Laundry - How Often

Jules

Jules

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How often or how many loads do you do per week? People used to have a Laundry Day.

DH says I’m always doing laundry and should do it all on one day like he used to. His advice was not solicited. 😂.

Fortunately I have the space to store sorted types in baskets in the laundry room. Once there’s a load of a type I wash it and it does tend to be weekly, because I have apartment size machines. It’s no big deal to go to the basement and just do a load or two. Everything is set up.

Sheets x 2, towels, dark/heavy, whites, perma press and these may be divided by colours, and hand wash for delicates. Seems reasonable to me.
 

I wash the sheets every Sunday afternoon and remake the bed.

I wash and fold the dark clothes whenever the basket gets close to being full. This ranges from 6 to 9 days.

I iron my clothes when I have too many items hanging in the laundry room. I don't even attempt to iron my wife's.

My wife tells me that I am pretty good at handling this task. When I retired 15 years ago, I just started doing it without and discussion for some reason it just doesn't seem like work.

In exchange, I get to eat some mighty fine cooking.
 
You’re a good man, @Pecos, sharing the workload. My husband does too but I don’t want him doing the laundry because he doesn’t do it my way, not that I’m fussy. It’s a rare day that I iron unless it’s linen. So many cotton items are no-iron now. My British friends iron everything.
 
I usually do 4 loads a week. I do one load of dark clothes and one of colors. Wash and hang on my shower curtain rod to dry. I think my clothing lasts longer not going in the dryer. Then one load of sheets and one of towels. They do go in the dryer. In the laundry room it is $1.75 for the washer and $1.50 for the dryer. My loads are not usually large and I like to keep them that way. I do not usually do them all on the same day. Depends on how I feel.
 
I go to the launderette approx. every two weeks. It usually costs me $9.00-$10.00 to use the more powerful industrial washers and a conventional dryer. I switched to Tide pods so I don’t have to lug an assortment of laundry products.

I also rinse out a few things at home and hang them up to dry on bars in the bathtub.

I really miss having my own laundry equipment.

I did a little research on having a laundry service a couple of years ago and at that time it was $30-$40/week. If I stop driving it might be worth it.
 
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Electricity rates are cheaper on weekends and holidays here (Ontario) so I do my laundry on the weekend. About 2 loads a week and more if I do bedding and other stuff that don't get washed every week (mats under lamps, etc). I have an extra set of sheets. Younger ds does his own laundry. With the warm weather clothes are hung out to dry on the clothes line (but not the sheets as they are too heavy for me).
 
I used to do laundry nearly three days a week, and it was so much work carting the laundry down to the basement, washing, drying then folding and hanging things up. Then I got tired and asked hubby to do his own laundry. Now he waits until the weekend and washes all his stuff at once, and leaves it in the basket, unfolded (drives me nuts) but now it is not so exhausting.
 
carouselsilver said:
I used to do laundry nearly three days a week, and it was so much work carting the laundry down to the basement, washing, drying then folding and hanging things up. Then I got tired and asked hubby to do his own laundry. Now he waits until the weekend and washes all his stuff at once, and leaves it in the basket, unfolded (drives me nuts) but now it is not so exhausting.
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LOL, Cart that Lad off the Navy Boot Camp. They will cure him of that little issue.
 
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