How Much Laundry do you do?

[washboy2005]

Just out of general interest - How much laundry do you do, and for how many people...

I.E How many loads do you average out at per day/per week. How big are they, and how do you sort?

Do you sort with a compulsion? Whites, pale colors, bright colours, dark colours, blacks, white towels, color towels, white sheets, color sheets, white delicates, color delicates, dark delicates?

I currently wash for a family of 4-5 people.
Mum, Dad, Me 16, Sister 15, and occasionally my niece who comes to stay once or twice a week aged 6.

I average out at around 3 loads a week, or 5 loads if i sort obsessively.
One load of whites and pale colors along with white towels, and pale towels. This is a FULL load in my hotpoint.
One load of bright colors and deep colors, along with deep color towels. FULL load.
One load of sheets, most sheets in my house are pale coloured and can be washed together without colours running.

Do I do a small amount compared to most or am I doing too much?

Come on everyone chip in!!

 

[hoovermatic]

I would say you are doing bloody well if you can get away with 3-5 loads with 4-5 people. I wash for two and do about 5 loads a week, more with bed linen. What am I doing wrong?!?!?

 

[oldhouseman]

Same here

hoovermatic. Two people in the house, 4 to 5 loads a week. Whites, dark colors, pale colors, bed clothes and then sometimes more with two Boxer dogs in the household. I never do half loads, full loads only. I don't mind the laundry part at all. That can be fun. Ironing is not on my list of things I like to do. I don't see a way to cut down unless I mixed loads and that certainly will not happen.

 

[tuthill]

Me, Myself, and I

I do two loads every week. One for all my dark stuff, and one for all my white stuff. Always on the heaviest cycle, warm warm for the darks and hot cold for the whites.

 

[toggleswitch]

Mondays=> darks
Wednesdays=> darks, pillowcases and towels.
Thursdays= > whites with white bathroom rug, bathmat and white dedicated towel with which to dry sink.
Saturdays=> Bedding, towels and misc items such as pajamas some darks, kitchen (tea) towels, etc.

I used to wash on M, W, F to allow for two days air/drying time on wooden racks.(in the days I could not have a dryer). Saturday was for towels and sheets in the buildng's laundry room, to be able to use a dryer.

Moved Friday to Thurdsay to be more social on that day. LOL

So that is 4 to 5 loads a week for two people and the occasional visitor.

 

[iheartmaytag]

I average about one full or Extra-large load a day. Usually a load of bath towels every other day, and a load of perm press EOD. On weekends when I strip beds I do from three to seven depending if I do blankets and mattress covers or just sheets.

There are three in my house but with a three year old she seems to generate more laundry than the two of us put together.

Last winter when she had the pukes I was doing eight to 12 loads a day for about a week solid. I used an entire large bottle of Tide that week alone.

 

[whirlcool]

We have enough clothing to last us two weeks before we have to do laundry. So every two weeks we do about 6-8 loads of laundry.
Household Whites - Bedsheets 1 load
Colored Shirts, Blouses Light Colors & Khakis 1 load
Towels - 2 loads
Denims,Dark Cottons, Socks - 1 load
White underwear & socks - 1 load
Ladies "delicates" - 1 load

 

[speed_queen75]

With Nathan being in construction, I average 8 loads a week, I am very picky about clean clothes, i wash all the towels every other day, the sheets and linens every Wednesday, mine and Nathan's clothes, about every day. I do sort my laundry, in categories, Jeans with jeans, towels with towels, etc etc. So yeah i am constantly washing.

 

[askomiele]

Here we wash mostly during the weekends due to the lower electricity prices. Spontaniously a load or two during the week.

One week is good for:
2 loads of whites
2 loads of towels
3-4 loads of clothing

Oh off the record, my washer had a 5kilo capacity!

 

[rpm]

Three people and one wiener dog

That would be 7 to 10 loads a week.
Two loads of towels,two bedding,three clothing.
Can go up to ten with visitors or if the dog gets ticked off.
He will take out anger with the lift of his leg on bath mats.
Has been known to also hit the edge of a king size comforter.
That one has to go to the coin wash to the oversized machine and finding 14 quarters.

