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 "title": "What to buy for drying clothes indoors",
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 "answer": "Four things for drying washing indoors: a heated airer, a plain airer, a dehumidifier to sit beside it, and a retractable line over the bath. Tumble dryers, drying pods and treating damp or mould are not covered.",
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  "The methods come from Which?'s tests of heated airers, drying pods and dehumidifiers, and from its advice to keep wet washing off radiators.",
  "Where the washing goes follows council damp advice: if you must dry indoors, use the bathroom with the door shut and the window open or the extractor fan on.",
  "The page is about getting washing dry. Damp and mould already in the home have their own page, and no running costs are quoted because they depend on your tariff and load."
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   "what": "A tumble dryer",
   "why": "Which? calls it the fastest indoor option and the best fit for big households with several large loads a week; if you buy one, it recommends a heat pump model."
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   "what": "A drying pod",
   "why": "Which? found pods dried a small cotton load in about two hours, but they draw 1,000 W or more against 200 to 300 W for a heated airer, and hold only 12 to 18 garments."
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   "question": "Is it bad to dry clothes on radiators?",
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   "answer": "Yes. In a Which? test, a dehumidifier almost halved drying time and pulled about 2 litres of water from the air. Set it up in a small room with doors and windows closed, near the airer but clear of drips. Any dehumidifier works; without a laundry setting, Which? says to set the target humidity to 30 to 40%."
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   "question": "Do dehumidifiers work in a cold room?",
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