Fewer and fewer people are building basements under their houses.
Many prefer a separate utility room on the upper floor, where laundry is done – this room is usually limited to just a few square meters.
Most have to make do with a technical room of about 6 sqm (approximately 65 sq ft) – the typical size offered by most house builders – where there is barely enough space for one or two shelves plus a washing machine. The rest of the house is also tightly planned.
How do you manage your laundry drying? Especially in households with children, I think you really have to juggle things, right?
Many prefer a separate utility room on the upper floor, where laundry is done – this room is usually limited to just a few square meters.
Most have to make do with a technical room of about 6 sqm (approximately 65 sq ft) – the typical size offered by most house builders – where there is barely enough space for one or two shelves plus a washing machine. The rest of the house is also tightly planned.
How do you manage your laundry drying? Especially in households with children, I think you really have to juggle things, right?
We dry towels, underwear, and bed linens completely in the tumble dryer.
The rest of the laundry is partially dried in the dryer and then hung on the drying rack in the utility room on the upper floor.
In summer, this laundry is taken outside to the garden. However, in the garden, we only have a drying rack, not a rotary clothesline, because the rack can be quickly brought indoors when it starts to rain.
The rest of the laundry is partially dried in the dryer and then hung on the drying rack in the utility room on the upper floor.
In summer, this laundry is taken outside to the garden. However, in the garden, we only have a drying rack, not a rotary clothesline, because the rack can be quickly brought indoors when it starts to rain.
We dry our laundry in a completely old-fashioned way on the clothesline!
In summer, outdoors on the rotary dryer (we have two ground sockets, so we can reposition it depending on the sun’s position). In winter, we hang the laundry in the utility room, where we have clotheslines running across the room, allowing us to hang an entire load at once. There is also space for a drying rack in the utility room.
Thanks to the incoming and outgoing air ventilation in the utility room, the laundry dries much faster than in our old house!
We do not have, and do not want, a tumble dryer. Aside from the space issue (if at all, it would probably have to be placed in the children’s bathroom), I think it’s not energy efficient, as drying laundry by air saves both money and the environment.
In addition, we buy new clothes very, very rarely, so I take particular care of our items. I’m worried that in the dryer, clothes might shrink or wear out more quickly.
My parents next door do have a tumble dryer (which they use only occasionally); in winter we sometimes dry large items like bedding there. That suits us perfectly.
In summer, outdoors on the rotary dryer (we have two ground sockets, so we can reposition it depending on the sun’s position). In winter, we hang the laundry in the utility room, where we have clotheslines running across the room, allowing us to hang an entire load at once. There is also space for a drying rack in the utility room.
Thanks to the incoming and outgoing air ventilation in the utility room, the laundry dries much faster than in our old house!
We do not have, and do not want, a tumble dryer. Aside from the space issue (if at all, it would probably have to be placed in the children’s bathroom), I think it’s not energy efficient, as drying laundry by air saves both money and the environment.
In addition, we buy new clothes very, very rarely, so I take particular care of our items. I’m worried that in the dryer, clothes might shrink or wear out more quickly.
My parents next door do have a tumble dryer (which they use only occasionally); in winter we sometimes dry large items like bedding there. That suits us perfectly.
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Bieber081526 Oct 2016 16:39Then I’ll admit it: in the living room on the drying rack. When guests are around, we either don’t dry laundry there or, if necessary, use the drying rack in the home office (a last resort due to space constraints). Recently, also on the terrace.
Future plan: in the garden (which is still unused). However, I think in winter it will be indoors more often… it gets cold on the hands. Regular outdoor drying will only be possible once the laundry area is covered (final stage, 2017?).
We don’t own a dryer but would have space for one. So far, it just hasn’t been an issue.
Future plan: in the garden (which is still unused). However, I think in winter it will be indoors more often… it gets cold on the hands. Regular outdoor drying will only be possible once the laundry area is covered (final stage, 2017?).
We don’t own a dryer but would have space for one. So far, it just hasn’t been an issue.
Hi,
*lol* I won’t say what came to mind…
We put almost everything in the dryer because otherwise the utility room gets too humid. Of course, not shirts, sweaters, and similar items. In summer, sometimes a drying rack in the garden. But definitely no rotary clothesline…!! *shudder*
Best regards,
Andreas
hbf12 schrieb:
and my wife’s weird special clothes
*lol* I won’t say what came to mind…
We put almost everything in the dryer because otherwise the utility room gets too humid. Of course, not shirts, sweaters, and similar items. In summer, sometimes a drying rack in the garden. But definitely no rotary clothesline…!! *shudder*
Best regards,
Andreas
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