finish.

everyone has their own different coloured basket and they put dirty washing in, it gets washed and ironed and it goes back in the same basket for them to take to their rooms.

One laudry bag for everyone (and clothes only get washed that are put in the bag). Washing is done every other day

Monday wash day without fail... and extra clothes always on hand

I start doing my laundry at 6am and finish my last load at 8pm when everyone is bathed and ready for bed so I can empty the basket ready for the next day to start all over again

In our house it is neverending ..... DS8 is in pads...we do get them from the NHS but they are awful and he leaks constantly ...you are only allowed 4 pads per day and he obviously can't go into any other nappy as he's 8!
Bedding daily, 2-3 sets of clothes per day.... Then DS10 and DD6 who needs fabulous outfit changes hourly!!!
My poor washing machine hates me!!! With allergy family Fairy non-bio pods and fabric conditioner are the only thing we can use without the itch!!!

got one laundry basket which gets emptied and washed a few times a week. do not really have a routine other than doing a white wash on a saturday to ensure school shirts are washed and ironed before monday

I do washing for me, DH and youngest DD (11). Usually done at weekends. Sort into whites, colours and dark. I iron during week any of this that needs doing. Then DD (11) puts her own clothes away.
Older DD and DS (late teens) do their own washing - from choice. Apparently it's not cool for mums to do kids washing past a certain age.

Whites only with whites. Only. I’m horribly strict about that!

Build up a load of blacks and navy’s, same with pastel colours and deep reds and oranges.

As soon as I’ve got more than half a load full, it goes into the machine. Do a load every other day (family of 4)

Towels get tumble dried, everything else is line or dryer horse dried.

Things that “have to be ironed” ie DH’s work shirt get ironed as soon as they’re dry. Things that need to be ironed but can wait get hung up until I decide to wear it and then frantically have to iron it

I have laundry bags for each and dip in and out to make up certain washes eg. Black, whites or towels. I do a little every day and bedding when the sun and wind is likely

Routine? What routine? I'm usually in a mad panic on Sunday trying to get as many loads washed and dried as possible so the kids have school uniform to wear on Monday! Will certainly try to take on board some of the tips posted here.

Whites once a week on hot wash, colours every other day on low wash hopefully weather permitting I peg out if not its the clothes horse or the tumble dryer

Quick wash for uniform and socks/pants on weekdays. Weekend is towels and everything else. Bung it all in and hope for a sunny day. Have to dry on radiators so never get on top of myself. I do love trying new fabric softener!

I try and get it away as soon as it's dry but often end up with a huge pile on Sunday to put away!

We have lots of clothes of the same kinds so that it can be washed with it's own type and no need to mix loads. It is really nice and easy! It also means we can go away camping for over 2 weeks without running out of clean clothes and having to wash stuff part way through!

Laundry goes in the hamper upstairs or downstairs and gets washed on Wednesdays and Weekends. It's separated into different coloured loads before the wash, pockets are checked, T shirts turned inside out and zips fastened. Delicate and bras are washed in mesh bags.