How essential is your tumble dryer?

Drying clothes on an airer can be problematic with regards to the fabric of the house....

Moisture can find its way to cold hidden spots in the house.

If u must use an airer alone then get a dehumidifier.
 
A lot of things "can" be problematic, but also a lot of things "can" be mitigated :)

I mean this is a typical circular debate.

I think everyone accepts that tumble driers work well.
I think everyone accepts that drying clothes outside is the best option (if it's not raining! :D).
I think if energy prices weren't an issue it would be event less of an issue.
I think everyone accepts that you don't HAVE to use a tumble drier and that you can mitigate moisture build up.
I think everyon accepts that moisture can be a problem. :)

There's no judgement from me - if using a tumble drier suits your lifestyle and situation then that's what the tools are there for... to be used! :)
 
arknor said:
yea windows have this thing called "air vents" a great modern invention apparently.

if your washing machine has a spin cycle your clothes should come out feeling mostly dry anyway, unless your overloading it
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If you saw how much water comes out of a drying cycle, you’d appreciate those tiny vents do sod all.

I do realise that being contrary is your hobby through so I’ll leave it there :p
 
Ours is used daily, busy lives and 2 small children (well 3 now as partner just had a baby)

Its just to convenient to have it on, I know we probably shouldn't but its used throughout the summer as well.
 
MassiveJim said:
Ours is used daily, busy lives and 2 small children (well 3 now as partner just had a baby)

Its just to convenient to have it on, I know we probably shouldn't but its used throughout the summer as well.
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Same but we don't use ours in the summer unless we do a big load of towel washes. We have a south facing conservatory and clothes in the summer can dry within 1 hour but towels always end up like crispy bacon :D
 
Longbow said:
That's a standard condenser dryer though, not a heat pump version.
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My bad didn't realise we were talking heat pumps

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Vital over the winter months here. Not particularly cold, but you get weeks of damp/misty/overcast weather.

As others have pointed out, using drying racks is just going to put most of that moisture back into the house even if its well ventilated.
 
mattyprice4004 said:
If you saw how much water comes out of a drying cycle, you’d appreciate those tiny vents do sod all.

I do realise that being contrary is your hobby through so I’ll leave it there :p
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Vents deffo arent enough, luckily we just have our airer in an unused, unheated spare room with the window open.
 
It's important to us with two young kids.

Minimum 1 washing machine run a day, which regardless of weather outside needs doing, only can dry so much on clothes horse and radiators.

We have massively reduced the use of ours though. (I wonder what the time loss it though!)
i'd posted about this is the energy saving thread, it was all going well until one of the kids got a sickness bug as did everyone else. That one clothes wash a day went up significantly!!
 
Manbatius said:
It's important to us with two young kids.

Minimum 1 washing machine run a day, which regardless of weather outside needs doing, only can dry so much on clothes horse and radiators.

We have massively reduced the use of ours though. (I wonder what the time loss it though!)
i'd posted about this is the energy saving thread, it was all going well until one of the kids got a sickness bug as did everyone else. That one clothes wash a day went up significantly!!
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Are you using heat pump dryer?
 
happy_2008 said:
Are you using heat pump dryer?
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I'm not. When the last drier failed, I moved to a condenser. We are getting / needing a new kitchen in the future and we were undecided at the time where / what the tumble drier would be. Built in, in the kitchen or utility.

I hate the condenser one. I'm sure it's more efficient than the old vented one. But I could sort stuff in that super quick. It's about 3 hours in this one. Awful if you need something quick !
 
CaptainRAVE said:
Don’t have one. Fast spin, air dry.
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Same here.
We haven't ever had tumble dryer.

Spring/Summer/Autumn : I check the weather forecast a day ahead and plan washing, if it's going to be wet then I leave it until it's forecast dry.
Winter : we dry clothes in our utility room which has two radiators, along with a dehumidifier (if required). We place the clothes on an air dryer/clothes horse and the warm dry air is very effective at drying the clothes.

Hedge said:
The only issue I see from some people's comments is that opening windows to get rid of moisture is a bit counter intuitive to energy saving.
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It's possible using doors to close off a room :)
 
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Manbatius said:
I'm not. When the last drier failed, I moved to a condenser. We are getting / needing a new kitchen in the future and we were undecided at the time where / what the tumble drier would be. Built in, in the kitchen or utility.

I hate the condenser one. I'm sure it's more efficient than the old vented one. But I could sort stuff in that super quick. It's about 3 hours in this one. Awful if you need something quick !
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Sounds unusual. Usually its heat pump ones that take longer to dry.
 
Ours never got replaced when it packed in. There are times when it would be useful, especially as my stepson has recently moved back in, so that's 4 adults doing washing which can overload the clothes horse.

I think the main driver was my stepdaughter using the tumble dryer for a single pair of jeans if she "needed" to wear them straight away and that irritated me and the wife no end :p
 
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