To provide a washer-drier by which power consumption during drying can be reduced.

A circulating air blowing path 21 is provided for drying the laundry housed in a drum 13 by supplying the drum 13 with warm air which is generated by a blower 25 and a heater 26. The circulating air blowing path 21 is provided with an air intake 27 which is formed on the side of a suction opening of the blower 25. A water bath 5 is formed with an air outlet 28 which is opened and closed by an open/close valve 29. With respect to a drying process, drying operations by warm air by which the laundry is dried by warm air through the circulating air blowing path 21 by closing the air outlet 28 and driving the air blower 25 and the heater 26 and drying operations at room temperature by which the outside air is taken from the air intake 27, is caused to pass through the drum 13 and is put outside of the water bath 5 from the outlet 28 by opening the air outlet 28 and driving the air blower 25 can be performed.

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