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I do it as and when needed, always a wash on a weekend as uniform and work gear is needed for Monday morning. I do a mixed wash with whatever detergent is on offer, I dry in the dryer and put away a couple of days later - a bit haphazard like me!

I work full time and I'm always tired so dark and light washes only - four loads a week.

No set day for particular washes - just when it needs to be done. Separate washes for white/pastel, coloured, towels ans sheets. Most washes at 30. Towels at 50. Sheets at 60.

I'm really disorganized and put it all in on a forty wash when there is enough for a machine full. I don't wear white! Oops.

Think I'll get some tips here. Xx

Absolutely no 'schedule' - just put washing on as and when needed - when laundry basket is full. Sheets/towels when convenient - about once a week, but not always. Try to separate lights/darks and also do some hand-washing for delicate jumpers. I certainly don't do as much washing as I did when the children (rugby-playing etc) were at home - and I don't miss it.

A schedule? Surely one of the advantages of growing older/retirement is that you don't have to stick to one!
Nowadays, there's only me...so it isn't a problem. I have enough in the way of sheets, towels, clothes etc. to fit laundry in with my life, not the other way round. I don't possess a tumble dryer. I keep an eye on the local weather forecast and put a wash on when it means I can hang it outside to dry. I live on the coast, so there is the odd incontinent inconsiderate seagull to contend with. But I do love the smell of air dried bedding and towels. I've always used non bio, ever since the children were small (they're in their 40s now). Then I used powder, now the gel capsules. I tried washing everything at 40 degrees for a while, but went back to 60 degrees for towels and bedding. My guilty secret? I love ironing, especially when there's something good on the radio

Towels and underwear get boil washed, clothes 30 deg. Save up white bras and wash with sheets. Knitwear 30 deg. Double rinse everything. None of the machines I have had seem to have a rinse cycle which gets the detergent out in one go. Dry on airer then tumble dry next day. Do most loads before 7.30am to take advantage of half price electricity. No ironing. (Bus pants and jackets wash separately with a little disinfectant. Filthy buses and taxis.

Hubby puts the washing in before he goes to work, then I take over when I get up. We do it as needed.

I always do the washing usually 3 times a week a really hot wash for whites and towels also sheets and 30 for normal clothes wash

There's no specific days. When the machine has enough in I wash. Towels are once a week , bedhsheets about 10 days , duvet covers once a month.

Well we have more darks than whites so that causes a problem regarding wash loads but sometimes I risk a mixed wash with a colour catcher. We also have specialised clothing that must not have fabric conditioner added to the wash so that has its own separate load too. Then there's silks and woollens separate loads for them! My washing machine is on every day, sometimes more, as soon as I empty the laundry basket it miraculously fills up again. Good job I have a tumble drier!

A schedule? How organised! I strip the beds and change the towels on a Monday but the washing gets done when it's convenient, or in the summer, when it's a good drying day!

I just do it when it needs to be done. Usually it is everyday though.

We have quite alot of everything so can leave the washing until we have a full load of a particular thing. We wash like with like, so all the socks have a wash on their own, flannels, t shirts etc, but always a proper load. Wash days are either a day that is good for drying on the line, or when we're going to be around to supervise the dryer as we don't leave electrical appliances unattended! We're careful with washing though, we try not to create too much of it!

A washing schedule?..... it all gets done when it needs doing. I'm too busy doing more interesting things to worry about a schedule! Sorry.

Easy I only have the washing on every 10 days, iron about 2 days later

After decades of what seemed like continual washing, drying and ironing of clothes, now I live alone and hardly have any to do. I do a mixed wash every few days so maybe 1-2 washes a week. I just use the economy setting. Hardly any ironing. Everything gets tumble dried but it doesn't take very long as there's not much of it. My poor daughter on the other hand has her washing machine on constantly!

I do sheets and towels 40 degrees at the weekend and one dark load and one light load during the week whenever I enough. All on 40 degrees

Living alone my laundry is not mountainous so I usually try to wear clothes of a hue that will fit in with the next wash that is mounting up, same with towels and bedding, stick to similar colours that can be washed together. I also decided to buy a washing machine that didn't take a huge load, (bonus - smaller load machines were cheaper anyway). The tumble drier gets used high days and holidays when needed otherwise it's outside on the line or in the spare bedroom on racks.

Only wash when the basket is full/run out of clothes. Never wash below 40degrees. If I do a 40 degree wash then only use liquid, 60 I use powder. We have too much close contact with muck, hens, livestock to consider low temp. washes. Have tried most stuff but find Aldi products the best. I used to use fabric conditioner but decided it was a waste of money. We don't iron using a combination of stern folding and smoothing or (rarely) hang things on a hanger after a tumble dry. We don't buy clothes that need either dry cleaning or ironing. Very rarely I have to iron a shirt if OH has got dressed up for some reason. He has one pair of trousers that need pressing and he does those himself.

I have lots of towels and bed linen so only do a wash once a fortnight. White wash of mixed fabrics done at 40 degrees with biological powder and softener. Two or three dark washes at 40degrees with powder for coloured fabric and softener. Towels and tea towels washed at 60 degrees with biological powder and no added softener but sometimes add a cup of white vinegar to add softness to the towels.
All washing dried in a dryer and ironed the same day.

I do bedding and towels once a week, cloth nappies every 3 days, then a white wash, a colour wash and darks whenever they need doing

I just wash everything on 40 whites separate, colours separate and Blacks separate.

I do 1 dark wash on Saturday and maybe another dark wash on Sunday both cold washes, towels on Monday at 60 degrees and bedding and lights together on Monday on a cold wash. My husband washes his cycling clothes on Friday on a cold wash. I dry everything either outside or inside on an airer. If the things aren't dry before another load is ready then I tumble-dry the part dried things, usually for about 20 - 30 minutes.

I have a separate laundry basket in the kitchen. That's for tea towels, dish cloths, and towels. When it's full I wash them on a very hot wash. Everything else goes into the bedroom laundry basket and is washed when the basket it full. I don't put "good" clothes into the dryer. I think it ruins them, so I try to line dry them.