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What do you toss into the dryer and what dries on the line?

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 11:32

My maid is obsessed with using the dryer and seems to be running all day long! In an effort to save on DEWA bills, I think we could be drying a lot of stuff on the stands, specially since we have a really large garden and ample space. Can you ladies tell me what is supposed to go where....don't want dried out towels or rough sheets either but don't know where to start!

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 18:43

hands up guilty m'lud - use the dryer most of the time, always forgetting to bringing in the washing from the garden hence cardboard clothes. Only DH's linen shirts go outside. Everything else in the dryer - not very environmentally friendly I know but the amount of times I've re washed things after they get too dry outside. Plus towels and bedding are fab from my dryer .... but don't put fabric conditioner with the towels, a tip I learnt on EW. Our DEWA bill has been hardly any different since I cranked up using the dryer.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 18:28

no dryer. Everything goes on the rack.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 17:02

that is why you have no problems...the odd pair of emergency jeans (are they labelled 999?) LOL! I most often need emergency jeans when I have to go out for emergency dinner when I've run out of groceries!

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EW GURU

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:51

I have a washer dryer which causes me no problems at all! I only use the dryer function for towels and the odd pair of emergency jeans. that is why you have no problems...the odd pair of emergency jeans (are they labelled 999?)

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EW GURU

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:49

I have a washer dryer which causes me no problems at all! I only use the dryer function for towels and the odd pair of emergency jeans.

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EW EXPERT

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:36

A combo eats electricity.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:33

I have a nasty washer-dryer combo so that may be it. I get the same result as you do - I think it's because the combo w/d sucks instead of blows. (!) The trick is to fluff the clothes up between washing and drying and take them out while they are slightly damp. <em>edited by CanadianInDXB on 06/03/2011</em>

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:31

We dry almost everything, except jeans and nice shirts which we hang inside. I never could understand why people hand their clean clothes and things outside, doesn't it just get dirty and full of sand from the outside air? I don't iron anything, husbands work clothes get taken in, and come back clean and ironed. i've always felt drying is very wearing on clothes - much nicer to dry outside. Have never experienced my washing getting dirty or sandy...when you lay out in the sun do you feel dirty and sandy when you come in ? lol

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EW GURU

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:29

CT we use a massive heavy duty dryer and nothing comes out clumped together. Is that because you plonk a maid in there at the same time to make sure? no no no, the maid cannot get inside it. She stands behind the dryer, winding it up.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:27

CT we use a massive heavy duty dryer and nothing comes out clumped together. I have a nasty washer-dryer combo so that may be it.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:26

CT we use a massive heavy duty dryer and nothing comes out clumped together. Is that because you plonk a maid in there at the same time to make sure?

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:18

We dry almost everything, except jeans and nice shirts which we hang inside. I never could understand why people hand their clean clothes and things outside, doesn't it just get dirty and full of sand from the outside air? I don't iron anything, husbands work clothes get taken in, and come back clean and ironed.

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EW GURU

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:17

CT we use a massive heavy duty dryer and nothing comes out clumped together.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:15

I do not use the dryer. I did when I first arrived as I had no balcony but found that everything came out in a very creased ball. I found this strange because at home I would pop items into the dryer as it made it easier to iron them if they needed ironing at all.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:14

I put everything on a clothes airer (sp) and dry it inside, I finish a few bits off in the tumble dryer (socks, pants, towels and bed sheets so they’re nice and soft) this way the clothes smell of the fabric conditioner, people always ask me what fabric conditioner I use as the clothes seem to keep smelling nice for ages when I dry them this way. Same same, add cotton underwear and nightgowns.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:11

Nothing goes in the Dryer accept towels. Only i am allowed to use it, same with washing machine, they are maid free zones. There is no need to use a Dryer in the Middle East, it's a luxury. Buy a clothes rack and hang inside or out, clothes will dry either way. <em>edited by Sticky Wicket on 06/03/2011</em>

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EW GURU

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 16:09

Absolutely everything goes in the dryer except hand washed items and school shirts. They are dried on a rack in the laundry room. Never ever dry outside.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 14:01

