Laundry woes

I decided to stay home this morning to do a couple loads of laundry. With only one washer and one dryer for the building, it can be a challenge to find the machines empty. (My bigger challenge is getting home early enough to do a load of laundry before 10 pm at which point I think it's too late to have the noise of the machines going.) The bigger frustration is the dryer. I have attempted to get this machine to function properly, but it is starting to appear to be impossible. I emptied the water collection container and all the lint screens. We'll see how it works on this next load of laundry. I can dry things for an hour on high and they are still damp. Of course, I don't want to deal with taking my laundry down to Rathmines to the laundromat or to Gabry's house (although she has offered multiple times). If this doesn't work I will probably contact my landlord. I don't want to be a complainer, but this is becoming absurd.