Drying clothes without the heating on

Spin it to death, then spin it some more. I hang everything outside under a car port, the wind does the rest.

In the bleak mid winter I use a dehumidifier which is excellent, really versatile too. Gets used in the car and for the damp cupboard under the stairs.

I don’t have a car port 😉

Listening to the wind right now, I might not either!

1/ Head to the local stables and hang the wet bike clobber over some horses.
Go back the next morning and it will be dry.
Or
2/ Hardwire a tumble dryer up to a streetlight.
Or
3/ Turn on your heating.

My dehumidifier was the same price as that dryer, more or less

It's that in between time when not warm enough to dry in the house but not cold enough for heating. Too bloody wet or windy outside to dry it.

I have horses and generally hanging stuff on them results in it being covered in hair/poo/snot so I've resorted to using the tumble dryer when I'm on my cheap overnight tariff at 7p per kWh. Thankfully I'm an owl rather than a lark so dishwasher and tumble dryer both went on at 11.30.

Dryer looks good but quite pricey.

Dehumidifier, simple clothes horse, a few hangers, and a Renogy shoe drier.

I’ve got a similar thing to that from Aldi, except it’s small and horizontal with ends that fold in. Someone on here recommended it, but it had sold out. Took me three attempts to get hold of one. Prior to that my partner had an unheated one that sat up on the landing during winter, or if it was wet, but the heated one does speed things up a bit, maybe by a day or so. Cost about £39.95 You might have to keep checking, they sell out very quickly; I got down to the store for opening time, and there were three others waiting for exactly the same thing. Listed as Aldi Heated Clothes Airer/Drier I think it’s going to get used quite a lot this winter, even with just my washing.

Airing cupboard?

You might not have the CH on but if you've got hot water and a tank in there then there's a heat source...

same as @bikesandboots, my heating's not on yet. and mine's down in the cellar, mostly dries overnight. For really wet stuff, spin the shit out of it, and just hang it up

Our stuff usually gets hung over the banister at the top of the staircase, where it levels out. Only enough room for 4 large towels though

We've got two, one in more or less constant use. They're good, load it up, cover, then unload dry washing the following morning. 

we have one of those heated airers.  works really well.  can fit quite a lot on it.  don't have a cover for it though.  would have thought that would trap moisture in it?  we use ours all the time, i never tumble dry lycra surely that kills it fast.

I plan to have a covered over area in the garden at some point where I can hang things like wetsuits to dry.  doesn't need to be fancy.  probably make it out of an ikea clothes rail with a some left over wood and shingles.

We've had one of those for about eight years now and I really rate them. We cover ours with an old double duvet cover, definitely speeds up the drying process and doesn't trap moisture in.

Be careful drying your clothes inside routinely if your house made from breeze blocks, as it can make them crumble over time. I'm sure you can Google info on this. Maybe the odd time, but not for main laundry duties. You may come to regret it.

When I find cycling gear that fits, I buy two of everything so I can wait out drying time in winters. It stops me being tempted to dry stuff inside and deal with long term issues with decorating, or worse.  Dehumidifiers? how much do they cost to run?

Ebac 15 dehumidifier currently £195 direct from ebac + £10 p&p.

Just replaced our old one after 10 years of almost daily use.

Ideally used in a closed room (we use the "drying" room) - does your utility have a door?

Dehumidifiers cost to run.

Quick look at typical Meaco - 165watts.

Using the hydrometer setting at 50%, our dries washing well, and isn’t running the fan/compressor continuously.

We've got a drysoon heated covered airer and it really does a good job. I was sceptical when my wife bought it a few years back, but I was wrong, it's definitely earned it's keep.

I use one of those lakeland things, bought it when the kids started to generate a bit more laundry (have no tumble drier).
Works well. Takes a medium load of laundry, tend to switch it on for 4 or 5 hours then switch off and everything is dry after another 6-8 hours except for jeans and heavy stuff.

Pair it with a dehumidifier (that i already had) and it'll dry everything in 12.

It sits in the service room in the basement, so it never gets below about 18 degrees in there.

(a normal clothes airer and no dehumidifier takes 24+ hours to dry a load)

one downside of the heated airer is they are massive even when folded up so not easy to hide away somewhere.  ours is taller than the larder cupboard I had hoped it would go in.  so it's just proped against the wall unless we have people over and I hide it upstairs....

might look into a cover for it

@rascal we bought our daughter a drier from Lakeland, not the one you’ve linked to. It’s a tall structure with a heater/fan at the bottom with a zipped cover that has vent holes through the top. Clothes are hung mostly on hangers but it does take long items like frocks. The timer version is useful as it avoids wasted energy, the remote control is unnecessary! It can dismantle for storage. My daughter is pleased with it and has been in use for well over a year. Hope this helps.

Tumble dry what goes in the tumble dryer.

Heating on for an hour in the morning to help stuff on airers and take the chill off towels/the bathroom.

We are lucky we don't have to watch every penny but even with three of us at home, there's usually sports kit, work kit, Guiding uniforms most days, it needs drying.

Though I don’t know what the ladies in my life do that requires a hoodie to be washed after just one day sat around the house/college.

5 adults in the house, washer on everyday, try and dry as much on line as possible & then finish off in tumble dryer or use dehumidifier - get condensation issues in the loft, so try to keep moisture down but with all of us showering and unbacked plasterboard ceilings it's a losing battle 😕

Careful with dehumidifier if you go that route. There's 2 types : I think it's the condenser type that works well at very low temps. I went for this in my office-shed but it does rather limit it's use at other times.

That said, small room, clothes horse, sheet over the top and dehumidifier blowing in works wonders for me

.. Or just by 3 lots of mtbing gear! 🙂

any tips on drying stuff

Watched a youtu.be video recently of 2 folks cycling in Scotland. Method for drying gear was wrapping in a hand towel and twisting to get as much moisture out as possible, then hanging on a hanger. Seemed to work for them.

Edit: Mrs Fazzini was given one of those electric clothes horses by her friend. It's a strictly emergency use only as the heater/fan eats electrical money

Remember that hanging clothes up on a radiator or a heated airer is not 'drying' its just 'warming up. and your moving all that moisture into the rest of your house. Steamy windows here you come.

Careful with dehumidifier if you go that route. There’s 2 types : I think it’s the condenser type that works well at very low temps

Woah woah, dont say that!

Refrigerant/Condenser type Dehumidifiers NEED warmth to work efficiently. They are the most common type, and the reason people historically used to say they didnt work well and cost a fortune.

You want a Dessicant type dehumidifier. What you want - is one of these: