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There are 4 kids and 2 adults in our house and I'm doing at least 6 loads a day...:o
Just interested in what everyone else does, cause I think mine is excessive.
I do 2 lots of towels, swimming and shower (the kids use a new towel with every swim and shower *sigh*), 2 loads of dark clothes, 1 load of whites and 1 load of baby clothes. Every couple of days I will have a few delicates to go through and the sheets as well.
I just can't keep up anymore and seem to be drowning in dirty laundry.
ido 5 loads and that is ridiculous there are 2 big people and 3 grotty monsters ETA that my machine is tiny
We have 5 and I can normally do a load a day, but it would be 2 x half loads. with clothes and towels.
We also have clean towels for every shower/bath that happens can't stand to hang them up and reuse later.
I don't seperate my darks and whites though, they all just get thrown in together. If i buy something new where I think the colour may run then i do a seperate handwash first. We don't really where a lot of "light" colours anyway, having 4 boys in the house ;)
How big is your machine, we have a 7.5kg. Upgraded from a 5kg when we had Ashton.
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We have 2 adullts a toddler and a baby and I do 2-3 loads a day. Glad I am not the only one who feels they are drowning in washing lol
Wow...i dont know if i want say this but i dont wash every day, I wash every other day
hmm.. i probably average 2 loads a day. Which means 3 or 4 some days, none on another hehe. That includes nappies. All our clothes are washed together. Towels are re-used. Sheets aren't changed as often as they should be :blush:
I do try and do at least one load a day to try and keep on top of it.
First thing I'd do in your situation is lock up the clean towels and only replace the dirty ones every few days! Make sure there's enough towel rails to allow the towels to dry between uses (this is why DH insists on having the heated towel rail on.. else he'd probably use loads of towels too)
Hi we have 2 adults & 4 kiddies,& i usually do 3 loads of washing per day.but sometimes more if I?m doing sheets & blankets.
I do 8 loads a week so far... 2 adults 1 toddler
Wednesday
1 light load
1 dark load
1 nappy load
Saturday
1 light load
1 dark load
1 nappy load
1 bedding load
1 towel load
I don't think the next baby will add too much to the washing except in nappies, I can see another 2 loads of nappies a week when he goes into the MCN's.
Wow, is this what I'm in for? :o I don't have enough washing to even come close to doing one load a day - okay baby's not here yet...but this thread has scared me! Towels for the shower don't need to be washed after one use! You are sparkling clean when you use them!! I wash mine after 3 showers.
Most times I struggle to fill the machine and feel bad putting on a load coz of the water wastage!
Jeepers.. i dont do nearly as much as you all.
I wash every 2-3 days.. sometimes even longer. Just depends when im home. I just try to get a full load each time to save water and electricity. But on those days that usually just consists of whites and baby clothes.. darks.. colours. I'll then do sheets & towels maybe every 1-2 weeks.
With 1 adult, and 2 kiddies, I think I average about 1 load per day. (though I usually let it build up, and then do 3 or 4 in one day, or as needed).
I'm another that doesn't wash towels after each use, and should probably wash sheets more often LOL.
I'd say I do about 1 load a day on average but sometimes that means 3 loads in one day.
We have two adults and one toddler.
I'm with you Hollye - I reuse towels because you're clean when you dry yourself so in theory they're just wet, not dirty. When DSD lived with us she was a bugger for getting a new towel for each shower so I ended up giving her two towels and hiding the rest in my wardrobe.
But yep, I don't wash sheets, doona covers nearly as much as I should.
i tend to do two a day, one of clothes (i just dump in all our clothes from the previous day) and usually one of tea towels/floor towels/hankies and facewashers - this one is not an overly large load, but i do try to do it everyday, so that i dont get an overflowing basket.
i cringe at the thought of washing towels after each use :o you're clean when you come out of the shower, then hang them up to dry... i change ours once a week, usually thursday, then i change all our bedding on saturday/sunday
I do 2-3 a day, but we have a tiny 4kg washer and one of those loads will be a half-load of nappies. I do the towels once a week or sooner if they are smelly or grotty looking.
I average 2 loads a day, but weekends can be more as we go through a lot of towels and togs since we put a pool in. Some days can be up to 4 loads, depending on whether I'm washing sheets and towels that day. We have 5 people in our house.
Bath towels get washed every 3 days, all sheets washed twice a week (for 4 beds, 2 queen, 2 single - usually wash the single beds ones same day, the queen sets the other days).
I normally do 2-3 loads a day. There is two adults and two babies in our household. I do a load of nappies every day and then alternate a day of baby stuff and then a day of DH & my stuff. Then about every third day I do a load of towels, and change the sheets once a week.
Usually only either 1 or 2 loads. Most of the time it's every second day.
Depends on what we've been doing, and if we're at home.
I don't seperate colours either. We have hardly any light clothes.
We probably average 2 loads a day. We have a 7kg machine. There are 2 adults, 1 teen and and 2 children in our house.
I agree that washing a towel after every use is excessive. My water bill would probably be double if we did that. I grew up on farms with tank water which was too precious for waste. We wash towels when needed... usually about every 3/4 days. I wash all our sheets every Monday. I separate colours fastidiously and only use cold water with darks to prevent the colour fading.
Our grey machine water is collected into a wheelie bin and then used to water our rose gardens... the suds are good for keeping pests and diseases at bay apparently.
