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Re: S/O if you don't have a dryer
Although it has become more common here to have a dryer historically it wasn't. The unit we live in is older and it doesn't even have a dryer hook-up or space for one, but there is space and hook-up for a washing machine.
We could put an electric dryer in the garage probably, but it is inconvenient, with a manual roller door being the only entry and it's full of spiders. Plus an electric dryer would be costly to run - electricity isn't cheap here. My PILs have a dryer and have offered me the use of it, and I could go to a laundry-mat if I wanted, but who wants to lug heavy wet laundry around. It's easier to just hang it out on nice days or hang it inside on wet days. I only do big stuff - bedding etc. when the weather forecast is dry. You get used to planning laundry around the weather forecast.
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We don't have one because of space, because of the cost of electrics, because of the cost outlay of buying one, because I love line-drying in the summer, and because I can line dry and not waste energy.
We have one of those washer/dryer combos. You know, the kind where the 'drying' function is false advertising.
Since we rent, we can't really install one. And, honestly, I air-dried most of my clothes before, so it's not a massive change for me.
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No room.
I did live in a house with one when I first moved in with H. IT was great.
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Not true, dryers have been common in Australia for as long as they have been popular in America. We just don't use them unless we actually have to. And because we have 240 volt electricity you don't need a special hookup. You just plug it in. It doesn't need a vent, you just open the window or the back door. We also often mount them on the wall, which is why you don't think there's room for one.
yea I agree with Knitty - a lot of people do have them here, just don't use them often
most people would be more apt to use their hills hoist - to dry in the sun for free
we got a dryer when we had dd, but MAN is it expensive to use, so I use it as little as possible!!!
This.
I have never had one and honestly don't see the point.
OMG this. Having a baby has at least doubled our laundry, which is weird since we use disposable diapers and the kid only weighs 6 lbs--how does he generate so much laundry?! But he spits up a lot, so we wash lots of bibs and burp cloths plus the clothes he spits up on (his and ours). Add that to the at least once a day that he pees on me or himself during diaper changes and it's a huge amount of dirty clothes every day!