How do you get your washing dry in winter?

[~Hestia~]

Just wondering what everyone does in the cooler months in regards to drying their washing?
The reason I ask is we have a long carport that runs the length of the house with a washing line that DH built for me, I also have one of those foldable things on wheels thats mainly used for cloth nappies. All this used to be sufficient pre DS but now I need washing to dry quicker - plus there is alot more of it these days! In winter the washing doesn't get rained on but it can take 2 days for it to dry if the air is damp with no wind, or the wind is driving rain under the carport roof.
Getting a dryer would be great but it isn't an option for us unfortunately. I'm worried about the power bill & DH is a sparky who thinks they're a fire hazard
What do you all do in winter?

[Tinks]

We have a wood fire so I dry clothes on the hearth next to it, they dry overnight. I also use the drier.

A friend of mine with ducted heating puts their clothes horses over the vent in the bathroom and shuts the door to make it nice and warm. Her clothes dry really quickly.

[Olive]

A friend of mine with ducted heating puts their clothes horses over the vent in the bathroom and shuts the door to make it nice and warm. Her clothes dry really quickly.

this is what we do, our second bathroon is quiet big, i can fit 3-4 clothes horses in it, and with the ducted heating on , stuff dries really quickly!
in our old house we only had one bathroom, we added a wardrobe clothes rail above the bath and hung everything that could go on hanger on that to dry then the rest on a clothes horse, worked a treat

[Tinks]

this is what we do, our second bathroon is quiet big, i can fit 3-4 clothes horses in it, and with the ducted heating on , stuff dries really quickly!
in our old house we only had one bathroom, we added a wardrobe clothes rail above the bath and hung everything that could go on hanger on that to dry then the rest on a clothes horse, worked a treat

That's a good idea Olive!

A friend of mine had a 'drying cupboard' installed in the area of the wall behind/next to her heater flue. It is the best idea ever! Her clothes dry so quickly. I'd kill for a drying cupboard but we have an exposed flue.

[Peg]

i put the wet clothes on coat hangers and hang them up inside on a cothes rack.

They generally take about 1 day to dry inside.

[didispunk]

If not the clothes line, I use the dryer.. I have for mmm EVER now used a dryer and never had a issue regarding fire etc. BUt i think you DH would know more about that being a sparky then me!

[HotI]

A clothes horse in front of the heater. We now have a reverse cycle air con that is our heater, and it works brilliantly to dry the clothes.

We have an undercover clothes line too, but in Winter the clothes still stay damp. Sometimes, i hang them there then bring them in at night for a burst under the heater to finish them off.

will see how we go with a bub this winter

[Daydream Believer]

We have a camping clothes line (looks lik a normal clothes line but smaller & folds up) I hang everything on that & put it in the spare room if we have the ducted heating on or the dining room if its not on. If we need something urgently I stick it in the dryer but I try not to use it if I dont have to

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

i use a combo of the dryer and a clothes horse - depends on how quickly i need the clothes! - We have ducted heating so i usually put the clothes horse in our spare room and close the door and open the vent on the ducted heating

Snap Olive!

[Shanti]

Dryer!!!! (or wet weather)

[~Hestia~]

I loved reading everyones replies I wish we had ducted heating - sounds great for drying things!!
We have 9 foot ceilings, so I was thinking of putting something up in the laundry like a rail to hang coathangers on. May as well utilise the available space!! Or maybe even lash out & install one of those retractable lines in there.

[Boo Boo]

clothes horse over ducted heating vent or the dryer...prefer not to use the dryer though....