Members of a Mrs Hinch Facebook group have shared some of their top tips and tricks for drying your washing in a more cost-effective manner.
With the colder weather setting in, it may not be as easy to air-dry clothes. And with bills continuing to rise, households will be looking to avoid using the tumble dryer - which is one of the most expensive home appliances.
One woman, posting on the Mrs Hinch fan group, has been left in this predicament and asked what she should do. As reported by the Express, the woman, who wanted to dry her clothes without using heating or a tumble dryer, was inundated with tips.
Her post read: "Hi all, can anyone recommend how to dry laundry without putting the heating on? It's all mounting up and I can't get the clothes to dry quickly enough.
"We don't have a tumble dryer and currently use an airer."
Here are some of the responses from members of the popular Facebook group.
Hang the washing up early
One recommended putting clothes outside on a washing line, saying: "If the concrete is dry your clothes will dry, put them out as early as possible then when it is dusk bring them in. By morning they're okay."
A third wrote: "Someone wrote this last week saying if it’s dry in the sky and dry on the ground put them out. I’ve started doing it like you said and when I bring them in at night they are almost dry. I was surprised!
"I then put them on the airer they are dry by the morning. (In the evening when I’m at home and the heating is on I sometimes just put them on there to finish drying them). So drying the clothes and heating the house at no extra cost."
Invest in a dehumidifier
Another post explained: "I have two airers and have an electric dehumidifier to speed up the drying, it works so well. Got the dehumidifier last year and wouldn't be without it now."
A second commenter said: "Dehumidifier is about 5p an hour to run, make sure it has a clothes setting (I just bought a Meaco one for about £150). It may seem an expensive outlay but with washing on a normal airer and the dehumidifier next to it, virtually dried all washing within six hours.
"Would need to be in a small room though. Previously I would have done probably two hours in the tumble dryer for total wash load and that I believe would have been more costly."
Another jumped on the dehumidifier bandwagon, saying: "Get a dehumidifier, they are brilliant."
Spin your clothes twice
One Mrs Hinch fan commented: "Spin the clothes at least once more after washing so they are drier when you hang them out."
"Do a second spin of washing machine and space out well on airer," advised another.
Space your clothes out
A commenter said: "When putting the clothes on the airer I always put them over two rails, this allows the air to circulate. Also put the thicker items on the outside rails."
"If putting on an airer use pegs like you would on a wash line. To speed up drying don't use fabric softener, use white vinegar instead," added a second.
A third wrote: "I put mine on the airer cover the airer with a bottom sheet and use an electric blow heater point inward towards clothes. It captures all the heat and dries clothes great. I also have a dehumidifier on too."
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