A wash only cycle can be set so clothes can be taken out after the wash cycle and hung out in the fresh air. If you still want to dry some of the clothes, you simply set the desired dry cycle and press start. Then the door cannot be opened until the dry cycle has been completed, or the machine turned off. Please note the the machine has a two minute time delay that will not allow the user to open the door until two minutes after any cycle has completed, or the machine turned off.
