jayeless
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Miraz
Miraz

@jayeless We have front-loading washer and also dryer. The washer's on the floor and the dryer hangs on the wall above it. They seem to be designed so they can hang right way up, or, as in our case, upside down. However, you still need to vent the dryer to the outside or you'll steam up the house. Have you considered taking the laundry to a laundromat? Where we live here I can hang washing out even in winter, mainly. In Wellington it was pointless in winter.

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hjertnes
hjertnes

@jayeless I have always done it inside, either in the bathroom or in some other room with a dehumidifier.

The problem with dryers is that they wear down clothes way faster

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jemostrom
jemostrom

@jayeless We don't have a dryer, I don't think we ever had one (at least not a working one). We hang the clothes in our laundry room, we used to have a drying cabinet (which we never turned on). When I lived in an appartment build with common washing facilities it had big drying cabinets with hot air streaming in. The advantage of drying inside in winter is that the air is usually dry in winter so the moisture from the clothes help keeping the air from not becoming too dry.

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jemostrom
jemostrom

@jayeless Also, winter here => snow outside, not rain

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jayeless
jayeless

@hjertnes Yeah, for the longest time I never really wanted a dryer, in part because I've heard they wreck clothes. But the more winters that I deal with this "clothes never drying" problem, they get tempting.

@Miraz There are no laundromats really anywhere nearby, unfortunately. Sometimes Viv has taken laundry to his mum's house to wash (she having a dryer), but there can be a quid pro quo involved in that that he often doesn't want 😅

@jemostrom I think the wintertime humidity here in Melbourne must make a huge difference. When I was taking the clothes in today my phone said we were at 100% humidity – well no wonder my clothes didn't dry in that 😅 I think when it gets really cold (like persistent snow) the below-freezingness means it can't get humid. Anyway, I'm trying indoors drying now, hopefully it'll be more effective.

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hjertnes
hjertnes

@jayeless I've been very happy with drying inside + dehumidifier 👍

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kjz
kjz

@jayeless in my experience of creaking, old British houses in a cool damp climate, the only answer is to get a dryer, regardless of how awkward it is; it’ll improve your life no end! I guess you could sell your existing machine to offset the cost of an all in one.

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lmika
lmika

@jayeless I run into the same problem when it comes to drying bed-sheets. I don’t have a dryer and my clothes line doesn’t get a lot of sun during the winter days, so they’re always wet when I take them off in the afternoon. I always have to drape them over clothes-horses, blast the heater on them and hope they dry by the time I make my bed.

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jayeless
jayeless

@hjertnes You're right, I could look into getting one of those. A dehumidifier would be cheaper/easier than getting a dryer, that's for sure.

@leonp I'm afraid that's what it might come down to, but what a hassle! I might try a dehumidifier first to speed up indoor drying…

@lmika Yup, that's much the situation we have 😔 Hopefully this thread has given you some ideas.

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