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I will ask the question anyway................
Any ideas how to dry towels in the winter in the caravan. I guess in the summer I can hang them in the awning.
At the moment I have a small wire clothes hanger (the sort you hang on radiators at home) which I hang the towels on. I like them in the shower area and hang it over the folding door then they are out of the way. No heat in there so they don't dry very well and if we need the loo we have to move the towels off (admist swearing from OH!!).
I hate having a shower and using a towel still damp from previous shower (what a princess am I?!
Any better solutions?
As they say on "Who wants to be a Millionaire" its easy if you know the answer...
I hang them in the car jammed under the headrests between the front and back seats and the car usually traps enough heat to dry them, or warms up if we're driving. Mind you, I haven't tried it in winter.
Hi flip53, I use those light weight hangers that just hook over the top of the doors, I alter the hook to fit van wardrobe door, and hang towels from them, they are high up enough to get the heat from van, this usualy dries them out,or use gas fire that is under wardrobe, and they are high enough up to stop them getting to hot to catch fire, and never leave fire on if going out even for short time.
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If you are on hook up put a small (less than 1kw) electric fan heater pointed into your shower room/just inside if you have room and hang the towels up in there. I have a small multi pegged hanger which conveniently hooks over the roof vent. But you will need to rig up whatever works in your space. If you can, close the door to as much as possible and you create a drying room. It generally does not take long to dry items this way so the loo is not out of use for long.
I have also put the fan heater directed at wet clothing on in the awning, with a bit of creativity you can hang items so that they create a bit of a room themselves and direct the heat into the middle.
If you go the route of hanging over doors, I have found picture rail hangers from diy stores are the nearest in size to fit over caravan doors.
As with all things you need to use common sense about safety and fire risk etc.
We have blown air in our bathroom so when the heater is on we just keep the one vent in there open along with the roof vent and hang them all around the rails,dry in no time and the toilet is lovely and warm.
Quote: Originally posted by AndyandLynda on 06/1/2011
We have blown air in our bathroom so when the heater is on we just keep the one vent in there open along with the roof vent and hang them all around the rails,dry in no time and the toilet is lovely and warm.
if slightly damp and you need to use them soon, try blasting with the hair dryer, and also choose towels that are thinner and easier to dry just for caravan use.
I would be i bit cautious though putting wet towels over the upholstry inside a car, the damp and warm atmosphere in there would be an ideal spot for mould and mildew growth, and could be a real pain to get rid of off the headrests and seats.
We have got one of those plastic circular clip hangers like sometimes found in the pound shop, we balance a towel on each side of its clips to keep it level then hang from one of the rear locker doorhandless out of the way, there normally dry within a couple of hours.
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I know this might sound daft but what sort of towels do you use? Microfibre towles dry much faster than traditional bath towels so it might be worth changing your towels.
We alternate towels. Hang the used one, opened out, over the shower door to take as much moisture out of it during the day as we can. At night swop them for the dry towels in the small cupboard which is above our heater. During the day they dry in the cupboard through the heat from the heater ready for swopping again at night. If we get some sun we hang them in the awning over the rotary clothes drier
Phil
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For caravanning we use the "micro-fibre" ones for showering etc.
These dry so very much easier what ever time of the year than the normal "terry" type, but are less comfy to use.
In damp weather we put them loosely folded on top of the Alde boiler in the base of the wardrobe so they both dry and are then lovely and warm to use.
When I first met my wife she could never work out why my towel was still almost dry after using it. The secret is to "flannel off" most of the moisture after showering with a decent facecloth, wringing it out as neccessary, before using a towel for the final rub down. It certainly makes towel drying a lot easier, we have a rail fitted across the shower cubicle just clear of the ceiling for drying them, or more like airing them usually.
I was given the "flannel first" tip by an ex-soldier, apparently they use it when in the field, though he recommended a bar towel (preferably Boddingtons, he said) for a flannel, as they are more absorbent.
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We have adopted the least amount of towels needed for a family policy and then dry them over the oil filled radiator we have, or in summer over the cloths hanger. Also hanging in shower room with small elec fan hater is adequate. Our towels are just bigger than hand towels and do the job just as well and reduces the amount of bulk needed.
Failing that don't shower and get even more back to nature!!.