Buying a tumble dryer?
You should first get an outdoor dryer if you've got a garden as drying the clothes outside costs you nothing! In winter though it can be hard when it just keeps raining!
How much space have you got for a dryer? If you have a washer then you can often stack a dryer on top. If you have restricted space then buy a smaller one. These will take a smaller load.
Vented machines need access to the outside either via a special hole in the wall or a window. If you want to have a permanent connection to the outside this can be done fairly easily and cheaply.
Condensor dryers have a container to collect the water and this can sometimes be plumbed to a drain or it may need to be regularly emptied.
Fabrics. A square with a circle in means it can be tumble dried. One dot in the middle indicated low temperature and two means high. A cross through means not to tumble dry.
Argos sell tumble dryers
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Using a tumble dryer
Check filters every use. Clean and replace if damaged.
Don't overload.
Read your instruction manual for hints on using your particular machine.
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The
gentleman that fixes things told us that he
wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out
the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter
after every load)
He told us that he wanted to show us something;
he took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint
filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's
lint filter looks like.
Well,.the hot water just sat on top of the mesh!
It didn't go through it at all! He told us that dryer sheets cause a
film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit. You can't
SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make
your clothes soft and static free -- that nice fragrance too, you know
how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box, well this
stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also
what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn your house
down
with it!
He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very
long time (& to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter
out & wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other
brush)
at least every 3 months. He said that makes the life of the dryer at
least twice as long! How about that!?! Learn something new everyday!
I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that.
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