A woman has been praised for sharing her economical methods to dry your clothes inside without turning on the heating.
The TikTok user, known as @livingwiththeevans online, has revealed how to dry your clothes in winter without the need for an electrical appliance – a move that will help keep energy bills down.
She stated: “Anyone else seem to drown in washing this time of year? We have a tumble dryer, but it’s so expensive to run and I find it shrinks clothes (especially the kids!) We can’t afford a heated airer or dehumidifier.”
Initially, she advises people to hang clothes on an airer and simply place it outside if it’s dry. The woman remarked: “If it starts to rain it’s easy enough to grab and put inside.” If this fails, you can position your airer near an open window to prevent your clothes from acquiring a musty odour.
For her third clothes-drying tip, she suggests ‘planning ahead’ and attempting to align your wash with your regular heating schedule. She stated: “When the heating is on, put your airer in a small room and close the door. For thicker items, she suggests hanging them on a curtain pole with the windows open to speed up the drying process.
While she received more than 400 likes on her video, some users reiterated how useful a dehumidifier has been for their washing needs. One user said: “We use a dehumidifier. Works magic.”
TikTok’s cleaning guru, Ann Russell, has also shared her top advice for expediting the drying process of laundry. She explained to her legion of fans: “Everything is folded neatly and the reason is when the fan goes up, the air goes through, it needs to be able to move, evaporate the water off. If it’s too thick or clumpy it won’t get rid of the water and then it will smell.”
Another user said: “What I find helps is turning them over after a few hours so the air can circulate to areas it may not reach! ” One more user added: “Putting stuff on hangers seems to help and spacing them out hanging them on door frames.”
To make quicker work of drying chunkier items, another follower advised: “I’ve found with towels I just hang them over the doors to dry and then within a day or so they are dry and I have a second airer that I use to space out.”
