tumble Dryer

[JustChillin]

My tumble drier has broken down so I've started to take towels and bedlinen to the laundrette. I can get two loads of laundry washed,dried and folded for £6.50. Also I just leave it in one day and collect it the next and for a bit extra, duvet covers are ironed.

It is really convenient, but feels a bit extravagent.

Would it be cheaper just to continue to do this rather than fix the drier / buy a new one, than wash and dry it myself?
I've always thought the drier was costly to use. Does anyone know how to work out a comparison?

[boxtops]

The only way I could work it out a while back (because people were telling me that the dryer was expensive) was not to use the machine for a month and see how much electricity I saved. I tumble probably four loads max a week (there is only the two of us) and the saving was negligible. Added to which you don' have to trek around with your laundry.
I don't ever iron anything that doesn't need it, so I wouldn't press duvet covers, just fold them smoothly, so I can't compare with that.

[jomifl]

to work out how much the drier costs to run, take the power consumption in kilowatts from the plate on the back, mulifply it by the amount you pay for a unit of electricity (this will be on your electricity bill) and multiply that by the number of hours per week that you use it for example;

2.2KW X 8pence X 6 hours =£1.05 per week

I am guessing these figures so you will have to substitute your own to get an accurate answer.

[AlBags]

God .. Better off guessing : )

I'd say you were spending £1-2 per week .. without having to go out, walk around, drive, wait in a cold launderette watching someone else's bloomers going around in a machine for an hour, when you could be watching TV or eating chocolate.
Get my drift? : )

[karenmac60]

I thought you'd enjoy watching someone else's bloomers Al ;)

[AlBags]

I'd iron yours Karen .. You know I would xx

[AlBags]

... and that reminds me ... How is your cat?

[karenmac60]

I think I have an epileptic pussy ;) He hasn't had any more fits but the vet seems to think he will at some point. Apart from that he's absolutely fine and causing as much trouble as ever, thanks x

[AlBags]

Well .. I never met a girl with an epileptic pussy before .. That's a first : )

Good news tho x

[karenmac60]

Al, you may well have done and not known, you just need to ask... :) x

[mrs.chappie]

When I had my new kitchen fitted I had a pulley installed. You know the ones, old-fashioned but great for drying your clothes.

[jomifl]

If you can't dry your clothes outside a tumble drier is better than hanging them up in the house because the moisture is piped away ( or should be). Allowing moisture from drying laundry to permeate the house just leads to unhealthy living conditions unless you have adequate ventilation.

[jomifl]

Albags, it's only multiplication fer crisake, anyone can do it even without a calculator.

[mrs.chappie]

I still use my tumbler, I tumble the worst of the wetness off, then iron them while slightly damp, then stick them on the pulley to air-dry.