Putting the washing out on the line, even in the winter months

[Jo Farrow]

Netweather and Jo Farrow have assisted with Brabantia's Love your Laundry campaign to encourage people to dry their laundry outside all year round. It is possible.

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[pinball wizard]

Is this an early april fool? Wettest winter since.... And we're being encouraged to dry clothes outside???

Edited March 22 by pinball wizard

[Andy Bown]

 pinball wizard nope I learnt this a few years ago. Admittedly it’s hard with some clothing materials but thin items and towels dry well given no rain - that’s a big ask of course ! 

[pinball wizard]

 Andy Bown Lol the no rain was my point. Obviously dry winter air is good for laundry etc but in this relentless wet pattern it seems such an article is poorly timed at best...

[Dale Leigh_6487]

Often my mum would hang the washing outside and in a bright crisp day soon as the sun shifted our cloths would freeze but once on the maiden and our coal fire they soon dried off mind you I’m 1 of 10 children so you can imagine how big our maiden was they smelt good when dry none of this clothing fabric  softener . 
my mam was a grafter . And yes we did have a tv although it a 10p slot one . Oh the good old days . Bless my mam

[Jo Farrow]

 pinball wizard  Yes, I've dried my laundry outside on 18 days in March

[pinball wizard]

 Jo Farrow where do you live to be able to do that? Genuinely interested to know and not being deliberately argumentative. Believe me we've had to get a dehumidifier to take away moisture from the home in part due to clothes drying inside. 

I've found with myself and other half both working full time, a newborn and the atrocious weather this winter it's just not been practical at all for us to consider drying outside and that's living in the supposedly drier part of the country. 

[78/79]

Good luck  trying to do that in Somerset,  you'd  be in and out of the house like a yo yo .

Edited March 22 by 78/79

[Jo Farrow]

 pinball wizard East Lothian, SE Scotland

[Jo Farrow]

Love your laundry | Brabantia

WWW.BRABANTIA.COM

 The campaign launched yesterday

[pinball wizard]

 Jo Farrow have you had a drier than average winter and do you run your washing machine overnight to be able to put clothes out first thing?

Edited March 22 by pinball wizard

[Jo Farrow]

No, but I work from home, so have more flexibility. The campaign was about letting people know it was possible, not to write off all the winter months and forget about drying outside. It won't fit everyone but it is still an open topic for discussion.

[pinball wizard]

 Jo Farrow Fair play to you then. Hopefully it'll dry up soon and more can do the same

[Don]

Apart from underwear and towels (which are tumble dried) I always hang up my washing to dry naturally.  However, not outside but in the utility room!

[Wold Topper]

Hanging washing outside in Yorkshire in winter , there might be an odd day that is an exception to rule but really this is a fanciful notion.

[richie3846]

I've been drying outside during winter for years. It's not always possible of course, but the basic rule of thumb I use, is if the humidity is 80 or less for a few hours, with temperatures above freezing, then it's worth the effort, especially if there is some sort of breeze. Even in wet winters there are some dry days and where possible, I do my laundry on those days. 

This winter has been the worst I've known for drying outside, but still managed to get at least half our laundry out on the line and dry or mostly dry.

My mum is even more on the case than me down in Swansea. She takes advantage of the stronger wind all year round, and dries most of her washing outside in winter, even in the most awful wet ones like this year. 

[Penrith Snow]

Owning a Washing Line in Cumbria is like owning a Sledge in Cornwall!

[mike57]

The problem here isn't just rain, it's also wind as we are very exposed, you end up having to pick it all up and wash it again unless you physically stitch it to the line, and that assumes you can even find it once its blown off.

[The PIT]

Wind rain most of the winter it hasn't been possible unless have a desire for wet soggy clothes. Even dry days have had 100% humidity and I've brought washing in damper than it went out. If i had an infinite number of washing lines and clothes it maybe possible. I even prefer to put washing out if possible. Probably managed around ten times this autumn and winter which of course excludes times when the washing came in wetter than it went out.

[pinball wizard]

@Jo Farrow am trying it, will let you know how I get on

[Snowandrocks]

I appreciate it's not always possible but it really amazes me that covered outdoor spaces or porches aren't more common in this country. 

Even here on a hillside in Aberdeenshire there are loads of days when it's lovely to sit outside with a bit of shelter from the rain, BBQs can continue even if the heavens open and, back on topic, it's great for drying washing outdoors without having to worry about the rain. Ours is in daily use. 

[Met.]

In my household we used the tumbled drier. Also contributes to global warming, keeping winters milder.

[Asher]

I put washing out with a 2 hour dry window of weather, especially when it's windy.

 

Wind dries washing quicker than sun

[Methuselah]

I used to help my mother put the washing out on the line, back in the 1960s, and it used to freeze solid. . . Oh, well: some things just don't happen in this day and age! 

[Dark Star]

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I used to help my mother put the washing out on the line, back in the 1960s, and it used to freeze solid. . . Oh, well: some things just don't happen in this day and age! 

 

Scottish Borders here.We dry our washing outside all year round. Yes its got wet a few times, but it just gets left outside longer. Ive put it out overnight quite a bit , & it has frozen occasionally, but that always gives us a good giggle when we find the underwear & socks stiff as boards.