Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
Get clothes rails and put them on hangers instead then. You can't dry as much stuff in the same space though.
Thinking of buying a clothes dryer/airer
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The only trouble, as far as I can see, is that they leave lines on your clothes.
I may need to IRON clothes if we buy one
no you won't, I don't iron anything, and all the drying gets done on our airers. if you get a minky one they have corners on the top with holes in for putting clothes hangers in, so you can hang shirts/skirts.
butterfly child
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I have some clothes that can't be tumble dried, they are hung up to dry out. An airer would be better to dry ALL our clothes on..
butterfly child
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I have a clothes rail, hang a lot of stuff on that. It was originally meant for the hanging up of damp clothes, but rapidly became a wardrobe, as we usually get dressed downstairs
moose
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That's what we've got, but a custom one that's 11ft long. We don't have a tumble drier or anything, but clothes dry up there in a day or so.
the fact Ian Curtis hanged himself on one, just round the corner, occasionally gives me a sense of disquiet
equationgirl
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I have a wooden clothes sryer from argos which can do a full load of washing. If you have central heating I really don't think you need a tumble dryer as the radiators can be used to dry clothes over too as well as the drying rack, and there's no extra cost for drying the clothes too.
I hang my blouses and shirts up on hangers as they come out of the washing machine and only one or two need ironing after drying.
I don't iron my sheets or bedlinen, life is too short.
I hang my blouses and shirts up on hangers as they come out of the washing machine and only one or two need ironing after drying.
I don't iron my sheets or bedlinen, life is too short.
butterfly child
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I like the look of those, but the kitchen is the newest part of the house and therefore doesn't have the high ceilings of the rest of the house..
How do you dry your towels and bedding if you don't have a tumble dryer and it's raining? 
I'd love one of those pulleys. I use two racks at the moment in bad weather (and the dryer for bigger stuff that can be tumble dried) but I find that it takes ages to dry and sometimes ends up smelling odd so I have to rewash it.
Anyway, with those pulleys - would you just put stuff on hangers and hang them from the wooden bits?
I'd love one of those pulleys. I use two racks at the moment in bad weather (and the dryer for bigger stuff that can be tumble dried) but I find that it takes ages to dry and sometimes ends up smelling odd so I have to rewash it.
Anyway, with those pulleys - would you just put stuff on hangers and hang them from the wooden bits?
butterfly child
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How do you dry your towels and bedding if you don't have a tumble dryer and it's raining?
I'd love one of those pulleys. I use two racks at the moment in bad weather (and the dryer for bigger stuff that can be tumble dried) but I find that it takes ages to dry and sometimes ends up smelling odd so I have to rewash it.
Anyway, with those pulleys - would you just put stuff on hangers and hang them from the wooden bits?
I would continue to dry towels in the tumbler, as they aren't nice and soft when they dry naturally. Bedsheets on an airer would be alright, especially now we have more than one set
aqua
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thank you thank you thank youbut I find that it takes ages to dry and sometimes ends up smelling odd so I have to rewash it.
bees tells me I am imagining that smell! I can't stand it
butterfly child
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thank you thank you thank you
bees tells me I am imagining that smell! I can't stand it
Do you turn it and refold it though? I would imagine that would help, if you aren't imagining the smell
thank you thank you thank you
bees tells me I am imagining that smell! I can't stand it
I got G's school shirt off it tonight to iron and it smelt really weird. A bit like cat piss.
I'm wondering if it's cos it's out in the passage which might be a bit damp.
I call it the smell of damp water - but bees reckons I dream it
You're not imagining it. It's a foul smell.
equationgirl
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You're not imagining it - put a very hot wash on through your washing machine whilst it is empty, should kill any bacteria or mould present.
It's not in your mind.
It's not in your mind.
Vintage Paw
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Oh god, that 'taken too long to dry' smell is disgusting. You're not alone aqua, Mr Paw reckons he can't smell it either.
aqua
made of cheese and gin
should it? with nothing in it at all? I'll do that then
it's vile isn't it
aye same here, although occassionally some of bees' tshirts have the smell when they've been on the line, or it can be only 1 item amongst the whole washSo it's caused by the washing machine?
I thought it was due to the washing being too tight together on the rack iyswim. It doesn't seem to happen when it's line dried.
Vintage Paw
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I've got a bit of mould on the door seal. I keep trying to clean it off, but it's fiddly to get to. I'm always wary about wasting the water and electricity to put an empty hot cycle on though.
aqua
made of cheese and gin
ah yes I have some of that on the seal too
except when I try to take it off it won't come off Yeah, it was just this one shirt from the whole load that smelt. I'll put the washing machine on now though to see if it helps.
equationgirl
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My mum bungs a capful of vinegar in.
I am willing to conduct an experiment on behalf of urban. I shall report the results as soon as I can.
I too have black mould on the seal of the machine. Lets see if this work.
I am willing to conduct an experiment on behalf of urban. I shall report the results as soon as I can.
I too have black mould on the seal of the machine. Lets see if this work.
Ms Ordinary
randompointlesschemistry
I would be lost without my spin dryer (little old fashioned one where you put a dish under the spout) as my flat is on the damp side & stuff straight from the washing machine never dries fast enough not to smell if I don't spin it first, and I am far too skinflint to put the radiators on long enough to dry a load of washing.
It's very satisfying watching a couple of pints of water swish out to get poured away - & is great for spinning out handwashing (or towels if you have to mop up a leak). You still need to hang stuff out to dry but it will dry overnight.
They're not that cheap to buy new but they last for years IME.
It's very satisfying watching a couple of pints of water swish out to get poured away - & is great for spinning out handwashing (or towels if you have to mop up a leak). You still need to hang stuff out to dry but it will dry overnight.
They're not that cheap to buy new but they last for years IME.
equationgirl
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Normal white vinegar.
This was also recommended to me by a lady at work (she's lovely) who uses vinegar with essential oils instead of fabric softener and she says the laundry smells lovely afterwards, so I'm going to try that soon as well.
I put a capful in the main wash compartment and another capful in the fabric softener compartment just to be on the safe side (by capful I mean washing liquid or fabric softener capful).
It's on and up to 90 degrees (the hottest wash) in the same of science.
This was also recommended to me by a lady at work (she's lovely) who uses vinegar with essential oils instead of fabric softener and she says the laundry smells lovely afterwards, so I'm going to try that soon as well.
I put a capful in the main wash compartment and another capful in the fabric softener compartment just to be on the safe side (by capful I mean washing liquid or fabric softener capful).
It's on and up to 90 degrees (the hottest wash) in the same of science.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
I've heard the vinegar as fabric softener thing before, but the idea of my washing smelling of vinegar scares me
(Especially since sweaty clothes can smell vinegary anyway)
(Especially since sweaty clothes can smell vinegary anyway
)
aqua
made of cheese and gin
I love a good bit of science
yeah same hereI've heard the vinegar as fabric softener thing before, but the idea of my washing smelling of vinegar scares me
(Especially since sweaty clothes can smell vinegary anyway
maybe I should just try it 
