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« Reply #15 on: July 04, 2009, 04:45:12 PM » |
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If you have a house with a utility room then dryers aren't a problem. Most UK people up to the age of 40/45 were, however, brought up in households where a spin dryer was a luxury, and the idea that you need a dryer has taken a very long time to penetrate the population.
As I said, if you can dry clothes without a dryer in Glasgow, they aren't really needed.
Besides, outside dried clothes just smell so much better . . . although I admit that this is probably a UK bias.
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« Reply #16 on: July 05, 2009, 07:44:29 AM » |
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Besides, outside dried clothes just smell so much better . . . although I admit that this is probably a UK bias.
No... not a UK bias! When I lived in South Carolina I dried my clothes outside as much as possible. But, there I didn't have to worry about rain the way I have to worry about rain in the UK. In SC during the summer I'd put the clothes out on the line and by the time the next load was ready to hang the first load was dry. Sun dried cotton sheets are one of the biggest aphrodisiacs I've ever experienced! But... here in the UK it can be bright and sunny... you hang your clothes outside.... and by the time you get to the back door it's pissing down. |
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« Reply #17 on: July 05, 2009, 08:00:31 AM » |
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The average dryer uses 875 killowatt hours of electricity a year. Why not try the drying rack first, and then if it really bothers you, get a dryer.
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« Reply #18 on: July 05, 2009, 08:45:53 AM » |
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Last June, in a fit of enviromental consciousness, I put up a clothes line. It then proceeded to rain almost every day of July and August!
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« Reply #19 on: July 05, 2009, 09:40:44 AM » |
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We have a washer/dryer combo but find it does not dry clothes very well. We run it through the full washer/dryer cycle and then hang everything on a dryer/clothes rack out in the conservatory. We don't have a clothes line outdoors. It annoys me to have clothes hanging all over the place and I really don't like the way towels feel (very stiff) but for the most part, it dries fairly quickly out there on the rack.
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« Reply #20 on: July 05, 2009, 10:45:38 AM » |
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I'm with Science_Expat: life is too short! I plan on renting a house with a vented dryer or buying one and finding some place for it even if I have to build a vent (SE, I may need to seek detailed instructions from you on how to do so). In the meanwhile, I found this heated dryer rack and thought it might be a good (temporary) alternative. http://www.lakeland.co.uk/F/product/21736 |
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« Reply #21 on: July 05, 2009, 01:46:17 PM » |
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I'm with Science_Expat: life is too short! I plan on renting a house with a vented dryer or buying one and finding some place for it even if I have to build a vent (SE, I may need to seek detailed instructions from you on how to do so). In the meanwhile, I found this heated dryer rack and thought it might be a good (temporary) alternative. http://www.lakeland.co.uk/F/product/21736I wouldn't waste my money. You can buy a used 'tumble' dryer for about £50 |
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« Reply #22 on: July 05, 2009, 04:26:09 PM » |
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I'm with Science_Expat: life is too short! I plan on renting a house with a vented dryer or buying one and finding some place for it even if I have to build a vent (SE, I may need to seek detailed instructions from you on how to do so). In the meanwhile, I found this heated dryer rack and thought it might be a good (temporary) alternative. http://www.lakeland.co.uk/F/product/21736Ooh! Lakeland! |
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« Reply #23 on: July 05, 2009, 10:12:31 PM » |
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Ooh! Lakeland!
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Lakeland is a good place to shop, I take it?
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« Reply #24 on: July 06, 2009, 03:01:36 AM » |
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Ooh! Lakeland!
Lakeland is a good place to shop, I take it? It's the Williams-Sonoma of the UK (kind of). Have you visited England at all? A lot of your basic questions would be answered by just spending a few days in the UK. |
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« Reply #25 on: July 06, 2009, 03:30:45 AM » |
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Tumble dryers in the UK are SMALL! They are lightweight.... and they run on regular household current. All you need is a long bit of flexible venting duct that you can hang out of a window and you're ok... seriously. You can put the dryer in a corner of any room with a window and electricity and be happy until you get a place where you can have it properly/securely vented.
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« Reply #26 on: July 06, 2009, 10:36:34 AM » |
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We've been given permission to buy our own tumble dryer for our rental house if we like. Thanks for all the advice and perspective. My current plan is to make no decisions in advance. We'll see how we manage with 2 kids (of Very Messy Eater age), radiator racks, a line dryer, and the rain, and if it doesn't work, we'll try a heated rack or a tumble dryer. I'm glad my niggling question helped some other folks, and I'm also glad to learn about Lakeland (though I suspect I won't be buying much there).
Bacardi, I spent just under three days in the UK for my interview, and apart from that it's only been a few visits of a few days each over the past 15 years. This is a big plunge, and I'm sure it will all make more sense a month or two after the move, but I am trying to learn what I can now and hit the ground running... or at least, not falling over.
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« Reply #27 on: July 07, 2009, 07:41:37 PM » |
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You can get a new dryer (?Argos?) for around a hundred quid.
Also: buy an electric kettle. You'll never look back. The Americans in my lab are awed by the one I bought for the office.
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« Reply #28 on: July 08, 2009, 03:08:50 AM » |
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Especially the kind with the kettle that lifts off the base -- so that there's no need to remove the plug from the socket when taking the kettle to refill it.
Genius.
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« Reply #29 on: July 08, 2009, 05:58:46 AM » |
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Especially the kind with the kettle that lifts off the base -- so that there's no need to remove the plug from the socket when taking the kettle to refill it.
Genius.
You mean you can actually still get the old style? It certainly didn't look that way the last time I was in John Lewis. Oh yeah, that reminds me. John Lewis, all your household needs under one roof. It's not the cheapest, because it doesn't stock the absolutely cheapest stuff, but everything they do stock is of impeccable quality. Unless you're moving to Oxford, in which case you will end up loving Boswells. Unless, of course, you die of starvation trying to find the exit. |
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