Rotary drying

I have always dried outdoors. Apart from cost saving, laundry benefits from a good blow and solar rays sterilise any bugs/mites. I used to have a set of parallel clothes lines and could get a lot on by using both lines for one item. I now have a rotary. In worst months of year with poor light and high humidity, I make sure to hang in sunniest part. I also make good use of those mini sets of peg hangers with 15 pegs for 'smalls'. These can be taken indoors where they hang from ceiling of utility room. I have a tumbler but rarely use. I am very conscious of damp/mould issues in house.

Spin as dry as possibel.
Hang Shirts, blouses, jumpers, etc. on wide shouldered hangers.
Cosider the humidity on the local weather forcast. Any number below 70% will enable washing to dry at any time of year. In winter it will need iron ing / warming up before folding & putting away.

I dry all my washing outdoors all year round successfully.

Enjoy saving on your fuel bill!

NotSpaghetti

I don't like rotary lines. I like my washing in a line, on the line.

Me too..🤓

As I am trying not to use the tumble dryer I discovered an old drying rack in the house. I holds a full load and I put it at the top of the stairs on the landing. Clothes dry very quickly.

If it is good weather I use my rotary line and hang things on it on alternate lines so that the air gets between them.
I never put washing out when the pavements are wet and not drying and I take them in at least an hour before the sun sets otherwise they get damp.

I dry outdoors on a 4 arm rotary as much as possible. Before all the instant online weather info it was a good look at the sky, a listen to the radio forecast that I used. Washing out before I left for work and taken in on return. Never left out overnight. Look at the weather forecast, very detailed nowadays,

After using an improvised drying rack comprising a dog gate suspended between a bannister and an exposed beam plus the rest of the bannister bordering the mezzanine gallery initially I discovered that I was best hanging stuff out for a good blow even in rain and then hanging it indoors on an indoor hi-dry in front of a large radiator. You can buy covers and a cheap to run heater for the hi-dry from Lakeland but I have never needed it. Clothes get another spin off they come in sodden but still smell much fresher than when hung from the dog gate!! The puzzling thing is that we seem to have mountains of washing despite being retired now and wearing the same outfit - clean undies of course - for days at a time...

Most of the time my washing is hung up on a couple of airers in the spare bedroom or kitchen. The weather hasn't been good enough to hang outside.
But that said I put the washing machine usually when the sun is shining to make the most of free electric from solar panels and if there is enough of whatever piles I have sorted it into eg dark, light, wool etc otherwise it waits. There is only the two of us plus odd bits from looking after GCs so I'm not too bothered. No one told me that retirement could be so laid back compared to work!! Loving it!!

Suggest you rig up lines or clothes horses inside your Laundry area if that's too small an area inside your house and hang there. No rain problems, dry washing, job done. I have no outside space, I use a clothes horse, you can buy collapsible air dryers for pennies, otherwise buy a heated clothes horse with cover, that works but uses electricity, just a clothes horse\collapsible air dryer, it works! Go to work with peace of mind!

I hung mine on the line in the garden this morning and just got it back in.
Apart from one thickish pair of trousers it’s all nearly dried and just needs a bit of airing .

Quite apart from the fact that our tumble drier in the garage is now so expensive to run, its condenser has been freezing up in the cold weather. As I don't consider either a clothes line or a rotary drier a reliable option over the Winter months, I have resorted to using a large, clothes airer with wings. It stands in our spare room next to a radiator, and works well for me.

I haven't used a rotary drier for years. I have two decent sized folding clothes horses and I just put them on back patio. Easy just to carry in quickly with washing still on if it starts raining suddenly.

Haven’t used a tumble dryer for many years, as I wanted extra cupboard space, and to avoid the expense. I’ve only managed to dry my washing outside once this Winter. We’ve got woods behind the back garden, with really tall trees, which create a damp atmosphere. So, I use a large collapsible airer in the laundry room near a radiator. I much prefer drying it outside in the fresh air. Roll on Spring. 🤞

I have an old fashioned pulley in my utility room and use that on wet days. Also have a great double washing line which my lovely late husband fixed up in the garage years ago - great for drying king size sheets, duvet cover, etc. Also two drying racks in garage. Boiler is in garage so not cold. On sunny days I hang washing out on rotary line in garden but not if the forecast is for rain which we get a lot of in W Scotland! Never replace the tumble dryer when it stopped working years ago and am lucky to have plenty hanging space indoors. Must be tricky in a flat or small house.

