September 20th, 2018 by Chris Chapman

Drying your washing is easy when you’ve got a washing line and the weather is nice – simply peg your clothes outside and let nature do the hard work! Unfortunately, it’s not always that easy. Bad weather or a lack of space outdoors means that for millions of homes across the country, pegging washing out on a washing line simply isn’t possible a lot of the time. This means you’ll have to dry your washing indoors, but, as you might imagine, leaving wet clothes lying around the home can be a recipe for damp, mould, and a host of other problems. Below, we’ll look at a few ways you can dry your washing indoors.

Using a Tumble Dryer to Dry Your Clothes

When you can’t peg your clothes outside, you’ll have to dry your washing indoors. Many homes use a tumble dryer for convenience, but for many, that’s a luxury that just isn’t worth it. Even if you do have a tumble dryer, it’s often not worth running for small loads of washing as tumble dryers use so much electricity. As winter draws in and the weather gets worse, people tend to worry about the cost of heating but they forget about other costs, such as the cost of drying clothes indoors! This means your winter energy bills can often creep up even if you’re keeping an eye on your heating costs. Tumble dryers are good for drying large loads of washing, but if you only want to dry a small load then they’re very inefficient and will cost you money in the long run.

Using a Radiator to Dry Your Clothes

It’s never a good idea to use your radiators to dry your clothes. For one, this is a sure-fire way to massively increase your energy bills over winter. If a radiator is covered in wet washing, it has to work much harder to warm up properly and to distribute heat around your home. This means that, in winter, drying clothes on radiators can increase your energy bill quite a bit without you realising it. Drying your washing on a radiator isn’t just bad for your wallet – it’s bad for your clothes, too! Draping wet fabric over a radiator means it doesn’t get to air properly, so it’ll dry unevenly. This not only means that your clothes will take longer to dry properly, but they can also end up feeling stiff and itchy as the moisture won’t evaporate from them properly.

Using an Electric Clothes Airer to Dry Your Clothes

If you’re forced to dry your washing indoors, an electric clothes airer is the best way to do it. An electric clothes airer works just like a normal clothes horse in that it offers you a large drying rack that can be folded away when not in use. As the name suggests, an electric clothes airer will also gently heat your clothes, so they’ll dry a bit quicker. Unlike when you dry clothes on a radiator, the design of an electric clothes airer means the warm air can circulate around your washing so your clothes will dry more evenly. Quality electric clothes airers unfold to give you lots of space to hang your clothes and won’t use anywhere near as much energy as a tumble dryer or radiator, keeping your gas or electric bills down. Some – like the Homefront electric clothes airer – also include a cover which you put over the clothes airer to keep warmth trapped inside. This helps your clothes dry much quicker as the warm air will be circulated around your washing much more effectively instead of escaping into the room.  

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