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I separate darks from white. I wash my black trousers for the gym separate too as they tend to pick up fluff from other clothes. Towels and bedding are washed at 60deg and everything else at 30 deg but may change that soon as I read that 30 deg wash doesn't kill bacteria and can leave your washing machine smelly. In fact I read that on Gransnet. I don't have set washing days as there is only two of us,I wash when it's needed. I normally use liquid but also read on Gransnet that powder is best to use to stop machine smelling, I would love to know what really is best.

I have a tiny machine so I need to do laundry everyday. Usually sheets on a Sunday, towels on a Monday, darks on a Tuesday, colours on Wednesday, whites on Thursday, darks on Friday, and colours again on Saturday. I generally wash everything on 40 but whites at 60. I really want a machine with a bigger capacity so I can cut the number of loads I do.

Wash all previous day's clothing on 'cold' setting when the machine is full enough for a full load (usually 3 or 4 days) and do the bedding as one load at change time. Use non-bio powder or liquid or gel depending on best value in the shops at the time. No softener as Husband liable to react badly skinwise. Line dry when possible, Tumble dry only in extremis and indoor dry on hangers on a clothes rail in the sunroom as the alternative option. No ironing except for 'formal shirts/clothes (very rare activity).

As it is just my husband and I living in the house now I do washing when I have a machine full. I rarely do any hand-washing as most fabrics can be machine washed. I use Fairy non bio sometimes but I am not that fussy about the liquid I use as long as it is good value for money. If the grandchildren come and stay I definitely have more washing! We also enjoy having visitors and so I do quite a bit of sheet and towel washing throughout the year. I must admit that other than when the grandchildren are babies and I wash their items separately most things get bunged in the machine together! Is this lazy???

I do washing every day and wash in colours mostly at low temperature. Only napkins and towels go on a higher temperature. Use pods find them great for cleaning and freshness.

I separate the lights from the darks and wash whenever I have a full load on a 40 deg wash programme, except for delicates which are hand washed. I use a dosing ball's worth of white vinegar in with the wash to help with removing any stains and also whiten/brighten any whites/colours. To protect my washing machine from scale, I use soda crystals in the pre-wash compartment for every wash. My previous washing machine lasted for 14 years and my current model is in it's 6th year - so definitely works.

I've got a twin tub so start off with really hot water and do bedding, towels and tea towels and work down through the clothes in colour order - light colours first finishing with dark stuff. I live on a boat and my waste water - 'grey water' to you caravanners out there - goes into the canal so I have to be careful what chemicals I use. I use wash balls mostly, no detergent needed, but other times I use Ecover

Everyone in the house has been trained to sort washing as it goes into 3 baskets - lights/darks/things that need a gentle wash. Sheets and towels don't go via the washing basket but straight into the machine. Every wash includes a colour catcher, just in case. There isn't a routine but one load goes in every day depending which has the most in. At this time of year there is more dark washing so that gets done maybe twice a week and the light washing once a week. Usually once a week for delicates (on a Wednesday after DGD swimming lesson so I can do her cossie) and once a week for a hot wash.

I try not to wash too much at once at this time of year so that I can dry it indoors without needing the tumble dryer.

Washing is done in our house hold as follows:
Bedding and towels each once a week at 60 - usually at weekends. (But tea and hand-towels are changed more frequently and often included in with the "hot" clothes wash.) Clothes generally twice a week - each time there's a "lights" wash at 60 and a "coloureds" wash at 40. Health club kit at 40 - (swimming costumes, towels, etc,) as needed - could be twice a week if we've managed this! "Special" things - like woolly jumpers, or fleecy throws, will be washed at a low temperature as and when needed. We have Fairy non-Bio for some delicates. Otherwise it's Aldi non-bio liquid.

Although we are only two, I still manage to have a fair few loads each week.

I don't have a set day for colour/type but wash as the need arises.

I separate into: darks; whites; colours and reds. Not quite sure why the red separation: I think I may have had a 'red in white' experience sometime in the past and it has scarred me for life!

I wash darks and colours on 40 degrees, whites (mostly sheets and underwear) on 60 degrees and red on 30-40 degrees.

I also like to line-dry when possible and enjoy (I think) ironing. I know, I know... sad.

I use a well-known washing liquid in its various guises for white, coloured and red washing but use Waitrose's 'black clothing wash' for my darks.