I wanted to read all the other posts before I posted - but I have no need to be embarrassed!!!!
I wash probably every 3-4 days. Then I throw it strait in the dryer (even if it's a sunny day). All the clean clothes then sit in baskets for about 3 days before I can be bothered folding it and putting it away.
I really HATE housework!
PS- I wash sheets around every 2 weeks and towels after 2-3 showers except for the one that goes on the floor - it gets soaked every day
Depends what else I'm doing. When I'm at home on weekends (I work Mon-Fri) I try to get at least 3 loads done. While I was on holidays I think I was doing about 4-6 loads a day.
i do a load every 2nd day
...and winter can mean more loads too... more clothes more washing. Oh and illness... nothing like a bout of gastro to turn your house into a Chinese laundry within minutes!!!
WOW..... I cant believe some of the washing you folks have.... :o I'd go crazy... :lol:
We have 2 adults and 5 kids, another on the way and I do 2 a day....
One of clothes, and a second one of either nappies, towels, kids sheets, cot sheets /our sheets and misc....
BUT I do have a large machine.... ;)
I do nappies every 2nd day, sheets weekly, towles twice a week, and cleaning cloths once a week....
Yep, that's the key Jodie... gotta have a good sized machine if you have kids... I'm already looking forward to upgrading to an 8kg one! What size is yours?
OMG I'm scared if this is what I'm in for, I would never keep up!! lol.
I only need to was once a week with the two of us at the moment!! lol. I wouldn't fill the washing machine up otherwise!
SJ- i am scared as well!!!!
I currently wash clothes twice a week and also a load of towels and load of sheets on the weekend.
So 4 times a week!
We just got a dryer as a christmas present so I am looking forward to ahving that for when baby comes along. Although I am petrified of using the dryer as when we used to have one (2.5 yrs ago) i would find it would shrink or mis-shape my clothes.
I *think* 7.5kg...... ;)
Good old Westinghouse I've had for over 10 years, only broken down once, when Ad found 5 bra metal underwires and a full sock in the hose.... :lol:
The news tonight said Victorian water prices are set to sky rocket in the next 6 months.... meaning that some average bills could increase (per annum) by 50% :o I *think* that's how it will work. Yikes!!!
We rent and I think I'm going to have to put in a request for a water tank if our owner wants us to keep her garden green... I know we are legally bound to water it... but geeze...
can be anywhere up to 3 loads a day , 3 times a week ..
but i leave the sheets and towells till the load is big enough and do them on the weekends
Interesting to sticky beak at what everyone else does... glad to see that I'm not the only one with so much washing too and also very jealous of those that only need to wash every few days. I have just bought a 7kg front loader/dryer combo and I love it so much, especially that the water is uses is so much less than the huge top loader I had.
I really think that the problem is the kids and the pool - every swim = a new outfit and a new towel. Doesn't make any difference if I hide the towels, they just go and use ours or even worse, the washing line is in the pool area and has towels on it all the time so they use them too. I detest the towel usage and when the older 3 kiddies are at their dad's I only wash them every 2nd day or so.
LOL, hope I haven't scared anyone too much..
There are 5 of us and I do a load a day, 5 days a week.
I set the machine in the evening and it turns itself on at night, so it is on the off peak rate. We have a large front loader (10kg) so it really does do the job.
The laundry is plumbed as grey water, so the water from the washing machine automatically goes out onto the garden, which is another good reason for me to wash at night.
I am another who keeps towels going. The kids have bath towel each a week, as do DH and I. Sheets get changed once a week.
I don't wash on Friday or Sat nights........then there is nothing to be hung/dried/folded over the weekend. Especially over summer when the kids are in and out of the pool, the BBQ is on.......the lawn is left enencumbered by washing!
This thread has made me feel SOOOO much better LOL
I do about one a day and that increase the days i wash sheets. I confess to using the dryer sometimes on a hot dry day....
I use MCN so that doesnt help and the baby never has the same towel twice.... My mother cant believe how much i do LOL
You know i have never really kept track of how much washing i do but i would say i do a load a day and on the weekends maybe 2 or 3. But thats normal clothes - DH's work clothes get washed in a seperate machine with no other clothes. I was all DD's clothes on a gentle cycle and so through in my underwear at the same time and if the load isnt big enough then i just put more clothes and they get a gentle wash too.
towels and sheets get done once a week. Due to the lack of room in my place I only have one set of sheets and two towels for each of us so there are none extra laying around....and it makes sure i make the bed!
I average 1 per day. Today its 3, but tomorrow might be none, and there are 2 adults and 1 tot in our family.
I average 10 loads a week. That's with 2 adults and a toddler, using cloth nappies. And DH is a tradie who gets filthy, so I was his work clothes seperately.
With our new arrival I think our washing has gone from 8 a week to 10 a week now :o I like the idea of washing at night off peak, when are these off peak times?
I wash up to three/ four times a week and we have a very large machine!
One load my work clothes, DH 'good' clothes (if they fit in) and PJ
2nd load - DH work clothes and SOCKS (they stink!) he is a tradie!
3rd load - towels, we go through a lot!
4th load - sheets every second week, and anything white other than towels!
on a bad week i could do 5 loads!!! aaahhh once you right it down!
Then when my mum comes to stay it can be twice a day! but small loads