Clothes Drying Advice please ?

I use a clothes aired in the conservatory with the windows and or the back door open. I’ve never had a tumble dryer Too expensive to run

Oh dear, I'm going to struggle.
I don't have a garage,
I don't have a utility room,
I have tiny back garden which is fine in the summer (??!!)
and I can't have a pulley in the kitchen because of the ceiling spots.
Perhaps one of you will take pity on me and dry my washing for me this winter......................................... :-)

I run two dehumidifiers in the house in winter. I line dry as much as possible. I am fortunate it is just the two of us now so I can check weather for good drying days. I make good use of 4 mini circular hanging things with 15 pegs from Ikea. I have chains and ring from utility room ceiling and these can be clipped into these, ready for hanging out on good days or quickly brought in if rain hits. I like to iron pillowcases and duvets so do not want those too dry. Yes back in the day, it was terry nappies! I do have a tumbler but rarely used save to finish out damp items for maybe 10 minutes. Newly ironed items that might be still a bit damp are put on clothes airer in spare room where iron lives.

I’ve used the Lakeland heated one for a couple of years. Works very well and is very economical to run. I’ve never used a cover and it dries really well

We have had various washer/dryers over the years, since our kitchen is very small. I only use the dryer in Winter for bedding and towels, and occasionally for feather & down jackets. In Summer, clothes dry quickly in the conservatory or on our open plan landing.
I no longer hang washing outside because of the steps which need to be negotiated, and also because we have bird feeders, so the washing could end up dirtier than when it was put out! ?
What’s an iron…?! ??

Being alone I don’t have much washing. Never had a tumble drier. Still have my spin drier which gets more moisture out after the washing machine.
Cannot get out to dry things outdoors so use a clothes horse in the spare room.
Most things these days are made of materials which dry more quickly.. I remember the days when things were put through the mangle and dried outdoors, frozen stiff in the winter. Babies clothes and nappies dried overnight on a pulley rack in the kitchen.
Clothing was rationed, had to have coupons so didn’t have so many and we wore them for longer..

Those Sheila Maids brought back memories of my childhood and there was one of these (or similar) in the small kitchen in our council flat. The washing was sent weekly to the 'bag wash', and then hung on that clothes rail which was then raised to the ceiling. So cooking smells, etc. mixed with drying washing!!!

I have a heat pump tumble dryer which, I believe, is far more energy efficient that others. I only wash once or twice a week (just me here), have a 160 spin speed on my washing machine. No-where to hang anything outside, During the summer use a normal airer in my spare bedroom which is a very sunny room, windows kept open there. Everything dries very quickly. During winter, I turn heating off in that room, and closed windows, so less likely to want to have wet washing there, so will use tumble dryer. I do not wash outer clothing after each wear, usually (unless I am totally messy), they can get two or three days wear.

I hang my washing on the line all year round. I have two pulley airers screwed to the beams in the kitchen, a concertina clothes horse and a three-section folding one that very occasionally stands in a spare bedroom with the door shut, dehumidifier on and windows open, really infrequently. I’m on my own and I don’t make a lot of laundry.

I have a small oil filled radiator underneath my non heated airier, then place a sheet on top. Clothes are dry in a couple of hours.
I worry about clothes picking up cooking smells as I dry them. Not sure if I sm

Oooppppss
Not sure if I smell of yesterday’s casserole.

Do you know cost per hour of Lakeland one please? Verses a tumble dryer even
I do an extra 12 min spin which does make a difference

Well I'm going to buck the trend. I'll continue to use my tumble dryer. It's only a couple of months old and far more energy efficient than its predecessor, dries a wash load in half the time. I like that everything comes out crease free and can be worn immediately or put in the wardrobe - no ironing and lovely soft towels! But I will try to use it just twice a week.

Everything outside as far as possible . We have an old fashioned boiler so have an airing cupboard, it’s perfect for drying underwear and a few other lightweight things straight from the wash. Anything else goes in the dining room overnight on a clothes horse. The boiler may not be the most efficient but the airing cupboard is invaluable!