As we have indoor & outdoor animals (and spend a lot of time outdoors) - as well as twin 3 year-old granddaughters who stay with us each week - I use my washing machine virtually every day. I use no-bio for the majority (as many of us have sensitive skin) plus an anti-bacterial rinse aid, saving bio for animal-related clothes, towels etc.. I no longer separate colours (except on the first wash of a new item) and do most of my washing on 30 or 40 degrees settings. By far the most beneficial (and lifetime extending) thing I do with my laundry is - when the weather doesn't permit outside drying - to use my faithful ceiling pulling (in a small utility with our central heating boiler). Clothes often dry overnight and require little or no ironing. (My daughter tumble dries the Twins' clothes out of necessity & many either shrink slightly or lose the quality of their finish.) We've installed pulleys in kitchens & utilities in virtually every house we've owned and they are a fantastic (and money-saving) boon. I should say, I also use a unibond aero 360 moisture absorber (about £6 with refill blocks available) in the room to ensure condensation isn't a problem. Plus, in very space-limited situations, you can improvise with a ceiling hook and one of those octopus-like things from Ikea designed to hold lots of items from one peg on the washing line.

I keep my dirty laundry in a chunky washstand with 3 drawers, my Mum bought it for the spare bedroom (later to be mine) when she had to take an evacuee in WW2. Synthetics in the top drawer, whites and cottons in the second drawer, anything large in the big bottom drawer. I do a wash as and when each drawer is full, apart from bedding which I do once a week, and towels when load has built up. Hand towels are changed every day.I always use a non-bio, never had a problem with it.

This is almost as interesting as covertly eyeing the contents of others shopping trollies at the supermarket...lol! Other peoples habits are curiously fascinating!

There's just me here, plus the dog, so I tend to wash all of the weeks clothes, once per week, in one load at 30 degrees. Sheets and towels go in at 60 degrees once a fortnight (I do change them weekly, I hasten to add, just don't wash them weekly!) and on that week my panties get put in with the towels for a 60 degree wash as well. The dogs bedding gets done once per month at 60 degrees after which I run the machine through on a hot wash with a white vinegar solution and give the door washer etc a good wipe with a vinegar soaked cloth in case of dog hair etc lurking.

Some very sensitive fabrics get the hand wash in Stergene treatment and I'm always very careful about new items until I've sussed out their colour fastness.

I habitually use Morrisons non-bio and sensitive conditioner, as it's less expensive than better known brands and I find that it is effective and suits my skin... however I do love Fairy laundry products, both the non-bio powder and lush smelling fabric softener and always buy as much of it as I can afford, if it is on offer.

I don't have set days for laundry, I do a load when I have enough eg towels, whites, colours etc. I have different laundry solutions e.g. Bio, non bio. I use 30 for most washes but will be using temperature for bed linens from now on having recently read this isn't high enough to kill bed bugs!

I had to wave goodbye yesterday to the second of two massive toploaders which have done me proud over 20 years & 4 strapping sons so I have to work out a whole new laundry routine starting today. With the toploaders I could just throw a massive quantity in &, about 90 mins later, out it came again thoroughly washed & spun within an inch of it's life, lol. This morning I have gone with "heavy" clothes first so they can start drying but that load took two hours & now I need to wash sheets etc.
I miss my old friend already.....

I wash as and when needed. Separate whites and coloureds. Generally wash at 40 except towels at 60. Prefer to hang outside if poss. Use non bio powder-whichever is on offer. Use fabric cond. live in area of very hard water so use tablet in machine to combat limescale

Now I live alone, I do the washing when the wash basket is full; and I no longer bother to sort colours. Everything gets chucked in at 30deg, interspersed by the occasional towel/bedding run at 60.

We basically lump in everything together at 40 degrees and never have an issue!

Monday is the day for all towels and hubby's hankies done on a 60 degree wash and tumbledried afterwards. As our sheets are polyester, they are done separately on 40 degrees. All other washing is sorted into dark and light and washed separately on 40 degrees, followed by about 20 mins. tumbledrying as it saves on ironing!!!

We wash on a Monday - get it all done, about 3 or 4 loads. Then off to the laundromat to dry it on a Tuesday, folded and put away the same day. Brilliant!
The pluses are:
no exorbitant electric bill as it is paid straight away (£6/wk)
All done in one go and no washing hanging about the house.
I can get my shopping in while it is drying.

Well at the moment we get free electrical energy at the weekends, so I do all my washing then...I separate into lights and darks, and pop any smalls or socks into a net bag. Our conservatory is perfect for drying clothes, and bedding, so i usually get it wash, dried, ironed and put away before Sunday ends!

Rowantree Off to try your caustic soda tip....

We run the washing machine both days. We separate into whites, lights and darks and I also hand wash delicate items. We use a good quality powder and rarely use fabric softener.

I think I have some secret people living in my house that I don't know about! The wash basket is always full and the machine goes on at least once a day ! Roll on summer time so that I can hang it on the washing line

I use non branded washing powder and it varies how many washes a week I do.