THE number of washing loads done by households went up by nearly ten per cent between 2005 and 2014. It means the average home now does 260 loads a year , or five a week. Ao.
com laundry expert Gwilym Snook said: “Many of us tend to over- wash clothes that aren’t necessarily dirty after each wear. "Jeans or jumpers can be worn multiple times before they need a wash, a habit which can prolong their life.” We ask four readers about how often they wash their clothes .
Working mum Cassie Cooper BUSY Cassie, 41, says she wears her bra for a week before washing it. read more on money The married mum of two, from Darlington, Co Durham , puts on up to five loads of washing a day. She said: “With kids, the pile of laundry can seem never ending.
” Bed sheets: weekly Jumpers: 2 wears Occasion dresses: 2 wears Day dress: 1 wear Shirt/T-shirt: 1 wear Trousers: 4 wears Bras: 7 wears Underwear: 1 wear Shirts: 1 wear Trousers: 5 wears Jumper: 4 wears Socks: 1 wear Undies: 1 wear KIDS’ CLOTHES: Most read in Fabulous Jumpers: 3 wears Shirts: 1 wear Underwear: 1 wear Socks: 1 wear Dress: 1 wear Skirt: 1 wear Trousers: 5 wears Single Paul Daniels PAUL’S mum cleans his bedding every two weeks. The 51-year-old painter and decorator, of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear , does his laundry by hand in the kitchen sink twice a week. He said: “It is easier and less expensive to do it by hand.
I save on energy and cash. “I put about eight items at a time in the sink with some washing powder an.