Tumble dryer in a new build

Tumble dryer is a 100% necessity in this country.

not everything can go in it of course so there are other options like wall mounted drying rack, even heated rack for those items. With MVHR drying inside shouldn’t be an issue as suggested in the above post.

We have UFH and MHRV. The house is NZEB and airtight. BER A1.

No tumble drier. No mould. Washed clothes are popped onto a clothes horse in the utility room. Dry in less than 24 hrs. Been doing that for 3 years.

In fairness, there's only 2 of us. But herself is particular about clean clothes, sheets, towels etc. and we probably wash as many clothes etc. as a 4 person household.

Would you not need a MHRV extract in the same room as the dryer to remove all the moisture .

Are you sure? That’s not how it’s normally set up? Some rooms are supply and some extract expect maybe the kitchen I think has both (extract in the kitchen area and supply on the open plan living area). I dont recall being in a house that has two ducts in a room other than kitchen.

I've dried clothes on a clothes horse for years, don't have UFH or MHRV and never had mould.

The drier is used for bulky items like bed linen and towels only, everything else is dried on a clothes horse in winter/wet weather, and everything goes out on the clothes line when possible.

If you are fortunate enough to have a utility it should also be extract only or both extract and supply

Ours is in fact an old unused small sauna enclosure which was in the house before we bought it. All we had to do was to run one of the MVHR extracts to the top of it and install some horizontal poles for hanging the laundry. It takes double sheets / duvet covers no problem.

I have a Bosch 9kg heat pump dryer and use it all the time, I absolutely love it. I can pack a good amount into it, and it dries perfectly, clothes never suffer heat shrink/damage like you normally would have it a condenser dryer. I keep ours in the utility room. My electricity bill is low despite using it regularly. I checked the humidity levels with a good quality sensor, using it indoors barely made a difference to the humidity levels in the room (1-2%). I highly recommend one if you don't want to bother hanging clothes on a clotheshorse.

Heat pump tumble dryer

That’s what we have and the standard i am sure. There is a 10mm gap under the doors to allow air circulate around the house.

try a Clothes horse and see how it goes! Let me know.