meelie

Does anyone else have a problem with fluff here or is it just me? I seem to get fluff on all my clothes and I'm sure my lungs are full of the stuff from my bed sheets and towels. I never had this problem in the UK so is this an Aussie thing or what? Can anyone tell me how to stop my linen defluffing everywhere before I suffocate in it!!!!!

Vash the Stampede

Yes, it's an Aussie thing.

The Ministry of Laundry Fluff has a helpful pamphlet which you can order through the post...

meelie

Cor fanks everso! Oh by the way, how do you know when you aren't yet living in OZ?

A dogs life

Do they have a pamphlet on dust too? Where the hell does the dust come from. We have a spare bedroom which we keep closed and sealed from week to week, and yet have to dust it every couple of weeks.

Mrs JTLs theory is that Oz houses aren't sealed to the outside environment too well, so even if you have all the doors and windows shut, you still get dust everywhere.

ADL

A dogs life

He can't wait to tell you he is a born and bred aussie

Vash the Stampede

I'm an Aussie born and bred; currently on a working holiday in the UK, where I've lived for the past 20 months.

Vash the Stampede

Vash the Stampede

I think you're right. I've noticed that UK houses are practically airtight (ventilation being an unknown science in these parts), while in Australia the reverse is true.

Aussie houses are designed to let the air and sun in; unfortunately, this brings dust as well.

Is your spare room carpeted? That might also be a factor.

Bella Donna

We lived in rural Somerset and it was terribly dusty from all the grass, although I am a fresh air fiend and constantly had the windows open. Nothing good about an airtight house.

I wonder too if people have a higher turnover of skin cells in Oz because of the hotter climate?

Sue

meelie

You are sooo right! And yes I have problems with dust too!!!!! Don't know if that is because of the way the houses are designed or the heat. Mind you this house we are renting is like living in a time warp! Talk about old fashioned decor!! Our dust could be due to the place crumbling quietly around our ears! Thank goodness we are moving in October!

meelie

EEEEWWWWWW :scared:

Vash the Stampede

Probably.

GinaUK

Is your washing-machine a top-loader by any chance? Many ppl on this forum have reported that one of the "side-effects" of a top-loader is fluff on clothes.

Gina

Pollyana

Not so bad here as we are on a breezy hill, but when we lived in a dip the house (north Brisbane) was thick with clumps of dust and fluff all the time, even the day after a thorough clean. Very bad for asthma/eczema but didn't seem to be any way of stopping it.

Bella Donna

But that's what dust is, mostly. Dead skin cells....