As long as your water lines are ok there's no reason not to use the washer. We take a long piece of the corrigated pipe (not sure if that's the correct name) and divert the air from the dryer that's normally vented outside into the house.

ahhh that would be great...but the reason why I want to use the dryer is...the vent is right next ..or underneath the outside faucet. So I figured it might prevent it from freezing a bit better.

Thanks Karyn

I usually use cold water to wash, but when it's freezing outside, I use warm...It helps to keep the pipes a little warmed up.

Lucy unless you plan on running your dryer an awfull lot or doing your laundry in the middle of the night when temps are at their lowest I'm not sure it will help that much. I still use cold water for washing and haven't had a problem but we're used to freezing temps in this area as opposed to those of you who get unusually cold temps consistantly once in a blue moon.

Lucy my mother puts a drop light/light bulb in her washer to keep some heat in it..Works very well..

Kylie

Karyn YES I usually wash in the middle of the night and early morning lol

I like the idea of washing with warm water...thanks Caren.

Kylie I will just wash my heart out...by the time the freeze is over...my hole darn house is spotless lol

Lucy

Lucy
I pull a couple of warm socks over my hose bib on very cold nights! Make sure your hose is disconnected and empty of water. We have had some very cold nights lately but most of our plumbing is buried in concrete beneath the house. Only the two hosebibs are exposed to the cold!

If your washe is in the garage, it is probably against an inside wall (adjoining the house?) if so the risk of freezing is probably small if you keep your garage door closed, but you could add a little extra insulation by covering the whole thing with a warm blanket/comforter on the worst nights.

Good luck everyone, try to stay warm! I feel like winter has already lasted forever and it usually has not even started yet at this time!

I am praying for a (VERY) early spring!

Frances

If you can, turn off the water supply to the outside faucet and drain the water from it. That will prevent the pipe freezing. Here in the north we do this and it works for the outside tap. Then you can use your dryer exhaust to warm your garage as Karyn suggested.

Frances and ruth ann thanks.

The dryer is against the outside wall and right next to a window. I am washing right now...staying up a while. It is just this darn old house that was not build real good.

I don't think we can turn that faucet's water supply off unless we turn it all of.

I just hope and pray...for us ALL

Lucy