Grunff wrote in message ...
I know this has come up many, many times before; I've spent the last
hour or so reading about it, nut I'm still no closer to an answer.

We will soon be purchasing a tumble-dryer. It will be installed in our
utility/leanto. This is a poorly insulated, unheated room. I have easy
access to an outside wall for venting, and to a drain for condensor runoff.

I'm trying to decide which to go for. Main argument for venting is that
it seems to make more sense. Evaporate water, blow steam outside, end of
story. It feels right and sensible.

But, a condensing dryer would chuck out lots of heat into the room. This
is very desireable in this situation, since it would warm up the utility
room. My only concern is performance, they seem to get rather mixed reviews.

So, has anyone experienced both types, of a similar quality? Which one
performed better? By how much?


TIA

I bought a Hotpoint IWD12 (integrated condesning washer dryer) because
it looked like it took one of the largest loads and the wash load and
dry load seemed closer to each other (so I wouldn't always have to
remove part of the wash prior to drying cycle). I'm not overlee
impressed with it, normal wash cycle seems to take ages...shortest
cycle is about 50 mins. I don't know whether that's a sideeffect of a
Washer Dryer (never had one combined before).

Also the drying takes a long time and you have to take the stuff out
pretty promptly when it completes to vent the steam of everything
otherwise the load just gets damp again...which may be a sideeffect of
a condensing dryer...certainly never had that problem with my mums
Dryer. Incidently, as an integrated appliance, it looks like the door
is beginning to show affects of steam which escapes from the soap
drawer, so it's best to leave the door open during a drying cycle.

Ant.