Hang the washing out

I wash at least twice a day and always hang it out if sunny/windy. however I only have a tiny garden so it goes on a clothes dryer in the yard. If the weather is like our lovely British weather it has to go in the dryer, no room for the clothes airer in the bedroom and if you leave them in the kitchen they smell of whatever you have had for your tea!! xx

If the weather permits, I always hang the washing out.

One of lifes great pleasures (IMHO) is watching washing billowing in the wind

One of life's pain in the neck is watching washing mounting up in the ironing basket!

i would love to be able to hang washing out on the line. unfortunately owing to severe arthritis in one knee i'm unable to do this at the moment.
line dried washing is so much better although right now i have to tumble dry everything - apart from my trousers that is as i won't have them anywhere near a tumble dryer because i ruined 8 pairs once in a tumble dryer. cost quite a lot to replace them.

I have a double washing line but don't hang things all the way along as it gets close to the bird feeders - the starlings especially like sitting on the line regardless of what is hanging there so after a few episodes of bird poop stained items I learned to be circumspect abut where to hang things. I use the tumble drier for towels as they come out soft and fluffy but if it's not actually raining everything else goes outside - and smells so good when you bring it back in.

Juggernaut, what a relief to read your peg comment. I also have to prevent myself from doing the same thing with coloured pegs. However, I love it when washing is dried on the line, particularly sheets and duvet covers which wrap themselves into tight bundles in the drier. Also I refuse to iron bedding, so on the line there is more chance of them having minimal creasing.

I hang washing out and on an airer indoors or over the banister in winter/wet days. I had a tumble dryer years ago but never replaced it when it died. I only used it occasionally.

Its my favourite hobby hanging washing on the line, on a good drying day of course!. I love the fresh air smell when I bring them in.

Here in Malta there are very few days when the weather is not good enough to hang the washing outside.

I do have a tumble drier but only use it in emergencies as electricity is quite costly here. I'm not looking forward to our next bill as we have had fans and a/c going non-stop for the past couple of months.

I always hang the washing out when possible too and don't ever want a tumble dryer. It's interesting to hear that you don't like rotary driers, Greyduster; can I ask why? I like them because I can stand on one spot and the washing comes to me, rather than having to wade through wet grass to it!

I haven't got a washing line but dry outside on the patio on a clothes airer. Finish in tumble drier for a few minutes just to finish and fluff up. In winter dry in utility room.

Always hang washing out if possible! Nothing nicer than getting into bed freshly made with sheets, etc. that were line dried!

Can't bear paying for the tumble drier if it's not necessary. Also have a hanging rail over the border for things that can't be tumbled if I do use it.

I'm with Juggernaut as I hang out whenever possible but the pegs on each item have match! Never tumble dry duvet covers as they end up in a damp ball! I prefer rough towels after line drying them - they're more absorbent. Only tumble dry after a 2 week holiday on our caravan as I don't believe in wasting holiday time using a laundrette.

I love my rotary line and hang washing out whenever possible, but I also have a highly efficient tumble dryer for damp days in winter.

I have friends who don't hang out because of bad hay fever as spores can stay on clothes and bedding . I hate drying clothes inside .

Many years ago, when babies were both in Terry nappies I would dry outside and then pop in the tumble dryer for 10 mins just to fluff up. Unfortunately on one occasion I hadn't noticed a bumble bee having a snooze on one of the said nappies. 10 minutes later, I opened the door and a very angry, fluffed up and smelling of a fragrant Bounce sheet shot out at me. It lived to buzz another day ?

Funnily enough have recently got new washing line. Don't like the plastics type so went to a boat chandlers and bought it by the metre which they told us won't stretch.
I put most of my washing on an airer in the spare room and it is dry by next morning. I use the line for sheets if it is a nice day and towels. I do have a tumble drier but only use it when we get back from camping and there's a lot of washing

Unless its raining my washing goes out on my rotary line. We live on a hill so it's in a good drying position for both sun and wind.

When wet my washing goes in my drying cupboard. I made this when I had the old immersion tank taken out. The cupboard had the tank below and wooden slatted airing shelving above. I took it all out and added hanging rails and had a very small radiator put lower down I also have the backup of a small oil filled electric radiator if the heating isn't on. I put the wet clothes on hangers and put them on the rails. It works really well and doesn't mess clothes up like my tumble drier does. I only use the tumble drier occasionally for towels.

Washing out on line, just purchased a new rotary line that spins around like mad and dries the washing in half the time of the old one that never moved.

I only use the tumbler when absolutely necessary!
Washing's almost always dried on the line, or in winter I use one of the heated airers from Lakeland.
I have a rotary line in the back, but also sometimes have a line running the length of the back garden, I love using that, but it's only suitable until late spring when the plants grow so tall that the washing hits them! Then it gets wound up and put in the garage until autumn!
I also have stainless steel pegs, otherwise it took me an age to hang my washing out, as the pegs on each item had to match, two green, two blue etc.......yes, I know, weird!

I hang my washing out whenever the weather permits but use the tumble dryer when it doesn't.

I like to hang out on the line if the weather's nice. Otherwise I hang things on a rack in the spare bedroom. Heavier things like sheets and towels go in the tumble dryer. I have a neighbour who likes to hang her washing out overnight - I haven't quite worked out why yet.

I have never had a tumble dryer because as well as drying outside I have also had somewhere convenient to dry clothes inside as well.

Currently I have a drying rack in our extra wide single garage, which is integral with the house, not only that, the door to it is right next to the cupboard where the washing machine lives.

DD & DDiL, both dry washing outside, but both have tumble dryers because of the lack of a convenient place to dry indoors.

Or is it tumble 'drier' ?

I gave up tumbling when the machines began to catch fire and a professional textile designer told me that they shortened the life of fabric.
I always dry outside, weather permitting. It the winter washing goes on an airer overnight in the room with a wood burning stove. ( well away from it).
It helps to have a high spin on the washing machine.