I have a rotary dryer, but only use it when the clothes-lines are full, as I find trying to hang sheets, duvet covers and bath-towels on it a flaming nusiance.

But that has nothing to do with your particular problem.

It is a bit early in the year to dry clothes outside, unless it is a fairly windy day, forecast dry, or mainly dry.

I do the following
1 Hang the clothes out as early in the day as possible, even if this means washing them the previous afternoon or evening, which probably is not feasible right now, as electricity costs more in the hours where most people are at home.

2 Try to wash as others have said on days when the forecast is for dry weather

3 a couple of showers in the course of the day does not really slow down the drying process if the weather is fairly windy.

4 clothes dry quicker if they are spread out as fully as possible on the line - ths means at least two pegs in everything.

5 big items like double bed sheets will need four or five pegs in windy weather.

6 if the clothes are only slightly damp when you get home from work, bring them in and hang them up in a heated room overnight

7 if they are soaking wet, but the forecast for the following day is fair, leave them out.

Unless there is a risk of them being stolen after dark, there is no reason to bring them in. If neighbours complain, tell them sweetly that you work full-time, but they are welcome to take your washing in for you if they like. (That will make them shut up pdq these days - remember the days when we quite naturally took in each other's washing if the rain came on?) Or was that only in Scotland, where it always rains?

On a clothes line you can space things out better, so air circulates round them - this is one reason I prefer my three lines to the rotary dryer.

Then why have both, you ask? Because DH ordered the rotary driver when we moved here, but then was too busy to set it up, so I went out and bought clothes-lines, which I could put up between three conveniently spaced trees in the back garden.

Yes, wait for good weather and then do sheet and towel washing on that day. Much easier if you don't work though. Prefer a line to a rotary dryer- we inherited strong post and a line with the house, and much better than rotary dryer I had before.

I have a covere area and a line there too- if I do have to wash anything on other days. Would worry about drying inside on a regular basis due to possible damp and mould growth.

I cover my rotary line with a large parasol I bought just for that job. It’s strong, protects from rain, I leave stuff out overnight, sunshine kills germs, really cold weather kills germs. I put pillows in freezer too! for couple of days , that kills anything too. Hopefully my picture shows up!!

I use a brilliant website, Met Office Rain Radar. www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/how-forecasts-are-made/observations/rainfall-radar
(or just put met office rain radar in search engine and pick the forecast map option)
It shows in real time half hour slots what rain is heading your way, so you can easily see when and for how long you will have dry weather. I've been using it for a couple of years and it's never let me down. I just fetch laundry in 15 minutes before the rain is due, or check if any rain is due if I want to go out.

I'm lucky that I have a long line and a tumble drier, but in order to cut costs this year I've tried not to use the TD. Like previous posters I use an airer in a spare room with the door shut and window slightly open. I also turn the radiator off in that room so as not to waste heat through the window.
I also have a nifty device high on the wall that folds down flat when not is use but opens to a small hanging bracket that can hold about 6 hangers worth of shirts, tops etc. If properly spaced the garments on the hangers dry in no time.

I put my washing out on a long line, dont have a tumble drier. When I was working full time put it out and chanced it. also had an arrangement with neighbour so that we would get each others washing in if we were there and it started to rain. Then I use a couple of clothes horses to put things on inside. What is not actually dry goes on them overnight and is fine for finishing things off but do think that all clothes smell so much better when they have been outside and towels feel so much better when dried outside. Sometimes I have to put things out for a second day but think it is worth it.

I peg an old large shower curtain over my rotary washing line. That really helps and it dries quicker as traps some heat in. Make it taut or else if it rains a lot you’ll end up with a big pool in the middle. I just tip any collected water off when getting washing in

I put washing out in Northumberland this morning. It was so cold it froze on the line, but was completely dry by 5pm.

The only time I struggle to get washing dry is when we're in a really rainy patch. The wind in the north-east is a boon for getting drying done. Just have to make sure to use plenty of pegs!

I am a self confessed clean washing sniffer and find line dried stuff intoxicating 😊

take washing to launderette on way to work for a service wash. collect it on way back.
the rest do at weekend.
do not leave washing out overnight.
air inside in well ventilated room or hallway.
hang from banisters, picture rails, over doorways, where possible. simples.

Have a look at a Sheiling dryer
www.sheilingdryer.co.uk
Used one while on holiday on Isle of Mull campsite many years ago - brilliant !

I forget I have washing on the line and sometimes leave it out all night by mistake.

My housekeeping is very hit and miss compared to such efficiency on this thread☺️