This is getting ridiculous (energy prices - Strictly NO referrals!)

ci_newman · 19 Sep 2022 at 09:56

m4rmite said:
That's what swallowing is for. Don't blast it over the bedding.

You'll notice I said I have kids, thats not how you make babies

Richie said:
Perhaps I just have a bigger machine (9kg) then... I can get bedding and towels in the one load (I could get a few towels plus bedding in there) Also, I don't separate darks from whites. It all goes in the one load and I've never had an issue.

Towels/Bedding - I know of someone who uses 2 towels every shower and then doesn't use them again until they have been washed.... How dirty can a towel get off a clean body used once?

If you haven't got a full load in your machine (emergency washes aside) then it's kinda daft putting it on.

We have a bathroom plus two ensuites and cloakroom toilet, plus towels in the kitchen. So the hand towels alone make up 1/4 of the load. Then 4 sheet towels plus a seperate towel for my wifes hair makes up the rest. Theres absolutely no way I could fit kingsize bedding in with that too, even with a 9kg machine.

The kids swim every week too, and their swimwear / towels need washing every few weeks.

mattyprice4004 · 19 Sep 2022 at 09:57

Uther said:
That's what I've heard too. A heat pump drier will be our next big purchase.

Marvellous things, just make sure it has a good warranty.
They’re inherently more complicated than ‘traditional’ dryers

Curlyriff · 19 Sep 2022 at 10:11

413x said:
66 a month??
My 3 bed with 2 adults only is 80 a month.

Edit.
I tell a lie. It's 50.just checked my bill!
40 for 24 days.
So about 50 for a month

That's cause you on fixed. People should adjust their usage figure with standard variable to compare. Otherwise the I pay £50 is meaningless. For instant on current variable that £40.60 becomes £56 ish. And come October will be £67 for those 24 days.

Your daily average is 6.83kWh so multiply that by unit figures to give people idea yo compare. Of course your fixed to August 2024 so all this irrelevant to you as you'll not be affected by anything.

Richie · 19 Sep 2022 at 10:12

ci_newman said:
We have a bathroom plus two ensuites and cloakroom toilet, plus towels in the kitchen. So the hand towels alone make up 1/4 of the load. Then 4 sheet towels plus a seperate towel for my wifes hair makes up the rest. Theres absolutely no way I could fit kingsize bedding in with that too, even with a 9kg machine.

The kids swim every week too, and their swimwear / towels need washing every few weeks.

Granted I have 2 less ensuites so 2 less hand towels. I think a part of it is the use of, and number of, bathsheets as it's just bath towels here which are significantly smaller.

As I say, there are people who wear or use something once and even just for an hour or so and then it's straight in the machine. Some of these people then make statements about how expensive their machines are and that they MUST use a tumble dryer else their house is "like a Chinese laundry"

ci_newman · 19 Sep 2022 at 10:15

Richie said:
Granted I have 2 less ensuites so 2 less hand towels. I think the a part of it the use of, and number of, bathsheets as it's just bath towels here which are significantly smaller.

As I say, there are people who wear or use something once and even just for an hour or so and then it's straight in the machine. Some of these people then make statements about how expensive their machines are and that they MUST use a tumble dryer else their house is "like a Chinese laundry"

You're right, there are definitely some extremes. We use towels daily for a week (sometimes twice a day if I've had a run). They are definitely ready for a wash at the end of the week though

chaparral · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:07

Richie said:
I'm keen to be educated differently here but I don't see how, even with a family of 4, people have the washing machine on 6 or more times a week (unless it's a tiny tiny machine)

Have 2 in the house and are washing machine & dryer normally does around 55 cycles per month

Richie · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:12

chaparral said:
Have 2 in the house and are washing machine & dryer normally does around 55 cycles a month

55 cycles each?

Sasahara · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:14

LabR@t said:
Heat pump driers are a lot kinder on the clothes.

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It's not the heat with causes the wear, it's friction. The longer you tumble the more wear.

Uther · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:14

chaparral said:
Have 2 in the house and are washing machine & dryer normally does around 55 cycles a month

Three in the house and our washing machine goes on usually once, sometimes twice a week...

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chaparral · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:22

Richie said:
55 cycles each?

Mainly yes, unless washing large loads (it 12kg washing machine) and then would split that into two drying loads..

Richie · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:24

chaparral said:
Mainly yes, unless washing large loads and then would split that into two drying loads..

Help me out here... There must be a good reason a 2 person household needs their washing machine to be running almost twice a day?

the shadow · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:28

Richie said:
Help me out here... There must be a good reason a 2 person household needs their washing machine to be running almost twice a day?

Money laundering

chaparral · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:30

Richie said:
Help me out here... There must be a good reason a 2 person household needs their washing machine to be running almost twice a day?

I work in a very dirty (dusty & oily) job 6 days a week so my work clothes, bath towels etc are washed separate 6 days per week

mattyfez · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:37

Wow.. 55 cycles?
Single person household here.. Probably once every 10 days with a 10kg machine.
En extra load for bedding so probably averages out at about 1 cycle a week.. Maybe 1.x..
Just depends.

mattyfez · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:39

chaparral said:
I work in a very dirty (dusty & oily) job 6 days a week so my work clothes, bath towels etc are washed separate 6 days per week

I guess that explains it more.. I take it you're claiming an allowance for cleaning your own work gear?

mattyfez · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:45

That's a point.. I know you can claim tax relief for washing your own work uniforms.. Are the government gonna increase that in line with electric rises?

b0rn2sk8 · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:47

mattyfez said:
That's a point.. I know you can claim tax relief for washing your own work uniforms.. Are the government gonna increase that in line with electric rises?

, it’s been the same amount for as long as I can remember.

chaparral · 19 Sep 2022 at 11:51

mattyfez said:
I take it you're claiming an allowance for cleaning your own work gear?

Not that easy as work supplies overalls which i don't wear as i don't like wearing overalls
Plus work also supply a washing machine and dryer but there shared with like 15 people which makes them pretty useless as there always running when you go to them

So i just wash my work clothes at home