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I'm really lucky, as my teenage daughter does alot of the washing for me, especially if she sees it building up.

No set days here - my husband works very variable shifts, so I try to keep on top of his uniforms.

I also try and run the washer on sunny days - not as much for the drying, as because we have solar panels, so I can run the machine for free if the sun's shining!

I wS my mother in laws clothes on a Monday my sons stuff on a tues and ours when I can feel widow twangy some days !!!! Love the little capsules much easier ?

I don't have a schedule for washing at all, most of the clothes we wear are dark, so I just fill the washing machine when there's enough laundry, I tend to use the 'quick wash' cycle on my machine, which is at 60 degrees. We do, however, both have to wear white shirts for work, so when there's enough of them I put them on a 'white cotton' wash at 95 degrees.
I use washing gel in with my washing and a softener for all my washing, and add a whitening sachet with the white shirts.
All of my washing has to be tumble dried as I don't have access to line drying.

Someone always puts a wash on on Saturday to make sure DS has clean work clothes, otherwise it is 'as and when'. I do try to go for sunny days if possible, so I can hang washing out or get 'free' electricity (via solar panels) to run washing machine/tumble drier in the winter. I find a 30 degree wash and a non bio liquid is fine for all our washing. I like capsules best for convenience/less mess and do like the smell of Fairy, but I will only buy it when on offer at the supermarket!

I do the laundry twice a week: Wednesdays and Saturdays. Wednesdays are for my clothes, Saturdays are for household items such as tea towels, towels and bedding. Ironing when I need to!

I don't have a schedule but I do think I do too much washing ! I separate all my washing into three piles , darks , lights and mixed colours . My beds get changed once a week and towels are used once and washed , as are tea towels . Clothing is worn once and washed as well . There's only two of us at home but I do two washes every day . I got rid of my tumble dryer to save energy do now my house looks like a Chinese laundry in the winter ! Roll on spring ????

I have to do washing when the sun shines as we have non-owned solar panels. I generally sort the washing into dark, light, white and dog/garden stuff then wash below 50, usually 30 or 40, as we have very hard water and I do not want the machine to scale up. I use fairy non-bio as the smell is not overpowering for my DH and it's gentle for my DGD who has delicate skin (and also the dog!). I spin everything on 2000rpm so it will dry as quickly as possible in the tumble dryer if the sun is still out or on a rail. I never do hand washing and have never shrunk anything.

I tend to wash when needed separating into lights and darks mostly. Towels and bedding washed at higher temperatures. As I don't have a tumble drier I try and space washing out in winter but in summer when can line dry it I sometimes do multiple loads a day. I do use the 40 eco cycle on my machine and sometimes 30 degree wash depending on load.

Bedding every two weeks, other things twice a week from a mixed basket but possibly several loads. Ironing done on same day as washing.

I do some washing whenever there is a large enough pile in the laundry basket. I separate lights and darks, underwear and top clothes, (shirts, t-shirts etc). Just hubby and me now so do about four or five washes a week not counting bedding. Change and wash sheets and duvet cover etc. about once a fortnight.

I forgot to mention that all my washing (except small number of special items) goes into the tumble dryer. I got rid of my washing line years ago when I was working as couldn't stand having damp washing round the house when it was raining. Sometimes I would hang washing out before I went to work and find it wetter than ever when I got home. Never looked back since started using tumble dryer, it's saved me hours of work and actually costs very little. DH checked costs of using a dryer on line and it was quite cheap. The other bonus is that quite a lot of items do not need ironing especially if you hang them up straight out of dryer. This saves money too. Win/win!

I too wash as I have a full load of like clothes. I always wash my grandchildren's white school t-shirts with our white shirts, nighties etc. I normally wash at least one load of towels a week but sometimes it is two. One load of bedding and then a load of mixed coloureds,(separate load for pale coloureds). I often wonder how we come to get so much washing. We always use non bio as my husband has delicate skin and I try to be careful not to over use a product.

with 5 adults in the house it's pretty rubbish really. When somebody puts something in the washbin it takes at least a week to appear in a wardrobe again by the time it's gone around my system .. all resh & ironed of course

I live alone so the washing machine is not on constantly, and I only have a full load when it is bedding and towels. I used to wash lights and dark seperately but now I put them in together along with a colour catcher. They really do work. In the summer months I tend to wash everything in sight, I love the smell of clothes that have been dried in the fresh air, and when you iron them the house smells so fresh. Roll on the nicer weather.

On a Tuesday I wash all easy care and synthetic clothes at 40 degrees in non-bio washing powder. Bacteria can survive temperatures of 30 and below. On Wednesday I wash towels, tea towels, cotton underwear and other cotten items at 60 degrees in biological washing powder. When I have 2 or 3 pairs of jeans I will wash them separately along with dusters, floorcloths etc at 60 with biological powder. Woollens and delicate things are washed by hand with liquid soap or detergent. I always hang washing outside, only using the tumble drier in emergencies.

I do my washing when the laundry basket is full, after bringing up 5 children I now wash a lot less often and generally find I am only doing half loads every couple of days, compared with 2-3 full loads when the children lived at home. With new technology going into the newer washing machines I also find that there is very little need to use a dry cleaners since these days machines are built to care for most laundry.

No real schedule for me. When the laundry basket is full, then it's wash day. 60* for a normal wash and 90* for whites, tea towels, bath towels etc.

My daughter, husband, toddler and baby are staying here at the moment while waiting for their house to be finished. I don't get a look in at my washing machine!

Usually wash on 30 for most washes, only wash on 60 for bedding and towels. I wash all the coloured clothes together and occasionally have a white wash, I always use the same washing liquid for every wash.

I do my washing during the winter on a monday and get it all done and out of the way but in the better weather i try and do things on good weather days so i can put it out on the line to dry naturally so saving on electric and also having really fresh smelling clothes
i do bedding once a week on 40 also towels and then everything else as it builds up on a 40 wash also i never go lower as i am not totally convinced that laundry really gets properly cleaned at lower temperatures

I have 3 laundry baskets in the bathroom a white one for lights, a turquoise one for darks and a purple one for towels. As soon as there is enough laundry in them to do a wash i will take the basket down and wash what is in it.
I find doing it this way makes it so much easier and don't end up with big piles of washing.

It's usually thrice a week.

I separate lights and darks and usually man made fibres and cottons.

Only 2 of us now and I tend to do four -five loads per week. Bedlinen usually done on a weekend.

Bedlinen, towels and teatowels washed on 60 with a bio liquid (Tesco cheapie). Hand towels, flannels tea towels dishcloths changed daily. I rarely do a boil wash.

All other stuff (socks, shirts, undies washed on 30 or 40 cycle with a non bio (Tesco cheapie).

Woolens, tights and silks are mostly hand washed in Woolite and I use the spin cycle to get most of the water out.

I use a little bit of lavender conditioner. I haven't got the space for a line so I use a Beko tumble dryer. It's very good and dries so well that I rarely have to iron anything

Since retiring no set days for laundry nor special routines. I try to get washing outside on the line whenever possible to give it that lovely fresh air smell - especially bedding.