Drying the washing.

What a rude neighbour - what’s she doing looking at what you’ve got out anyway ! I put washing out at any small possibility and hate this wet grey weather it’s so difficult to get everything dry and i try not to use my tumble dryer . I have a heated aiders from Lakeland which is a godsend and cheap to run but I would still rather put it on the line. Keep doing what you’re doing - she’s missing out on one of life’s pleasures in my view - nothing like the smell of line dried washing 😊

Hanging washing up to dry indoors is unhealthy both for you and your house, as the dampness encourages aches and pains in those of us who suffer from rheumatism and related complaints. It also encourages black mould to grow on your walls and woodwork.

Two very good reasons for not drying the washing indoors, either in an unheated room or using some kind of heating to dry it.

We all know the cost of electricity today, don't we? I have also read that a tumbler dryer is the piece of household equipment that uses most electicity and causes most pollution - two good reasons for only using one when it is clearly impossible to get the washing dry without it,unless you want mouldy smelling sheets etc.

I hang all my washing out, whenever there is a chance of drying it outdoors. I have never not hung underwear out. My mother and both my grandmothers did so too, although my maternal grandmother taught her daughers to hang cloth sanitary towels under a towel or pillow-slip, and my paternal grandmother insisted that even a married couples' underwear could not decently hang on the same line ( in Scotland in 1947!)

Your new neighbour is rude and has apart from no manners, no awareness of evironmental issues either, so take no notice of her or anyone else who does not want to look at your washing.

Rest easy, washing dried in the sun, wind or just wind is much healthier than stuff in a drier with chemicals. All your new neighbour proved is just how totally ignorant she is! Leave her with astronomical electric and/ or gas bills, she'll get her comuppence. After all, solar and wind drying is treeeeerrr! Lol. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

I would buy the largest pair of drawers that you can find and put them on the line daily.😳🤣

I always put my washing to dry outside, if the weather is ok. My son lives in a flat and was finding drying clothes difficult, so I bought him a heated airer. It’s working really well for him and i doesn’t use much electricity . Apologies if someone has already mentioned the heated airer. I haven’t read the whole thread.

How rude is that person!!?? I always hang washing out, especially when it's windy and the sun is out. The beautiful smell of freshly blown washing is amazing! Keep hangthem out, help with climate change, help reduce fuel bills, and stick 2 fingers up at the stupid woman!!

My ex neighbour had the most dreadful OCD (cleaned her windows and window sills everyday, seven days a week!!!) said she could not bear to dry her washing outside as it made the garden look so untidy!!! I dry my washing outside, altho my garden is totally private and not overlooked, but I still would, even if it were on open display! I love to see sheets etc blowing in the breeze!!! My grand daughter has just moved into her first home and has bought a whirligig clothes line for her garden!!!

What a cow! Thank goodness for people like you - drying in a tumble drier is not exactly friendly to the planet! And anyone offended by clean washing - even undies - has clearly got very little in their lives! You keep hanging stuff out and pay no attention to that silly woman.

I’d not imagined or dreamt of hiding my knickers and underwear! I put them out loud and proud! No one should be looking anyway!

What an incredibly rude neighbour, and she’s so wrong! I’m sure you’ve thought of a suitable riposte since or perhaps you’re too nice a person.
I really envy you being able to dry your washing outside. I live in a flat and we’re not allowed to dry clothes on our balconies, so I hang them on a dryer and open the window wide so I can get that lovely smell of line-dried washing.
It would be so funny if you could hang a line of huge bloomers out. Thanks for making me laugh regarding the DD cup!

It's actually more hygeinic to air your drying washing then dry it under heat where bacteria can fester. You only need to wipe round a drier door seal to see how hygenic this is. Think about coronovirus being outside was the biggest advice given to limit bacteria being spread. Sunshine is the biggest infection killer. I'd take no notice of your neighbour I'd personally hang out my scruffiest pants just to annoy. There a lot of my neighbours still hang out washing including myself. I use the dryer during winter but hang them out during summer.

Hang all my washing out whenever I can you can't beat it, who wants to look at washing drying all around the house ? & not everyone can afford to tumble dry it !

I think your neighbour is misguided, her G’ma may have used a washing line but maybe her Mum didn’t. It’s so much healthier and cheaper to dry outdoors - I’m not ashamed to hang anything I wash on the line.

The only time I don’t dry outdoors is during the pollen season - not good for hay fever if pollen from the fields behind the house gets on the bedding!

Georgesgran

I’d buy the biggest pair of bloomers and run them up a flag post!

Seriously though, very rude and uncalled for. I wonder if she’s rubbed other neighbours up the wrong way too.

Ditto and I might search a few charity shops for the most outrageous items I can find and add them to the line!

I would hang out some really sexy underwear and see what response you get!!!🤣🤣

Caramme I also live in Cheshire and I wouldn't dream of not putting my washing out to dry if the weather permits. All of my neighbours in this smart area also hang their washing out. I have a tumble dryer that my grandmother gave me years ago but it never gets used. Goodness knows where your neighbour gets her ideas from but ignore her she is stupid.

How rude of her!!
Funnily enough we've just moved and I've now started hanging my washing out much more than I did before even undies too 😁... She's obviously got more money than sense

Hanging washing out is best for your pocket, best for your clothes, best for the climate. Keep hanging out whatever YOU want is best for you.
So sad we have the lazy & educated who don’t appreciate the free drying. Bet she’ll be of the ‘damp in my house brigade’

How incredibly rude and ignorant. You should buy extra washing lines and find something to wash every day, rain or shine. I don't have a tumble drier so love it when the weather is good enough to dry my washing outside, as do my neighbours.

I don’t own a tumble dryer, so always hang washing outside when possible, usually during summer months.
If weather is awful, it hangs over the banisters where the rising hear from radiators dries everything perfectly overnight.
The rest goes into the airing cupboard.
It’s all dry next day.

But I do love hanging out washing on a proper clothes line.

Our pants are pegged out on the line with 2 pegs , stretched out like flags for all the world to see .
Bras , socks etc get a peg each.
I am absolutely NOT ashamed I take the time and effort to peg out all my laundry in my suntrap of a back yard.
It's lovely to get them dried ,smelling beautifully fresh AND it's free....both to my and the environment!!
Your neighbour needs some education!

However have us 70 year olds survived so long with all the ‘unhygienic’ habits we have lived through according to some young wippersnappers. A weekly bath and change of under crackers, whether we needed it or not lol . Toast and dripping, sugar on bread, I don’t need to go on do I? I bet she’s one of these germ phobics who washes a towel after every use and changes the bed linen every other day. Hang out the bloomers!

Grrrrr. Your new neighbour is both rude and PIG-IGNORANT. My washing dries outside whenever possible, but although I do have a tumble drier I hang damp clothes loosely around an air extractor which is on between 1:00 & 6:00 at night. Even without cheap night rate it’s very cheap to run & even dries a couple of pairs of jeans perfectly. Your neighbour has the (reputed) Edinburgh mentality - fur coat an’ nae knickers. Show her you’ve got both!

Blow big bloomers, I d buy some of the raciest Ann Summers items and leave them out for days! 🤣