Where to dry wet clothes?

I've been thinking about getting one of those *seasider, but it seems to work best with the cover, and that makes it even more expensive.

Almost everything goes in the tumble dryer. It is on at the moment drying DH's work wear and my winter coat. I am guilty of putting stuff that can't be tumbled on the radiators. If the weather is fine I do use the washing line outside, but we have a shared access with next door, and my washing line stretches across it. I don't like to think of my neighbours and their visitors having to dodge my washing on their way in and out!

Outside in summer but I bought one of these Drysoon airers from Lakeland. Brilliant. I liked it so much I bought the new one with a timer & gave the other to my son who has no garden at his flat.
We have a large bathroom so I put it on overnight in there- we also have cheaper electricity at night. It dries a full load overnight easily once you get the hang of loading it correctly. I also cover the whole thing with an old sheet which helps a lot- they sell a cover for it but a sheet works just fine. They say it costs 6p an hour to run but overnight it is less than that for us.
I haven't used tumble dryer since I bought the first one.
Really pleased with it.

I have heard good reports about the Lakeland heated aired but it is a bit expensive

like these

When it won't dry outside I use two 'concertina' type airers in the dining room, with some stuff hung along the curtain rail (window only looks onto garden!) I've also got a couple of radiator hangers like these

I've never understood why some people say drying clothes inside is bad, whilst others buy humidifiers to make the air less dry!

I don't do anything special in the way of ventilation. Windows get opened for five minutes or so in the morning in Winter, then tight shut all day!

Before we had the conservatory I tried that once or twice - but I got soaked taking the washing to the end of the garden to put it there.

Modern appliances are energy-efficient and not as expensive to run as they used to be. I was quite surprised at the difference when I bought a new dryer and ditched the old one that had been in an outside shed.

Lightbulb moment....I could put a drying rack in the unheated greenhouse to dry things! It gets really quite warm in there
Might just try that.

Outside if possible and if it doesn't dry completely it goes on a vertical airer in the bathroom. I'm trying not to use the tumble drier as much as I did because the monitor for the new smart meter shows me that it's by far the highest electricity consumer in the house. Towels are part-dried in the garden or indoors and finished off in the drier to keep them soft and fluffy.

I have a small conservatory off the kitchen, which gets any sun that is around. I put the washing on a clothes-horse out there (one with a horizontal rack so that they hang separately). It is dry in a day. Plants out there need a lot of watering, so the damp from the washing is good rather than bad.

Persistentdonor The tumble dryer I have doesn't have a hose for ventilation. It collects all the water in a special reservoir drawer in the machine and when it's full I pull it out and empty it down the sink hence there is no condensation in the atmosphere.

Agreed about architects they don't think do they? You'd think they could at least set aside a small outside drying area. My foreign friends are appalled that laundry facilities are so often disregarded here.

I try to wash bedding and heavy stuff such as jeans, towels etc, only on days when no rain is forecast, so they can dry outside. In fact I try to dry most stuff outside as much as possible, but when it's wet it all goes on a large airer which we place in front of the open airing cupboard where the hot water tank is - even with the insulation it still chucks out some heat. Plus the radiator in that room is next to the cupboard so heat is coming from two sides and things dry overnight - even folded bedding and towels.

Outside all year round, we're lucky enough to have a sort of barn, open on 2 sides, and I have a line in there.
A few things on a line above the fire.
Does anyone remember the days of towelling nappies? I used to leave mine out in all weathers. Sometimes they froze hard and that somehow made them softer when they thawed out.

Outside whenever I can, otherwise over a huge banister. Upstairs in my house is always very warm no matter whether the heating is on or not. I find even heavy jeans and work clothes dry overnight.

QUOTE from CleopatraSoup: " 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."
Ok. I agree with all of that, but surely that does not only apply to drying on radiators? The water which comes out of the wet washing on airers has to go somewhere doesn't it?
I am living in a tiny flat now, with a covenant forbidding us to put washing on the balconies, or even in a window on view for passers-by, and there is no outside facility. (Male architects and designers I suspect!!)
Answer: I have bought a de-humidifier, and try only to do washing on dry days so it is dry air circulating.

Perhaps you need your hot water tank insulated Victoria!

Large items go on my over the stairs pulley, smalls on the racks hooked on the radiator, towels in the tumble drier.
I'm disabled so hanging washing up takes me longer, but I do like using my rotary drier in the garden.
I've got a vertical folding drying rack, but clothes have to be hung on clothes hangers to use that. I tend not to bother with it.
The advantage of the pulley over the stairs is that using a good quality fabric conditioner in the wash scents the whole house as clothes dry.

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.

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 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 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.

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 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.

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.