General Chat

I use a dryer since my brother ran over my rotary line with his caravan still waiting for new one Valxxx

i use the line when i can but use the radiators when i cant i air the house well so no damp

I don't have a washing line so everything is dried on an airer and the radiators.

I have a rotary line and dry everything outside including my Drawers weather permitting.

Had a few mishaps if someone forgets to shut the garden gate and the lab pup gets up there.

It is quite a sight seeing him swinging on the line or running round the garden with my drawers on his head!

My daughter who has come back home to live is queen of the tumble dryers!

Aileen xxx

I do both Whirley and tumble .My sister told me tonight she has put the cover on her Whirley,as she will probably now just use tumble drier for the winter.!!!!!!!!

i ahve two lines outside washing always goes out even if we due rain i run out n finish it in the dryer if i have to
but only use the drier when i have to xxx

Washing line 99.9% of the time. Peeps in work are always commenting on how lovely I smell (thank goodness) I tell them its FRESH AIR and comfort! LOL

Tina x

I use a clothes line Heather not a rotary
just a good old fashion one ..
had a drier years ago , got rid of it ....

I got a lllllllloooooooooooooonnnggg washing line ....its 70 foot with many props !!!!! well with 4 boys doing footie what else can you do ....

the tumble dryer shrinks it all ,.....

I haven't got a tumble dryer and wouldn't want one either.
I use the washing line if weather permits but failing that I have an old fashioned " shelias maid " rack thingy on my kitchen ceiling.......in the winter time when the little gas fire is on in the kitchen ( heat rises) and the laundry is dryed no time at all.

Have a drier but only use when there is no alternative to drying clothes - especially towels in the winter.

I use a clothes line heather. Its in the backstreet but is good when its windy.I also use the raidiators and bannisters, but it has caused the wallpaper to peel.

Id like a tumble drier but was put off by electricity prices. Now gas is so expensive it may be a good idea,

Caz x

I am so glad to hear that so many of you still use the line but I suspect that you are all in my age range.....lol. Seems to me that the younger generation can't be bothered to go to the line.....

Maggy, I have the same problem.......Lost my airing cupboard last year.....lost without it. The dryer is used more often now to air clothes that otherwise would have been put in the airing cupboard

I've had my washing line for 40 years ! It was an offcut piece of yachting rope and has been through several house moves, besides being an emergency tow-rope !. Once a year it gets a good soapy wash in the machine , out in all weathers, it's the one thing I can rely on, not to let me down!
No tumble drier thanks.

same here Janice no dryer .. but have long line and 2 small ones holds two washer loads.... love mine outside house is warm so they air quick........

I didn't use my dryer much when I had my airing cupboard, everything used to get shoved in there. Unfortunately we had the hot water tank taken out when we replaced the boiler. I really do miss the airing cupboard though.

Washing goes on the line all year round. Indoors on an airer if it is raining. Don't have a dryer.

OH and I play a game called 'Beat the Elements' !! If it stops raining for just half an hour - out goes the washing! The neighbours must think we are bonkers but I refuse to use the dryer when the fresh air is free!

That's what I tend to do with towels Heather, give them a blow on the line first then put them in the dryer. As we are speaking, my smalls are in the dryer, but the rest of the washing is blowing in the wind.

For those of you who don't have room for a dryer in the kitchen, mine is in the garage!

I hate cardboard towels too but the trick is to take them in off the line before they get like that and finish them off in the dryer.
I must admit I do sometimes put socks into the dryer as itr takes so long to peg them ......but that is due to my laziness........lol