 

[48bencix]

Just about every day

I do one load of white, hot, cold, cold. One load of colors, warm, cold, cold. One load of sheets, warm, cold, cold. I use Tide powder "Free" for non white, Tide powder with bleach for whites. Always second rinse.

My partner does about 3 loads per week also, but he likes warm rinses, for hot this means a change during the washing.

We have 2001 Maytag Dependable Care, plus the ocassional loads in the 1-18 and AMP.

Most of these loads are not full, but I usually run the tub full of water.

Martin

 

[zodawash]

once twice thrice

We do about 2-3 loads a week for 2 people in the AEG though when the Dyson was working (sob sob) 2 loads max with its huge drum lol.

1 load of darks
1 load of whites
possibly 1 more load of darks if needed due to workwear

Steve

 

[countryguy]

There are 2 of us and I average 4 loads per week - 1 for whites (towels, socks, t-shirts, etc.), 1 for dark towels, sweat pants, sweat shirts, work pants, 1 for coloured shirts, dress shirts and 1 for socks, underwear, dress pants. Oh and when the bedding is washed that's another load.

 

[lavamat78800]

I do about 8-12 loads a week and am washing for 4,5 persons: Mum, Dad, Me16, Sis18, my sis´s boyfriend 19.
If the bedding has to be done too, so its +2 loads.

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[washboy2005]

Wow this thread is going great guns already!!

I seem to be doing a rather small amount of laundry for my family LOL!!! Just to point out we do change under garments and the sorts every-day. School shirts are changed everyday, however parents change their t-shirts depending up on daily activities, and staining. My dad can wear a pair of jeans for around 4-5 days and they still arent all that dirty or smelly!!

B.T.W My washer has a 7kg load capacity!!

 

[maytagbear]

Just me, most of the time,

Once in a while, though, Boris T. Catt's resting towels will need to be washed, or something else from him (one end or the other); however, usually, 3-4 loads a week.

Dark things (polos, jeans, khakis, socks)-- full load, warm/cold, gentle wash, fast (!) spin.

White things (small load) hot/cold, gentle wash, fast spin.

Bath towels, all darks, hot/cold, regular wash/fast spin, extended.

Sheets as needed. I change them weekly, but only wash every other week (2 sets, single bed). Hot/cold, gentle wash, fast spin.

However, my "fast" spin is only 600 something rpm. However, I always, always, use the "extended spin" button.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[golittlesport]

Two people and probably average about 5 loads a week - sheets, towels and jeans each get their own load. Then whites and colors for the clothing.

 

[washabear]

Just me here. I average three loads per week: one clothes, one towels, and one sheets. I don’t have much in the way of white, black, or very dark clothes, so I just put all the clothes together in a single load.

 

[passatdoc]

I wash for myself and a Rhodesian Ridgeback

3-6 loads per week:

1-2 loads of towels (for medical reasons I am allowed to use bath towels only once and then I have to wash the towel) (hot, heavy duty cycle)

1 load sturdy cottons every other week (jeans, t shirts, sports clothes: warm, heavy or normal cycle)

1 load permanent press per week (warm, perm press cycle; these are all 100% cotton but treated with wrinkle resistant finish)

1 load bed linens every ten days or so. (warm or hot, heavy or normal cycle)

1 load dog blankets/towels every other week (warm, heavy duty cycle)

 

[brisnat81]

Im amazed that you can fit it all in

With the two of us, in a 5.5kg Miele I manage the following per week.

2 full loads of bedding
1 full Load of towels
1 full load of business shirts
1 half load of whites
1 full load of darks.

I'm just amazed that you can fit 4 sets of sheets in a single load.

My wash day is Saturday morning, and I usually set the first load to finish at 6am. With the wash times I have, it usually takes around 8 hours to get it all done.

