tumble dryer

Just another note on the condenser dryers:  we have one and they come with a kit that allows them to drain so you don't have to always be emptying the drawer, so if you have a sink handy, you could set it up to drain in there. 

lol gah I hate hang drying clothes. I'm moving soon (to somewhere with space for a dryer) and hoping to get a condenser dryer. but really I'll take anything.

I actually made a video about dryers the other day (and thermostats) lol

I kick polar bears in the nads!

SadPanda - that was too funny I actually laughed out loud! When my boxes got here I had to wash everything in them over again and the dryer takes almost 2 hours (tumble dryer).
I resorted to hanging stuff EVERYWHERE...I will share this because its funny..

My bra line and I had to use belts to string together to have everything fit! haha

I loved your video.

We don't have a thermostat; we have individual radiators.  But the temperature is probably lower in the UK because of the cr@ppy windows.  Our living room was 15 degrees and our bedroom 8 on the coldest day (Why yes, my husband is obsessed with weather why do you ask?) because of the single sash windows.

My parents' house in the US is older, 1906, (I know an American house that is older than one in the UK!) than the UK one I live in, 1920s ish.  But the American one has, and always did have, double paned windows the top bottom configuration, so the outside and inside top was fixed, the outside/inside bottoms could be raised and SHOCK a screen could be dropped into place for the outside bottom. 

Also, turning up the heat here is just wasted because it takes so much more energy to heat a damp room than a dry one and the US is mainly dry in the winter. 

So that is my reasoning.  On the other hand, I never use the dryer here, but then my parents never used one in the US either.  They didn't have a dryer for two years. 

Thanks Zoyabean & bookrgl! Your responses made me look like this =

LOL love the bra line. That's a really good idea. we have a drying rack but its not big enough and we end up hanging clothes on anything/everything. It looks like a washer machine exploded. I feel your pain on having to rewash everything.

You know bookgrl I think you're on to something, I didn't think of that, our windows here are simple push out (single glazed) so cold air could most certainly be getting in! Also our door is one of those split stable doors where you can open the top and not the bottom, that's probably not helping. lol

 Also is it just my limited experience or are washers and dryers in general much smaller here?

They are much smaller here and most are front loaders. 

I never noticed our electric bill rise dramatically when we got a dryer... and we used it a lot!

Sad Panda- love the video! BTW, I set my thermostat to about 74-75 all year round. I wear sweatshirts, a robe and sit under a blanket on the couch in winter, too. I just need warmth!
About the dryer, thing, it is one thing that makes me nervous about moving (not literally, but it is something I guess I think about!) I stayed with my boyfriend in a London house last summer for 2 months. He has 2 other housemates (one a girl who apparently wears 8 outfits a day) so it was a fight to get the washer. They had 3 drying racks which were almost always up and full. The small washer took nearly 3 hours to wash one load! Then, it was 2 days or so to dry clothes! And if you didn't move them quickly enough, then you'd find them in a pile on the kitchen table.   I think the thing I was happiest about seeing when I got home was not my bed (which was also nice!) but my washer and dryer!!! I will probably have to deal without a dryer for a while when I first move, but it will be a priority purchase as soon as I'm able.

You should make a video about the lack of plug outlets in bathrooms for your next rant, btw! That's my second most annoying feature about UK houses!!

I hear ya on taking forever because it takes hour or more to wash and almost two to dry! Oh  and they are smaller for sure.

Bathroom outlets? What's that? Ha I miss those