Pet @ www.gymratz.co.uk wrote:
wrote:

Tumble driers are for the most part pointless, since one only need
hang
clothes up for them to dry, the driers waste money to buy, space to
keep them, and cost to run - none of which there is any need for.
People use driers beacuse they dont get their laundry routine
sorted.

I'm quite sure I'm inviting criticism on this one

LOL.

Actually.... we had a tumble drier and the woman of the house
wouldn't
use it because it wasted too much energy. so we took to hanging
washing
on a drier/airer in the boiler room with the rad. on hot.

This worked fine for a week then the house humidity go so great the
clothes took 2 days or more too dry. It was at this point the walls
started growing mold.

New solution.... Clothes on airer as before with Dehumidifier left
running 24/7 Clothes dry in a few hours, de-humidifier set to
"normal"
on humidistat not only looks after the "drying room" but also excess
moisture from the rest of the house.

A much better solution imho. A fraction the size, a fraction the run
cost, fraction the energy use, dries a whole room full at once, no need
to stuff clothes in then take them out, just put them where they go,
and finally the dh function is also useful for some houses. Makes
tumble driers look.... a pointless waste

NT