 

[passatdoc]

ps 3.5 cu ft (10 kg) Frigidaire FL 2140. I have a three-bag sorting cart, with overhead rail for hanging clothes on hangers, and a full bag fills the machine. I only wash full loads unless it's a special cycle like washing sweaters on gentle cycle, etc., or something heavily soiled that I'm washing by itself.

 

[andyelectrolux]

I wash only for myself and do four loads per week.

1)Colors
2)Whites
3)Blacks
4)Sheets

We (roomate, his BF, I) share a crappy Whirlpool which I cannot wait to replace with a Miele. Sometimes the water just drains out of it and it doesn't even go into spin mode.

 

[frigilux]

My weekly wash:

2 loads of kitchen whites and personal garments

1 load of sheets

1 load of blacks/dark colors

1 load of light colors

1 load of bath towels

I usually have guests for dinner on Wednesday and brunch/lunch on Sunday, so I wash a load of whites each of those days. I use commercial poly-cotton white tablecloths on the dinner table and the buffet line. There are almost always children accompanying my adult guests and they tend to drip/drop on both the table and buffet.

Occasionally, when I have to return to work in the evening a couple of times during the week, I'll change into fresh clothes and consequently will have an extra catch-all load of dress shirts/pants at some point in the week.

 

[jeffg]

Just for my partner and I, and with a super capacity W&D it doesn't work out to that many loads/week:

1 (sometimes 2) warm/warm for "regular" clothes (just about all of our shirts and pants are cotton)

1 (sometimes 2) hot/warm for bedding, towels and cotton underwear

1 (sometimes 2) hottish-warm/cold for acrylic (mainly socks). We wash these separately, because it's the only thing we use fabric softener on.

 

[spaniel50]

How much wash do you do

The Neptune does 6 loads per week. Love that water bill with the front load machine! No more off balance loads either.All you hear is the water doing it's thing.

 

[appnut]

It variews from week to week for me. I stopile laundry until I run out of whatever category it is--shirts, slacks, whites, sweaters, jeans, shorts, golf shirts/t-shirts, bedding; TOWELS (all 36 sets). And the Fridgemore is accustomed to BobLoads. When Steve 1/18 brought my Fridgemore to me october, 2006, he witnessed the stopiled laundry. Same with Glenn at the 1st Texas wash-in in 2005 (as did poor Bryan, I stuffed the trunk of his rental car with 30 gallon trashbags full of laundry lol). This past Sunday I did 7 loads, the previous Sunday 8; next week I'll have about 3.

 

[suds14]

I average 12-15 loads per week. family of 4 ( 2 teenagers).Most of the loads are med to large loads. I do tend to short by color.

Load 1 Whites
2 Towels
3 Towels
4 Sheets and light blue & whites with dark prints
5 Peach, yellow, cream & mint green
6 pink & purples
7 Beige & brown
8 Blue, green & gray (sometime this is 2 loads)
9 Navy
10 Jeans
11 Red
12 Black
13 Rags
every other week rugs

 

[pulsator]

I do 3 loads a week for myself: colors, whites and towels. Every other week I do my bedding which adds 3 loads: comforter, sheets, and matress pad.

I also do 3 loads a week for my sister: darks, brights, and whites, and whenever she remembers, which is about every other month, her sheets as well.

Then I do about 5 loads for my mom a week: 2 dark loads, a light colors load, a whites load, and her sheets.

So I can do anywhere from 11-15 loads a week, generally, they are all large loads, but I do do the occassional small delicates load, which adds yet another load on top!

 

[dirtybuck]

It Depends On When I Do It!

I generally do 3-4 loads of laundry every 2-3 weeks. However, within the next few weeks, some items may increase and some may decrease.
I usually use one towel per week, so not alot there. I generally wash jeans and towels together.
Shirts/tshirts go in one load.
Whites and underwear go in one load.
Sheets and misc. colors go together.

I switch between TideHE (powder), Tide w/Bleach (powder and liquid), Gain (powder) and Wisk-Wisk HE.

And that's my plan for clean laundry.

 

[dirtybuck]

OH...

And it's only for myself.