I am a dryer user. I admit to it. I don't have to do ironing after it just fold it and i like that is all soft. Our DEWA bill for water and electricity is pretty low, in fact we pay more for the housing fee than electricity and water combined. I know that drying on rack is very good for environment but my cloths dont wear out, we are a family of 3 and i feel that it cleans everything. i am yet to find a cloths with holes, or cloths that just deteriorate. I send our sheets out to laundry as I cant ever get them dry here and i like them ironed and i dont iron.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 12:49

We do the same tally-ho, we dry everything inside and finsish some items off in the dryer. The only problem is that drying inside takes up so much space! I wish homes had a big laundry room. I remember someones telling me that all the lint you find in the dryer filter is fibres from your clothes breaking down! <em>edited by A Rancher on 06/03/2011</em>

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EW GURU

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 12:27

I put everything on a clothes airer (sp) and dry it inside, I finish a few bits off in the tumble dryer (socks, pants, towels and bed sheets so they’re nice and soft) this way the clothes smell of the fabric conditioner, people always ask me what fabric conditioner I use as the clothes seem to keep smelling nice for ages when I dry them this way.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 12:24

For us, we don't even have a dryer. All dries on the line. We have our drying rack under a shade...direct sun exposure can cause discoluring. Clothes take 3-4 hours to dry at max.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 12:19

Air drying is better for clothing as the intense heat of the dryer breaks down the fibers and causes holes to appear, particularly at the seams or at [b'>weak spots (men's pant crotches[/b'>...) When we first moved out here I told DH to bring all his old t-shirts thinking that they would wear out quickly in the intense heat of a Dubai summer and then we'd buy new ones. Three and a half years later we still have all the t-shirts whereas back home they would have worn out long ago due to regular dryer use. Your DH has a weak crotch? ROFL!!

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 11:58

Wow, I am learning so much from you ladies - I had a feeling that we weren't doing this right but miss speed seems to have them in them the dryer even before I can say something. That's it then - today onwards, we're putting stuff out to dry. Perhaps, I'll let her use it for the sheets since she's a bit clumsy and is likely to have them fall off in the garden a couple of times whilst putting them up! If you give the items a good flick and then hang them out properly, it also reduces ironing - more money saved! in fact, I don't really do any ironing... DH does his shirts, but that's it! lol! I guess some things would look better ironed though, but, hey, life's too short! The only thing is, get the washing out of the machine and onto the line asap because it can start smelling musty if left damp for too long.

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EW GURU

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 11:55

Air drying is better for clothing as the intense heat of the dryer breaks down the fibers and causes holes to appear, particularly at the seams or at weak spots (men's pant crotches...) When we first moved out here I told DH to bring all his old t-shirts thinking that they would wear out quickly in the intense heat of a Dubai summer and then we'd buy new ones. Three and a half years later we still have all the t-shirts whereas back home they would have worn out long ago due to regular dryer use.

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EW GURU

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 11:44

I dry outside but am desperatly wanting a retractable washing line. Those blinking stands drive me mad, by the time you fiddle to get small stuff on, big stuff on I want to tear my hair out. Oh for a decent washing line.....

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 11:44

I just hang sheets / duvet covers over an open door.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 11:41

Wow, I am learning so much from you ladies - I had a feeling that we weren't doing this right but miss speed seems to have them in them the dryer even before I can say something. That's it then - today onwards, we're putting stuff out to dry. Perhaps, I'll let her use it for the sheets since she's a bit clumsy and is likely to have them fall off in the garden a couple of times whilst putting them up!

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EW EXPERT

Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 11:37

I dry everything on lines because I don't have a drier... and don't have any rough towels or cardboard sheets. It's better if there's a nice breeze, but even if there's not, it's fine. By cutting out the drier altogether, you'll be saving a small fortune in electricity.

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 11:37

We dry everything outside........ our drier is only used if something is still wet and we need it! same here - only use the drier when something gets forgotten and isn't dry in time...

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Latest post on 06 March 2011 - 11:36

In our case, we can't toss the dryer out as many a times my husband will come back in the evening after a week or two of travelling and has to leave again the next day and his clothes need to be washed, dried and ironed in that time. Having said that, I still feel we can use a lot less of it that we're doing presently.

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