Clothes Drying Advice please ?

It was a Flatley. Thank you GNs who remembered. It was driving me potty!

www.revolution-laundry.com/en-uk/

12guineas was a lot but the Lakeland dryer starting around £100 isn't cheap either. I'd need to save from my pension.
A new launderette has opened near us. Perhaps I should use it. The machines are big enough to wash duvets.

12 Guineas was two weeks wages , think of today’s equivalent!
I must have got mine second hand.

i think they have things like that in Canada, often built-in. but newer safer fittings, of course.

That’s the one I had . We were in a second floor flat with no outside space and it did the job well.

and the selling points!

I found a photo of the Flatley. Ours had been mum's but she gave it to us to dry the baby clothes when we lived in a top floor flat.

George’s gran- my GM had a similar drying cabinet- but I don’t remember what it was called- possibly GM called it an airer? She did not have an airing cupboard. I suspect the heated airers are the modern equivalent?

rooms, the house generally, must be well-ventilated of course.
some younger friends of mine were having problems with mould in their rented flat.
it was modern, double-glazed, warm.
i was puzzled, until it came to light that they never opened any windows, ever, except in hot summer.
they knew nothing about trickle vents in windows.
i explained and no further problem.
this should have been explained when they took the flat. they come from a tropical climate and things are totally different there.
i often hear of mould in flats and wonder if younger people do not understand about ventilation. seems obvious to me. but guess it depends on experience.

Thank you for starting this thread Fanny! I’ve been wondering how to get washing dry on wet days without resorting to the tumble dryer.
When I lived in an apartment in Switzerland ( several decades ago) we used drying lines under the ( draughty) roof space, which seemed to work well on wet days.
So inspired by the Swiss roof space lines, my husband has kindly put up a line in the apex of our small barn, so that I can dry shorter items over the bikes etc. It’s a bit awkward to access to peg items out, except at the ends.
I’ve seen lines that stretch over streets in warmer climates ( in films) with a pulley system to pull the washing in and out from high above the street. Does anyone know what these pulley systems are called?
A couple of friends have the Lakeland heated dryer and find them very useful and much cheaper to run than a tumble dryer.
My mother used to hang sheets to dry from the landing over the stair well, which helped drop out the creases.

I hand washing outside whenever possible, if the flagstones are dry or drying then out it goes.
Failing that I have a conventional clothes rack and only use the tumble dryer for towels and bedding.
It really doesn’t bother me having clothes drying in the living room or spare bedroom ?

Probably a Flatley Georgesgran. I had ine and it worked fine. .

welbeck I just love ❤️ the smell of line dried washing (I am a self confessed laundry sniffer)
But …..if a subtle fabric conditioner is used, then it can be just as pleasant indoors as long as the condensation doesn’t build up.
Drawback? The pup is partial to socks (and knickers) whether washed and hanging on radiators or from the dirty linen basket?

I’ve just remembered my DM had a drying cabinet thing - about the same size as a washing machine, white steel, with a lift off lid and a row of wooden rails inside to hang the clothes over/on. I think it was useless, but wish I could remember the name of it!

Airing cupboards and tumble dryer.

i just hang things on rails on radiators, always have, also from picture rails, and shelf above doorway in loo.
obviously windows are kept slightly open, and nothing here is air-tight anyway !
not even water tight but that's another issue.
i see nothing ugly at all in the sight of clean laundry, i rather like it.
i often feel unusual on this site, so i don't expect agreement. each to her own.

Had just hung out a line full of sheets and bed linen and in the space of a few minutes or so the heavens opened (stair rods and hailstones), stopping me from getting it back in. It is dripping wet now but at least, fir the time being, rain has eased off.

It’s tricky if you live in a flat, but I have outside space and will watch the weather forecast and put washing out all winter. I agree that tumble drying wears out clothing more quickly. I think we wash too frequently anyway. Years ago washing was more usually done weekly. Probably true of frequent showering too.
I’m not sure spending over £100 on a clothes heater/dryer would be cost effective for me.

fanny. Mine is wrought iron. I have had it for 40 years though.

I dry washing ouside and concreted in the biggest rotary that I could find, so that I could have decent spacing between the rows. To dry efficiently I am in tandem with the weather forcast for the week, not just dry days but I factor in the humidity outside. If the day is going to be ok then I get my biggest longest wash on to be ready by around 7.30am, this wash is an eco cotton and takes 3 hours and I programme the machine to be ready by then

Naturally some things would not be fully dry on a winters day so next step is to put a large airer into my smallest bedroom and set a de-humidifier in there on a laundry setting. The most efficient way to dry

I used to have a lakeland heated airer and gave it away. I do not want humidity getting into the house. Not good

I have a heat pump tumble dryer, rarely need to use it

Thank you all!
Especially GGravy for info about the pod. I definitely don’t want musty.
I’m thinking of getting this one now
www.lakeland.co.uk/25904/dry-soon-mini-3-tier-heated-airer

Do you remember when fridge shelves were slatted metal plastic-coated racks? Years ago we found a larger version to dry clothes in a utility room display in Ikea. It is about 2 metres long, a metre wide and is attached high up the wall with brackets. It’s ideal for drying clothes on hangers. However it’s all too easy to make it into another wardrobe and pile stuff on it. As we have had a velux window installed above it, we’re trialling not using it to receive maximum light.
In a south-facing spare bedroom with the door open I use a fold out maiden (the kind often seen in Europe iykwim). Upon the radiator in there I clip shelves for any extra small items such as undies and socks.
Bedding is draped over the banister. My neighbours in identical houses do this too.
The tumble dryer is only used to fluff up towels when they’re almost dry.
Having washing around for a day doesn’t bother us. When the sun’s warmth diminishes and if the house isn’t warm enough we’d definitely consider a heated airier with a cover. I have heard many friends speak very highly of them.

I bought my DD a drying rack and cover from Lakeland when it was on offer last year. She says it has saved her a fortune. I still use the spare bedroom and bathroom door frames to dry stuff on hangers. (Hot air rises, so they say) They dry overnight or in the day if I hang them up first thing. Whether that will work so well with the heating on lower, I don’t know.

Kalu

kittylester

I'm posh!! I have a Sheila Maid in the utility room.

I have a pulley in mine. ?

I have a boiler room which has a Sheila Maid in it and everything is dry next day. I don’t know where I’d be without it.