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[Guest]

Always the way Liz!

[Aunty e]

I have a condenser, which I discovered (when the belt snapped a few weeks ago) I simply can't live without. Clothes hung in the house to dry get smelly, clothes in the garden get smelly and occasionally covered in chicken poo and footprints. I bought a new belt and spent two hours getting the thing fitted and it was one of the happiest moments of recent life when the first load went in to dry again. We spin a lot and use dryer balls, so it takes about forty minutes to do a full load of towels.

[Guest]

My drier is a condenser as well, and has a sensor in it so it can tell when the washing is dry, rather than having to set it for a specific amount of time. It's fantastic, and I'm shocked at how quickly it actually dries things, when it's used. It cost us £50, bought from the comet clearance web site, because it had a couple of dents and scratches on it. When it arrived, it took me and the delivery drivers 10 minutes to find the (supposedly) 2 inch scratches and dents, only to discover 2 miniscule dents on the top, and a scratch on the back!

[chelsea]

hate to say it but I couldnt live without my tumble dryer.

 

Hubby works with chickens and comes home with very smelly clothes so have lots of washing every day.

 

I hardly iron at all though. My dryer stops itself when the clothes are dry - but I've got used to how much time certain things take to dry - so when they are almost dry I remove them from the dryer and fold them carefully, things like t-shirts/jumpers/fleeces/towels etc do not need any ironing.

 

I iron about 7 items a week (and thats for me for work )

[The Dogmother]

I lurve ironing and just wish I had more time to do it. What with Rosie's school uniform, and my 'formal work clothes', I have planty of ironing to do. I get great satisfaction from seeing piles of neatly ironed, crisp clothes... mental, I know

[Egluntyne]

I love ironing too....which is just as well.

 

I did 2 hours on Sunday, an hour yesterday and the basket is full again.

 

I've got one of those Steam Generator thingummybob thingy things and it is fantastic.

[Guest]

I like ironing too and find it very satisfying. As Egluntine said, I too finally completed all the ironing on Monday. Now the weather's dried up the basket is overflowing again. i find that a bit annoying - I barely have time to put it away before I have to start again. I think I could do an hour a day.

[Cinnamon]

I don't iron.

My only iron is an emergency one that I hve purely to put the daughters Sea Cadets badges onto their uniforms

 

The Hubbys work clothes are of the joggers & sweats variety, & I wear a lot of Cheesecloth & crinkle cotton

[chickencam]

I'm glad that I'm not the only sad person who enjoys ironing. I find it very theraputic putting on the radio and switching off from the day. I also love the crisp pile of neat items at the end, but get very annoyed with the family when they have to take the t-shirt from the bottom of the drawer leaving all the others all crumpled.

 

I also love slipping into freshly ironed bedclothes, and if I have time I iron all bedding, but there is never enough time and my ironing basket is the bain of my family's life when they want their clothes and they daren't open the airing cupboard for fear of an avalanche

[Jules.]

I iron as little as poss. Alexander's school sweatshirts & pants have never seen the iron (I buy the non iron trousers especially, worth the extra bit of dosh!)

I would love ironed bedding- think hotel rooms- but I just haven't got it in me to iron quilt covers etc. I might get lost in one

[Guest]

I gave up ironing sheets - very reluctantly - on the advice of the health visitor when I had my 3rd child. But I could NEVER get into a bed with an unironed duvet cover and pillowcases. Just unthinkable!

[Jules.]

My duvet cover is blowing merrily in the breeze on the washing line (friday is my change my bed day!)

[Guest]

I despise ironing, and am more than happy to let any of you ironing lovers come and do mine for me once a week.....

[Jules.]

I don't despise ironing, I just have to be in the mood to do it

[bronze]

Mine goes on the line where possible, some gets hang in the utility if its wet and the rest int he dryer. I dont have the heating on so couldnt dry it like that if I wanted and the house is cramped enough anyway without washing hanging on airers

[Happymama]

I have the windiest double washing line in Europe suspended between my kitchen and the garage, and can get a full load on it, even with a single sheet (every day almost, have a 3 yo with enuresis) but on proper wet days, I use a rad for the sheet, and the rest goes on a four-string expanding washing line over the bath, and the bathroom window gets cranked wide open, and the door is propped open so there's a through draught, and they dry overnight.

 

There is a dryer, but I only use it to finish damp washing and prefer it a bit damp anyway, it's easier to iron if it is. I only do 20 mins, 15 of which are cold. Tumble dryers are an environmental No No, it's a VERY rare thing if I put a load in from soaking. And I have a 16k spin machine, which helps.

 

Long line drying drys faster than those faddy rotary things, btw. In ANY situation.

 

Sometimes my washing is left out until it's dry, can be up to four days.

 

Takes me the length of 'Something for the Weekend' on Sunday mornings to do my ironing, for me and the kids. I hate it, and when I move my friend who takes in ironing will give me a very preferential rate and do a better job than me.

 

If there's towels or sheets aplenty needing washing, you should increase your stock so you have the time to get them dry, I have three sheets and two piddle pads (I can iron a piddle pad dry if desperate), for instance. One on the bed, one in the wash, and one drying, as the saying goes.

[Jules.]

Ethan is nearly 4 now & still wears a nappy in bed.... don't know when he won't. It is still soaking in the morning. He was quite late (compared to Alexander)at being dry during the day.

[Happymama]

Ethan is nearly 4 now & still wears a nappy in bed.... don't know when he won't. It is still soaking in the morning. He was quite late (compared to Alexander)at being dry during the day.

 

Mine's not that bad, we've been three days with no weeing in the bed, and this morning she weed in her pj's on the way to the bathroom. And wet her knickers during the day.

 

It runs in familes, does enuresis, and their dad and his sister both wet the bed, so there you are. They won't treat it until they're six or so because nothing much works until then. Shame they start school between 4 and 5, isn't it?

 

My son was in nappies until three and two months (terries) and then dry at night in a week, literally. First night without a nappy he got up at 2am in the dark, climbed down his ladder and went to the loo, and then back to bed, remembering to turn the bathroom light out. One twin was just the same, but the other, who was a bit small when she was born, seems not to get the messages at the right times.

[Blackrocksrock]

Condenser drier in the spare room - sorted.

[Guest]

I don't do washing or ironing. In fact I dont' have a washing machine and I've put my ironing board in the loft.

 

The plumbing for the washing machine is in the granny annexe where Mum lives so the washer and drier are in her kitchen. She does all the washing and the ironing (I used to send it out). BUT she's gone off on a cruise for a fortnight! Being half term I need to wash James' PE kit (they only send it home in the holidays). I did do some towels last night on Economy 7 and tonight I'll put them in the drier on Econ too. PE kit can go on the airer I'm not ironing it as it just gets shoved in the bag after he takes it off - its creased as anything now and will be after 1 wear so I don't see any reason for ironing it.

 

All the clothes I've dirtied this week are gardening togs so no ironing. The airer in my hall is particularly effective, I have hot air heating and I stand it right over a vent.