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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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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???

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).

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.

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.

Now my husband has retired, he always puts the washing in because he gets up first! We separate the washing into darks and lights and always use the fast, low temperature wash. We use non-biological washing liquid and non-biological fabric conditioner. I do the hand-washing - wool, cashmere etc using special delicate hand wash liquid. We try not to use the tumble-dryer as it's so expensive, but there is a limit to what you can festoon around the house in the winter. We have two electric dryers with 6 bars each to hang the washing over, or dry sweaters flat, a pull-out dryer over the end of the bath with 6 rails to put clothes on hangers and two dryer rails on the guest room radiator. We also use a sock hanger. I think we've got everything covered! It seems to work well and then we finish everything off in the airing cupboard. In the summer we dry everything outside unless it's wet, in which case, the winter system operates! We don't do a lot of ironing now that my husband has retired, but he does his and I do mine!
If it doesn't look creased, I don't iron it!

I do the laundry whenever some needs doing. I do everything on 40 degrees except towels, which I do on 60 degrees - even if they say 40 degrees - and it never seems to do them any harm. I split between a load for 'coloureds' and one for 'mostly white-ish'!

I do all my bedlinen and towels on 60. Everything else colour sorted at 30. Love fairy cos I've got sensitive skin and it always smells clean especially when it's line dried!

I do my washing as soon as a load builds up as there are 4 of us in the house including 2 teenagers who will put washing in after just looking at the clothing.I did used to do it when the laundry bin filled up but before long due to illness and also adverse weather conditions it was over running

I'm a bit OCD with my laundry. I have to split, darks, whites, colours and because the sock monster that hides in the back of my machine used to steal socks, i now have a wash especially for socks, which have gone in paired so i can check up on what socks the monster has took a liking too

now theres only myself and my daughter, I only wash one coloured load and one white load a week, we both have sensitive skin and I go for fairy non bio if its on offer. x

i do the laundry 5 out of 7 days with 2 boys moving back home to save for their own house. chef whites and towels are done on a hot wash. everything else is just put in together on 40 degrees, all spun at 1600rpm, i do the ironing

I have no set schedule, just do the laundry when I have enough for a load, one for sheets, another for towels and tea towels, one for light coloured clothes, another for darks. Luckily I have a utility room where I can dry my laundry when it's raining.

Am I the only one who doesn`t separate colours from whites ! I tend to wash like things together ie towels and tea towels, or trousers and joggers . Nothing ever seems to run these days . I do use powder not liquid because I find that powder keeps the machine cleaner and stops it developing a `smell` . I do like Fairy mainly because it is gentle enough to do the Gcs stuff and smells nice . I wash whenever I have the time and inclination .

I wash when there is a machine load sized pil. Sometimes I realise that the wash pile is building up and I will suddenly have 2 loads. Not so bad in the summer, but a little more difficult to get dried on the airers and radiators. Beds are changed fortnightly, but staggered so that I am only washing one beds worth of bedding in one day.

I have sensitive skin so always use non-bio. I usually separate clothes into lights and darks. I always wash bedding and towels separately on high wash. My husband's sports clothes are usually washed in a separate wash too! I confess I never hang towels out to dry as I love the softness of them being dried in a tumble dryer.

I do a wash every day , always separate colours and whites. Weekends usually wash all the bedding