Washing and drying clothes is another area that you can save money in.
Do the some math’s here on number of washing loads per year that you do and challenge your family do it, in the lease number times possible. It would a good math problem for the children to work on! 10 x 10 grid will do, to see if you can cut back here. That number loads per day from 1 to 10 across then down 1 to 10 days, doing that number of loads in each column. When this is up made it will give an 'Annual number of wash loads.' Look at these figures and see if you can do better than you are doing now!
Looking at the chart when made, you can see that timing of your wash can save you money and time too!
If you can do:
Single Household
One load, every 5 or 6 days that’s 73 or 60 loads per year.
Two loads every 9 days that’s 80 loads per year.
Three loads every 10 days that’s 111 loads per year.
Family and Multi-Person Households
Clutter Busters and Time Management people.
Will tell you that a family needs to stay on top of the family washing and drying in clothes dryer. Will need to wash everyday, one load at night and one in the morning. Putting the washing straight into the dryer or on the line as you take them out. That’s would be 730 loads per year or more. That just Two loads per day.
Questions to ask yourself:
How big is your household?
What sizes are your washing machine and dryer?
Does it take more than two hours to wash and dry in the dryer each load?
How much line space do you have if any?
How many loads can put on the line at once?
Would it be more economical to get a larger washing machine or dryer or an extra clothesline?
Do I need to wash towels and bed linen daily or every other day?