No problems so far. Just stick to the instructions!

Much as I’d like to hang washing up outside it’s virtually impossible with all the wood pigeons. I’ve seen up to a dozen at any one time. ?

I’ve got a Lakeland airer with a cover and find it useful in the winter, and economic to run. It does not dry clothes quickly, though, but I find that if I set it for about 11 hours, the washing is, by and large, ready to iron. I often time it so that the washing is drying overnight. I still prefer to tumble dry bath towels as they can’t be opened out fully on the airer and so take a long time to dry, but smaller towels are fine. Sheets folded over will dry on the airer, if you don’t overload it with other items at the same time.

I find that our drying rack, the kind you pull up with a pulley, plus a proper dehumidifier (25 years old now) is excellent. Everything is dry easily within 24 hours, the room is heated and dry, and the water in the tank can be used in the iron and steam cleaner, essential in this hard water area. I've just bought one for our elder grandson at Edinburgh University who now lives in a flat.

Can't you make an awning in the yard, and have lines under that? Don't you have a utility room / washroom?

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Yes Fanny nobody likes washing hanging all about the house, but it’s almost unavoidable in winter isn’t it?

For us I’m going to go back to what my Nana did in her back kitchen over her range- one of the wooden pulley ones that you load up with washing then hoist up to the ceiling. This will go up above my stove.

Functional, but not pretty!

We had one of these in our old house in the basement and it was great because we could hoist it well up out of the way. Having downsized we don't have room now and there are cupboards above the cooker - however I've bought a tall wooden clothes airer from Lakeland. It's very narrow in one direction (35cm approx?) and fits in the cupboard next to the hot water tank. Even though the tank is well lagged with a foam jacket the heat in there is enough to dry thick towels within the day.
If you buy a big airer you still have to find somewhere to put it so I think it's a good idea to have one which will tuck into a small space, out of the way. I can leave mine up all the time as it's out of sight.

Another vote for the Meaco low energy dehumidifier which dries my clothes quickly without using heat.
If you’re looking at dehumidifiers you have to be aware that there are different types, desiccant dehumidifiers are expensive to run as they have a heater in them.

I bought two Meaco dehumidifiers: one low energy one which really does help dry the washing on a large clothes horse.
The other is a dessicant one which helps keep my unheated hallway condensation free in the winter.

I should have added that we live in a flat and are not allowed to hang washing outside, though I do put some on a airer on the balcony, below eye level.
I have an elderly heat pump tumble dryer which is very efficient but I really want to avoid using any electricity where I can. I'm sure I'll need to use it sometimes in the winter.

We have a spare rooom with a large window - Wet clothes go on the airers overnight, and if the weather is dry I open the windows to allow air to circulate. Usually shirts and lightweight clothing is ready to iron in the morning, and if I need socks etc. I will put them in the dryer for ten minutes to finish off. Clothes on hangers in doorways is also most effective - a tip I got from a thrifty friend; warm air circulates all around them overnight and dries quickly.

I've never had a tumble drier either. On wet days, used to dry in the unused spare bedroom. All was well until we were getting ready to move and pulled the bed out from the wall. Eeek - black mould - but soon dealt with, just make sure you have plenty of ventilation when drying inside.

The dry pod looks ok for clothes but useless for bedding or towels .
I either dry outside or I will do smaller clothes and put them in the conservatory overnight and some of the next day, I don't own a tumble dryer anyway and the last few years have taken my bedding & towels to the laundrette to be done if the weather is going to be wet for over a week I know you have to pay but it doesn't happen more than a dozen times during winter months. They come back folded and can be put straight away bliss.

My Mum used to have a Flatley.
I'm the same as Norah, airing cupboard and tumble dryer.
I do have a really good rotary clothes line but I have bad mobility problems and my garden has steps and slope to get there so I don't use it as often as I would like to.