wrt the dryer: check the lint trap and the lint exhaust. If those are fine tell your landlord because the dryer will require repair to make it heat properly again.

Spurred by this post I went to see if modern washboards are for sale.
I have a vague recollection that some deployed soldiers were looking for washboards because they have limited laundry facilities. Ah yes, here's a company that sends them: Columbus Washboard company. They are the only washboard company left in the US, and they make a variety of washboards, including glass rubbing surfaces!