Where to dry wet clothes?

I have what in Scotland we call a "pulley" in our quite big (heated) utility room . It runs virtually the whole length of one side and I can dry everything from socks to duvet covers on it. I do use my tumble dryer though for towels and DH's vests and pants or the dog's bedding and similar thickish things. Could not cope without the pulley!

I use a fold-out airer near a radiator in a spare bedroom. Duvet covers get draped over the bannister where they get the heat rising from the wood-burner. My DD has one of the heated Lakeland airers that works well.

I have a german style airer which folds out to the sides and takes two full loads of washing. It's either in the breakfast room in front of the radiator or in the conservatory. We also have a dryer,but it has not been used in over a year. After DS kept putting one item at the time in it DH took the fuse out and told him it is broken

Two pulleys (or gnus, as I call them), one in the front room, one in the hall. Stuff dries overnight.

We have a wooden aired which can be hoisted up to near the ceiling, most things dry overnight. Before that I had an aired in the spare bedroom. Where does all the moisture go? Supposedly not good, especially for asthmatics?

Thank you for reminding me that there's a done load of washing in the machine since yesterday!

I have an airer type thing that stands over the bath and I put tops on hangers and hang from the shower rail and leave the door ajar. I always add a long spin to the wash to ensure that it's as dry as possible before hanging and everything dries easily overnight including towels.

I can't stand laundry draped all over the place on radiators - it's also not good for your health, particularly if the room is not well-ventilated.

I have a combined washer/dryer and the drum is quite small so only use the dryer as a last resort

Humidity where I live is always very high. A bit more from washing isn't going to make much, if any, difference in a centrally heated house that is also well ventilated. Ventilation is the key.

Clean washing shouldn't be emitting spores. I think it is fungal spores that can be problematic for asthmatics, not water vapour. I suppose the perfumes in laundry products could be too but I only use perfume-free products because my skin doesn't like aromatic stuff.

Guilty M,lord !
Most things go in the tumbler if I can't hang them outside. Just one or two things such as bras and some tops go on the airers that hook over the top of the little used dining room radiators.

We have a wider than average garage and I have a drying rack in there. I do not own a tumble dryer, and never have.

Long things go in the shower. Others on an airer in the conservatory which has a de-humidifier on a timer a couple of times in the night to deal with the condensation. Works most of the time. Just love days I can dry outside.

We have a pulley thingy in the utility room which I use almost exclusively but I use the drier for jeans and down filled stuff. I use my pulley all year as our garden is so small that we decided to remove the garden twirly completely. If I want to dry outside I use an airer.

Well we have a dehumidifier in use, and we bought something which tells us the humidity of the room, but the walls do sometimes feel wet in the box room after we've hung clothes to dry. The dehumidifier is good for the condensation on the windows though.

Agree with bags that ventilation is key, we always have windows open, even in winter (okay, sometimes they're open just a tiny bit).

Firstly I hang washing outside for as long as possible - there's a load out today. We live in a small house in a London suburb, therefore the condenser tumble dryer in our garage is a must. I don't leave stuff to tumble for hours, usually it's 90% dry when I take it out of the dryer and spread it around in the spare room for final drying for an hour or so. I have been known (when we have guests in winter and bedding to wash) ...to hand it in at the laundromat!

I hang washing outside even in Winter as long as its dry out mostly its dry enough to iron or air in the airing cupboard. If its wet out it goes on the airer in the kitchen overnight I close the door so any dampness is in the kitchen I usually open the door first thing anyway. Duvet covers hang over the banister upstairs with the landing window open. Shirts on a hanger in the bathroom the window is always open in there..

You really shouldn't dry on radiators it will make the walls damp however careful you are.

Tumble what I can everything else in spare bedroom on aired with window open if the weather is OK.

I love the smell of clothes dried outside so hang washing out whenever I can. Failing that, I have an airer which I use in the kitchen, adjacent to a radiator. As soon as clothes are not actually dripping badly, I tend to hang them on hangers and hang them from the wardrobe doors just to finish them off - with the bedroom window open. I do have a tumble dryer and use that occasionally for bedding or towels if the weather is inclement.

We have a combined washer drier. I only use the shortest time for the drier. Everything comes out very slightly damp and is dry overnight.

I love the smell of clothes dried outside so I do try to hang out as often as possible, otherwise it's the tumble dryer or a rack.

I use a drying cupboard I.e. an airing cupboard. The tank is insulated but still gives out plenty of warmth. The 'smalls' go in there and large items over the banisters. Never really understood why people use these cupboards for storing sheets and towels, hangover from when houses were cold and you caught a 'chill' from damp sheets? My MinL told me many years ago when a proud owner of new tumble dryer that clothes would not be aired when they came out merely dry?? Never did understand the difference.

My 'pulley' is actually a broomstick which rests across the cupboards in the utility room, although I find that, as the utility room is next to the kitchen anything drying there tends to smell of whatever I've been cooking [my cooker hood is broke]. Everything is tumble dried for a short time to remove creases then goes onto an airer in the hall which is next to a radiator and de humidifier. I do think that drying things in the living room, which is what I did last winter, caused to black mold on the furniture that I had to treat recently. They do say that washing clothes at lower temperatures is resulting in spores coming from drying clothes. When unpacking clothes from a suitcases that are creased I hang them in the bathroom for a while. The only thing I do tumble dry completely are tea towels which I save up and do on a hot wash every so often. Still scared to put clothes out in the garden because I often get bees in them .

I have a condenser tumble dryer that lives in a cupboard with the washer machine (I live in a small Wendy Flat). It's by BEKO and I highly recommended it - I don't even have to do ironing.

There is hardly any condensation as the water is collected in a special container that you empty down the sink. You would be surprised how much water comes out of a load of towels (a couple of litres). Drying washing on the radiators can make your home damp and can also lead to mildew and mould spores developing which is very bad for one's health plus it ruins clothing, books and furniture.

I in have put a few bits outside this morning but I do run up the bill in the winter by using the tumble drier. I put the hose out of the cat flap ( we no longer have a cat).
I also have a couple of airers in the spare room.
It's difficult because we wear more and bulkier clothes in the winter so there is more to dry.

I don't like to use the tumbler dryer either but I hate the way the towels are so hard when they are dried naturally, even though I use softener in the machine. So, I use it once a week when I wash the towels, other than that I put it on an airer in the conservatory or on the rads.

I always hang washing outside in summer, it's the best way of drying anything.
I don't own a tumble dryer as don't have room.
In winter clothes are draped in the airing cupboard.
Next morning they are bone dry.