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Rotary drying

(58 Posts)
tanith Mon 13-Mar-23 12:48:33

That should say spare room to finish off damp washing.

tanith Mon 13-Mar-23 12:47:29

I use a rotary dryer as much as possible and just watch the weather, I only do washing on days I can hang it out, this Winter has been pretty dry. I don’t leave it out overnight and have an airer in the spare to just h off damp washing. It’s only occasionally I’ve had to dry washing indoors and then I open the windows and shut the door of the room it’s in.

Wheniwasyourage Mon 13-Mar-23 12:30:02

I don't leave washing out overnight because I would worry that it might rain and that would affect my sleep!

Auntieflo Mon 13-Mar-23 12:22:31

It is beautifully windy today, so there is one lot out and another soon to go.
I don't leave washing out overnight, but when I was working, if the weather was fine, I would peg it out and leave it, with fingers crossed that it didn't rain.

karmalady Mon 13-Mar-23 12:21:30

Read the expected humidy levels on the met forecast and plan ahead eg tomorrow will be down to 50s during the day and it will be breezy rather than stormy, a perfect drying day on my rotary.

I got the biggest one and concreted a tube into the ground so it is rock steady. I never dry indoors apart from perhaps a little bit of finishing off, such as duvet edges

I never leave washing out overnight, humidity increases overnight and washing can easily become wet again. I have a tumbler drier, don`t often need to use it. I do have a timer on my washing machine and can do a long cotton eco wash to start in the early hours, ready to hang out by 7.30 am. Then I do any short wash cycle. The eco wash is as full as possible

I do space out on the rotary ie every alternate line

shysal Mon 13-Mar-23 12:21:26

Since I have had a bad shoulder which makes reaching up to a washing line difficult, I now use a clothes horse with wings, big enough to drape bedding without folding, which can be carried inside if it rains. I also use a mini hanger with many pegs dangling, for small items, also useful to hang from the shower rail indoors.
Clothes airer
Sock dryer

Charleygirl5 Mon 13-Mar-23 12:13:17

I suppose it is marginally easier for me as I no longer work so I wash clothes as and when I please. I would not be without my rotary dryer for many months of the year but I rarely leave items outside overnight.

I have not yet started to hang clothes outdoors routinely. I do not possess a tumble dryer because of the cost but find with the central heating, my clothes dry overnight on the two plastic dryers I possess.

pen50 Mon 13-Mar-23 12:03:00

I'm trying to avoid using the tumble dryer. Does any have advice on how to manage outdoor clothes drying and a full time job?

I have a big four arm rotary and found myself in the garden, in the rain, at seven this morning hauling in yesterday's washing - which then had to go in the dryer anyway sad.

I lived abroad in the sun for many years and I seem to be lacking the skills to manage laundry in a damp climate.