[ammulu]

It was tough in my home town where we didn't have a dryer and was raining during the rainy season. We had to try out drying the clothes inside the house but the smell that used to spread was real worse.

[Green-Moo]

Originally Posted by ammulu

It was tough in my home town where we didn't have a dryer and was raining during the rainy season. We had to try out drying the clothes inside the house but the smell that used to spread was real worse.

How weird. I can't imagine drying clothes causing a bad smell unless they are dryin to slowly that they are getting mildewy. In the winter I dry all my clothes indoor. I hang the majority on a rack which hangs from a door, and put jeans above the wood stove.

[justontime]

Originally Posted by Green-Moo

How weird. I can't imagine drying clothes causing a bad smell unless they are dryin to slowly that they are getting mildewy. In the winter I dry all my clothes indoor. I hang the majority on a rack which hangs from a door, and put jeans above the wood stove.

I find it impossible to dry everything in the house in the winter. I live in England and we have a lot of damp winter days when there is not enough breeze to dry the washing outside (we have plenty of rainy days too!). I have a big family and I can usually managed to dry tops and underwear on racks in the house, but towels, bedding and jeans don't dry fast enough and they start to smell fusty. Anyway I don't have enough space to dry seven loads of bedding in the house every week, so I need to use the dryer for the heavy stuff in winter.

[atula]

you are right serenity...there are many places that have hard water and that effects the clothes as well as utensils or your skin when you are using it regularly....

[mollyL]

Originally Posted by offdagrid

I use a propane dryer in the winter and put them on the line in the winter.

Is this dryer modified to run on propane, or was it specifically built for propane. I've never heard of one of these, and I'd be interested to learn of this.

[Green-Moo]

Originally Posted by justontime

I find it impossible to dry everything in the house in the winter. I live in England and we have a lot of damp winter days when there is not enough breeze to dry the washing outside (we have plenty of rainy days too!). I have a big family and I can usually managed to dry tops and underwear on racks in the house, but towels, bedding and jeans don't dry fast enough and they start to smell fusty. Anyway I don't have enough space to dry seven loads of bedding in the house every week, so I need to use the dryer for the heavy stuff in winter.

You need a wood stove Justontime! Pop a pair of jeans above there and they're dry in no time!

[justontime]

Originally Posted by Green-Moo

You need a wood stove Justontime! Pop a pair of jeans above there and they're dry in no time!

I live in a town in a modest three bedroom house with a relatively small kitchen. I have nowhere to put a wood burning stove and I wouldn't know where to get the wood from anyway.

[EviesEarth]

We have a wood stove, and it does heat nicely. I think I will try drying clothes by it this winter.

[Lyndsey]

Considering that all municipalities should welcome ways of saving energy, it's surprising that clotheslines don't exist anymore in some neighborhoods, and my neighborhood doesn't even allow us to hang clothes outside!

[justontime]

I am on holiday in Norfolk England. We are by the sea and I have been so impressed by how easy it is to dry clothes here. There is always a breeze (but sometimes the wind is so strong it rips everything off the line!) and the clothes feel almost as if they have been tumble dried. I never get that in my small town garden hundreds of miles from the coast. The downside is rain, it is (allegedly) summer but we have had a dreadful August and it is a case of dodging the showers. I can't usually do that when I'm working.