Evil Tumble Dryer in UK home

  One of these days we'll have all of our laundry done and in the dressers.   

I've had that dream too.  The only way I can accomplish it is to go to the laundrette.

We live in a small flat in the city centre, so we have zero outside space for laundry and not a whole lot of inside space.  We use the radiators when something needs to be done on the double and I bring our sheets and duvets to the laundrette.  Everything else I hang on one drying rack.  It takes about a day to dry so I find if I keep on top of my laundry it gets done easily.  It actually piled up more in the States as I never planned ahead. 

Its not all homes, I have a tumble dryer thats vented and it takes about an hour or less to dry a full sized load, a big load probably takes like 90 minutes. I have never hung anything up to dry! I am shite at housework, so a dryer is a necessity for me and my family!

I've had that dream too.  The only way I can accomplish it is to go to the laundrette.

hehehe.  I'm not willing to spend the coin at a laundrette, not when the washing machine does, actually still work.  Not very well but it does work.  And it's not really that big of a deal to put them on the drying rack.  I would find it a greater inconvenience to go somewhere to do it all... and the more money I don't spend on a laundrette is money I can use to pay for parking at uni as I am too blasted lazy to walk and driving is cheaper than the bus... go figure.   

I thought this might be a thread about a tumble dryer that was trying to kill people. 

I thought this might be a thread about a tumble dryer that was trying to kill people. 

lols

Not all machines are evil.
My combi machine does a quick wash and dry in an hour.

Again, like others are saying, if having issues with clothes drying in the tumble dryer, put it through for an extra fast spin (about another 10 minutes or so) until its at the consistency you want it to be (my extra spin with just tshirts, the shirts almost come out dry)

Also, try to see if your machine is set correctly. If the feet are uneven, it can make the machine off balance causing problems with drainage, etc

Uggh, Uggh, Uggh...

The one time I have not planned ahead and needed the dryer part of my washer/dryer, it trips my circuit breaker. Then it trips it again and it won't reset.  So I shut it off and get my electricity back on.
Then I go to try and use it again and it drains for 2 minutes and the adds heat for 1 minute and shuts off.  Then it doesn't even add heat anymore. 
Hot, steaming, still wet clothes that need hung up anyways and won't dry in time for what I need them for!

My very first flat when i moved to Scotland almost 13 years ago now had a combi washer/dryer and it to put it bluntly sucked..
Once i moved out of that flat i bought a condenser dryer and since then have always had one.. Have never had a issue with drying my clothes even larger loads take about a hour. I do use my dryer a lot as even tho i like the smell of line dried clothes i find them too stiff n crinkly never mind the weather isna always conducive to putting them out.. I'd not survive without my condenser dryer.
Just my 2p
I do have a good washing machine that has several settings for spin cycle n such so that prolly makes a differance too.

We have a washer/dryer that we bought brand new back in 2007 when we first lived here. The dryer sucked then and it still does. Its not vented which is part of the problem I think. BUT, I prefer my clothes hung outside anyway. Our old landlord in the States wouldn't allow it so I'm loving it now. The only problem is...well of course, the weather doesn't always agree! We also use the radiators, and I am hoping to pick up a drying rack for inside sometime soon.

We have a fairly aged tumble dryer. I had some alternatives to fall back on. For preference, I would hang things outside -- while keeping an eye out (things got pinched off the line more than once  )  We had slats for shelving in the airing cupboard so would put tee-shirts and things over those and I rigged up a rack against the hot water tank. And hang other things on hangers on the hooks of the airing cupboard door.
My mother in law never had a washing machine (!) A kind neighbour would wash her sheets and towels for her and she would wash everything else by hand. But she did have a spin dryer and boy! that thing really did work at getting a lot of the water out (better than the spin cycle on washers) Then she would hang things outside or on a rack in front of the fire.

Our old landlord in the States wouldn't allow it

I've heard this from other people too and I can never understand it! 

I prefer my clothes hung outside anyway. Our old landlord in the States wouldn't allow it....

I've heard this from other people too and I can never understand it!  

I don't know about kbeech's particular situation, but I lived in places in the US where the sight of laundry hanging outside was prohibited, as it was thought to lower the tone of the neighborhood, for lack of a better way to put it.

When you consider that in the US it's often the case that the acquisition of space age time saving gadgets is seen as a mark of success, you can see how they got there.

I don't know about kbeech's particular situation, but I lived in places in the US where the sight of laundry hanging outside was prohibited, as it was thought to lower the tone of the neighborhood, for lack of a better way to put it.

When you consider that in the US it's often the case that the acquisition of space age time saving gadgets is seen as a mark of success, you can see how they got there.

This was exactly her reason and it made me so annoyed. I can understand not having them hanging out on the front lawn...but we had a huge back garden that no one used for anything. Just silly.

Our old landlord in the States wouldn't allow it so I'm loving it now.

I've heard this from other people too and I can never understand it! 

When we were living in Dublin, Ireland, our landlord wouldnt let us have a clothes line as it was against our tenancy agreement - even though both of the houses beside us had lines and line dried regularly..

i prefer to line dry as well, but when the weather wont allow it - in the dryer it goes.