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Post by dewryce on Jun 10, 2019 2:22:10 GMT
We don't have a dryer, so yes, I hang everything to dry. It is not common for people here to have a dryer, unless they have a combo washer/dryer. There is a communal dryer in the basement of our building, but it is more convenient to hang things. With just the 2 of us, it easily fits on one drying rack most of the time. I would imagine that you also have a smaller European sized washer as well. I did many more loads per week when we lived in Paris due to the size of our washer. Much smaller than the typical American washer! Oh, that makes sense as to having enough space to hang everything to dry at once! |
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Post by PNWMom on Jun 10, 2019 2:47:32 GMT
Every freaking day. I have a 7 month old and a two year old, and my baby is the spittiest baby who ever spit. We have quilted blankets that we patchwork all over our family room floor to keep the baby puke on a washable surface, and those alone get washed at least 2-3 times a week. I am a nurse and work M-F so I just have scrubs to wash and a variety of jammies....but my child will inevitably spit up all over me so I end up with lots of jammies needing washing. Plus drenching night sweats from surgical menopause, so I go through clothes pretty quickly.
My husband washes his own clothes and I am thiiiiis close to screaming at him sometimes because he is one of those people who puts things in their pockets. I am not. He puts paper towels and tissues in his pockets because he has terrible allergies and blows his nose year round. He forgets to remove this stuff before he washes clothing, so I always end up opening up the dryer and having a poof of paper bits come spilling out. Drives me batty!!
We just bought another house, but will rent it for a few years before we do a massive remodel and add a second floor. One thing I LOVE is that it has a huge laundry room in the basement. Our current laundry room is teeny tiny. In the new house, we will put a massive closet system in so that clothing can get laundered and hung up right there. We are not big fans of keeping clothes up in our bedroom now, so we plan to stay that way in the new house. Right now, clothes are washed, but there's a significant lag between washing and making it upstairs/getting put away, and most of the time I just end up getting clothes to wear right from the laundry room.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 10, 2019 3:20:02 GMT
I usually start the laundry on Mondays and wash as many loads as I can get done. I work from home so I can put a load in right away in the morning and listen for the buzzer while I’m doing paperwork. When I’m at a good stopping point with what I’m doing, I switch it to the dryer and put another load in to wash. We have a HE washer so it takes longer to wash than our old non-HE washer, I can usually get 3, sometimes 4 loads washed and dried. I start with DH’s (usually two loads), continue with either mine or DD’s, whoever has more.
Then on Tuesdays, I’ll strip DD’s bed and put clean sheets on it and start the process of washing all her bedding (allergies require it and it’s a total PITA) so I can put her duvet and blankets back on, and continue on to wash whatever clothing didn’t get washed the day before. If I’m caught up on paperwork, I’ll start getting things folded. Since I now wash each person’s items all together, the folding part goes much quicker since everything is the same size and can all be stacked in one basket.
Wednesdays I wash whatever else is left. I have extra sets of sheets for all the beds so the sheets can be changed whenever and I don’t have to rush to get the other ones washed. We also have extra sets of towels for the same reason. I like to hang up the towels to dry so I’m not lugging a heavy basket full of wet towels down the stairs and so they don’t get stinky.
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Post by MZF on Jun 10, 2019 3:47:35 GMT
I usually do a load or two mid-week, and a couple of loads on the weekend.
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Post by 950nancy on Jun 10, 2019 4:04:36 GMT
Generally one day with three loads. Sometimes four.
I work from home and can easily toss in loads between phone conferences and emails.
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Jun 10, 2019 4:42:55 GMT
I have free electricity from 8 PM on Friday until midnight Sunday, so try to do laundry and run the dishwasher primarily on the weekends.
I seperate whites, coloreds, towels, delicates.
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Post by sueg on Jun 10, 2019 5:13:43 GMT
We don't have a dryer, so yes, I hang everything to dry. It is not common for people here to have a dryer, unless they have a combo washer/dryer. There is a communal dryer in the basement of our building, but it is more convenient to hang things. With just the 2 of us, it easily fits on one drying rack most of the time. TFS. I think we would have to constantly be rotating out clothes to have enough time in the week for all of our clothes to have a chance to dry. And what about larger items like linens? I find that most things dry in under 24 hours, so it's not an issue. We have enough clothes to last 3 or 4 days, easy. Linens, we have a pull out rack over the bathtub which can manage them. If we wash first thing, straight after our showers, sheets are dry by bedtime. |
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Post by sueg on Jun 10, 2019 5:16:05 GMT
We don't have a dryer, so yes, I hang everything to dry. It is not common for people here to have a dryer, unless they have a combo washer/dryer. There is a communal dryer in the basement of our building, but it is more convenient to hang things. With just the 2 of us, it easily fits on one drying rack most of the time. I would imagine that you also have a smaller European sized washer as well. I did many more loads per week when we lived in Paris due to the size of our washer. Much smaller than the typical American washer! Our washer holds 5kg (12lb), which is a bit smaller than our Australian one, which was 7kg (15.5lb), but here I am only washing for 2 people, so actually fewer loads per week than before. |
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Post by cyndijane on Jun 10, 2019 11:34:06 GMT
We have three boys, so I’m washing often. Not quite daily- although i could, we generate enough laundry to wash every day. Our current home is small and older, my washer is in my kitchen and often doubles as counter space. Washing every day means it must be cleared off, and that’s just not practical.
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Post by likescarrots on Jun 10, 2019 13:15:43 GMT
My husband takes one weekend day and I take the other. We will sometimes do a load on a weeknight (usually towels, sheets, etc. But sometimes our clothes).
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Post by workingclassdog on Jun 10, 2019 14:21:42 GMT
If I am being good like this past weekend, I started on Friday morning before going to work. I throw a load in before I leave. Then when I get off work, I continue and usually done by Saturday night. If I am REALLY on top of it, it is even put away.. Sometimes that falls into Sunday....
Sometimes when I am not that good, I am dragging into Tuesday before I wrap it up.. which I hate, because then I feel like I am already drowning in laundry before Friday.
That does not include special washings like sheets, blankets, etc. Blankets or rugs I try to run on off laundry days.. Sheets would be washed Saturday morning so I can either get a new set up and make up my bed or at least get them back on my bed before I go to bed. I am totally not an anal person about getting it done. There might be times I saw screw it and sleeping on top of a blanket.. LOL
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Post by padresfan619 on Jun 10, 2019 14:52:51 GMT
Whenever the hamper gets full. I do our sheets and towels once a week at minimum and my husbands work shirts once a week as well. I have enough clothing that I can go by more than a couple weeks without doing any laundry but I try to not let it pile up.
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