Where to dry wet clothes?

DH has just installed a new heated towel rail. He's put it on a re-inforced frame so I can shove as much on it as I like without bringing the wall down!

He knows me so well

I dry clothes on fold up airers fromTesco. I set them up in our spare room. There are 10 of them. If there is a lot of washing ( there are 5 of us including 2 small children) I hang clothes in the kitchen on washing lines near the ceiling. I have lots of hangers saved from buying clothes. They dry overnight because we have an aga. As much as possible I hang clothes on a line outside. We have 4 lines each 40 feet long. The drier I use for towels so they remain fluffly. Drying washing especially in winter is the bane of my life.

Invest in a de-humidifier. Hang the clothes on a clothes horse, switch on the de-humidifier and make sure to close all doors and windows of the room. The washing dries really fast. No unsightly clothes on radiators. Putting clothes on radiators is a very bad idea anyway and the moisture has to go somewhere. We live in an apartment and been drying clothes this way for years. It's so fast and convenient that we never use our tumble drier

Our brand new house - amazingly - has an airing cupboard which is big enough for a clothes airer (as well as shelves for linen etc). Things dry overnight. And we haven't had any condensation in the house during the 2 years (nearly) we have lived here: there is a dehumidifying system fitted in the kitchen ceiling which is silent and costs very little to run.

Outside as often as possible. Otherwise on an airer on the landing. Upstairs is generally warm.

Use an airer that pulls up to the ceiling have it above a radiator dry by morning

yayagrandma you can buy them on ebay but you need posts or a wall to attach it to..take a look

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WASHING-LINE-PULLEY-ASSORTMENT-KIT-Outdoor-Garden-Clothes-Airer-Cord-Hanging-Set-/311174201078

i live in a small attic flat with velox windows so put my cloths on an airier in the bedroom and open both window so a breeze blows through the room, then finish them off next to the radiator over night and all is dry in the morning. Haven't heard of a pulley for years my mother always had one in the dinning room over the stove very handy. ;)

Drying the washing while living on a narrow boat brings its own challenges. In places where I can use a launderette I can use the dryers there. When I'm in the middle of no where I use a fold up airer either on the back deck if we're not on the move or in the living area over night where we keep the multi fuel stove going 24/7 in the winter. I can still see myself chasing two pairs of DH's under pants along the tow path one particularly windy day when I'd hung them over the tiller to dry. Good job the didn't blow the opposite way and ended up in the canal

Does anyone know where I can buy a proper clothes pulley to use outside?
Not the ones you pull out and they ping back but the proper pulley which means you can stand in one place and pull the clothes line to you.
Ideal for hanging clothes out when the ground is wet

We have an overhang roof outside the kitchen and I hang stuff on the airier out there if it's raining or damp . Still doesn't dry it completely but once brought in and left in the kitchen overnight it is usually dry by morning .The secret is to do the washing the evening before so it's ready to go out first thing to get as much daylight hours as possible. I had a tumble dryer years ago when the children were young but never replaced it as it is so expensive to run. My SiL has just bought an electric blower dryer with a covered bag thingy from Argos , and she says it uses far less electricity then a tumble . Can't quite work out where all the condensation goes though - must be in room somewhere..... I have never draped over radiators as my DH (previously a construction manager ) always said it was bad for buildings . Which was why I had a tumble dryer as it was still the age of terry nappies !

I bought a spin dryer when we were in a rented house and I had no washing machine. Sometimes I wish I still had it, it spun so much drier than the washing machine.

Washing out on the line today after it stopped raining - it was a bit sunny and blew a bit this afternoon but they were still quite damp when I fetched them in.

I dry outside and on wet days I use the tumbler but its a washer drier it is not efficient to use every day so I use my nursery fireguard. I have a back boiler and a gas fire and stone hearth so I use a nursery fireguard as the little one visits often, clothes laid on the guard dry overnight. If they are dripping, I have an old spin dryer which is brilliant but very harsh having a spin speed of 2000, so only heavy cottons, dennim etc go in there, other wise an over the bath drier.

Boiler is 5 years old. I've seen small ones in the last 2 weeks
here's hoping it/they are more energy efficient.

Such a shame when we have a power cut, the boiler is started by leccy but it makes for a cosy evening [wine hic . .
Loose some win some )

Tumble dryers are not heavy on electricity if used sensibly. I never put wet washing in mine, just finished it off when half dry, which cut down on ironing too.

I have a tubular greenhouse heater in my airing cupboard - no tank any more. I have a round smalls airier for socks etc and a over door airier which goes onto the middle slatted shelf in the cupboard and finally a large airier, everything dries in 12/15 hours and the tubular heater comes on and off every day by timer when I am not drying washing just to act like a tank. So all out of sight. I dry towels and bath mats on the bathroom radiators which can be put on electrically. I too have a dual washing machine/ tumble dryer, but rarely use the tumble dryer. I also still do hang out washing when it's dry though. Very happy not to have it in the conservatory or all over radiators.

Can anyone tell me if they dry their jeans in laundrette dryer. Do they shrink?
Do things shrink in dryers?

I have had to through away sweaters because of a horrid smell I couldn't get rid of. Couldn't wash them on hot cycle and I suppose they didn't totally dry inside. Jeans can do that as well. We live in a tiny space, so it is difficult. I put a small rotary line in the front/only tiny garden. I just about manage.winter though,our super king bedding has to be dried at the laundrette. So lovely when it comes back folded neat

I hang things over the airer, small things like socks go straight on to the radiator. When it's all nearly dry they get finished off in the tumble drier.
I am amazed people put wet washing into the tumbler- they are expensive to run.

I have a heated clothes rail thingy I bought from Lakeland which works very well.

I might start towels and sheets off in the tumble dryer before using it, depending on how many there are.

petra, your tumble drier must be much more modern than mine which i've had for 15 years as mine is by far the biggest user of electricity in the house, according to my smart meter. It's a condenser dryer if that makes any difference.

I use an airer in the spare bedroom placed near the radiator which is under the window. I keep the window slightly open for a couple of hours after putting the washing on said airer and close it before the night sets in....usually dryish by the next morning otherwise it gets left there till I feel like doing the ironing !!

I had a tumble dryer but I found I might use it once or twice in the Winter for towels so I gave it way I'd much rather dry it naturally and especially white washing which has had the sun on it seems to be brighter and even some stains disappear. Tumble dried laundry just doesn't have the freshly laundered smell, sorry, those of you that advocate the tumble dryer its fresh air drying for me every time.

I've never had a tumble dryer, but now I own a heated airer from Lakeland, so clothes go on there if raining, outside if not. I love the smell of clothes dried outside, especially towels and bedding. We live in a soft water area, so clothes are always beautifully soft.

For those of you who don't use your tumble dryers: get a smart meter and you will see how relatively cheap they are to run.