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Thread Number: 27267
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Post# 418984 , Reply# 1 2/27/2010 at 13:39 (5,164 days old) by polkanut  (Wausau, WI ) |
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HOA's are slowly being challenged regarding member's being allowed to hang laundry out. I see nothing wrong with someone wanting to put a few items on a drying rack, especially if space is limited for erecting clotheslines. Maybe you could put a drying rack in a concealed location. When this ad was published, having a dryer was considered quite a status symbol.
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Post# 418988 , Reply# 2 2/27/2010 at 14:06 (5,164 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 419004 , Reply# 3 2/27/2010 at 15:23 (5,164 days old) by ronhic (Canberra, Australia) | ||
Restrictons are...
....here too when it comes to apartments and multistory buildings.
Having owned and rented in Sydney, Melbourne, Queanbeyan and Canberra, much depends on the owners corportation/body corporate as to what is allowed or not allowed.... Generally speaking though, clothes airers must be kept away from the front of the balcony so they are less likely to be seen from the street and they should not exceed the height of the balcony rail.... ...but it all depends on what he owners corporation decides....my Aunts building in East Balmain completely banned them until about 1990...she had always used one though. As she would say to you 'who can see it 7 story's up and behind all my plants?....Good point.... | ||
| Post# 419015 , Reply# 5 2/27/2010 at 16:03 (5,164 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
Bob are you serious lol ... I love to hang out clothes it is Zen to me.
I learned a new technique from ( Laundress ) my towels go into the dryer on Damp dry and then i will hang them outside to finish drying so the are soft and S M E L L' S SO G O O D ! I have seen a very nice reduction in my electric bill in the spring & summer, so the money i save i can run the air conditioners longer for me not bad for the labor of hanging clothes. And my family where hangers so that is why i am so use to it , I look at it as another art Form I like to see the dancing of fabrics swaying in the air. There is a big difference in clothes coming out of the dryer verses natural air drying T-shirt's are almost if like you iron them when you take them of the line where the dryer just want give that same texture. Phil do you have a yard own your property ? I would challenge to hang, or just like Tim said a nice drying rack would be nice. Here is my line... and i love Mike's ( Mickeyd ) line how beautiful those clothes own your deck with the water in the background... Sweet man. 
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| Post# 419018 , Reply# 6 2/27/2010 at 16:14 (5,164 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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Pic 2. A marathon of wash in media Pa. where my friends just moved to they said come over we got something for you and they made this line.. so i did all there laundry from 7 am to after 2 pm that is what they had when unpacked, they just got me up there for that to wash very slick of them lol.
That was a fun day. 
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| Post# 419019 , Reply# 7 2/27/2010 at 16:19 (5,164 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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Post# 419020 , Reply# 8 2/27/2010 at 16:26 (5,164 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Yep I am. My mom did it occassionally when I was about 10 or 11. Hated doing it. Hated not using the dryer. Hated how towels and sheets felt. And this was on a covered patio so no worries about birds, ...
the ONLY time I've done it was when I was out of work for 18 months and was largely weraing jersey shorts and t-shirts. Hung those on hangers to save money. That's the only time. | ||
| Post# 419025 , Reply# 9 2/27/2010 at 16:48 (5,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
I do not see why to hang the laundry when you can easily use the dryer!!!... it is not true that laundry dried in a dryer is less fresh or soft....
if one has the opportunity, (economical i mean), to use the dryer is good to do it, unless did not like to draw like Darren (aldspinboy). but the initial question was different ....Phil, try to put a small rack on the balcony, in a hidden part of it, and if they give you troubles send them to hell! and tell them that they should think of something more serious and constructive rather than thinking about stupid things and give trouble to the people who is only trying to save a little money in these economically difficult times. However I do not think that will happen .. | ||
| Post# 419027 , Reply# 10 2/27/2010 at 17:02 (5,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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| Post# 419028 , Reply# 11 2/27/2010 at 17:05 (5,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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| Post# 419031 , Reply# 12 2/27/2010 at 17:18 (5,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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| Post# 419037 , Reply# 13 2/27/2010 at 17:56 (5,164 days old) by LordKenmore (The Laundry Room) | ||
One point worth considering with the POD is that it is an ad intended to sell people dryers.
I currently have two wood racks that I use to air dry, and I air dry year round. I use a dryer for some things, but, overall, my feeling is why machine dry? Stuff gets just as dry on the rack. It takes longer, but uses no electricity and requires no supervision. | ||
| Post# 419039 , Reply# 14 2/27/2010 at 18:05 (5,164 days old) by bmgilk () | ||
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Hanging sheets out I love the smell of sheets after they have been hung out all day!!! Mike | ||
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Post# 419101 , Reply# 18 2/28/2010 at 01:25 (5,164 days old) by rapunzel (Sydney) |
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When some pinches your unmentionables from your clothes line we call that 'snowdropping' here in Oz. | ||
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Post# 419149 , Reply# 21 2/28/2010 at 06:42 (5,164 days old) by Easyspindry (Winston-Salem, NC) |
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Sheets especially . . . . . . are best dried outdoors. If the weather is bad, I save my sheets until a sunny day when I can hang them out. The fresh smell is wonderful!!! And besides, in a dryer, sometimes they get wadded up and don't dry in one cycle. Give me the outside line whenever possible!!! Jerry Gay | ||
| Post# 419152 , Reply# 22 2/28/2010 at 06:55 (5,164 days old) by autowasherfreak () | ||
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I hope wherever I we end up moving to has a nice back yard for a clothesline! | ||
| Post# 419153 , Reply# 23 2/28/2010 at 06:57 (5,164 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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I don't consider using the dryer a waste of electricity....
I use it for convenience, i save a lot of time and efforts, and I use it all the year with good or bad weather. It is clear that if a person is cornered with the money, will try to save where there may. However if someone just prefer to hang laundry i don't see nothing of bad on it, only i don't understand how he prefer to do it rather than using dryer.... | ||
| Post# 419177 , Reply# 24 2/28/2010 at 09:05 (5,163 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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Jhon ...Yes the dryer well really help in the softness... again Launderess gave me the hint, it really works.
Turn to damp dry only or less dry. Then hang you get the best of both worlds. Federico- Don't get me wrong i do use my dryer, just like the spring & summer to hang out , I do take the items out that sometimes i don't want to hang out or lazy to hang lol like socks and under gear. Having high extract washers really reduces drying time, i really don't mind drying in the dryer.. but times are changing and it is also nice to be a little Eco friendly. Darren k. | ||
| Post# 419183 , Reply# 25 2/28/2010 at 09:44 (5,163 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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| Post# 419197 , Reply# 26 2/28/2010 at 10:30 (5,163 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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| Post# 419553 , Reply# 29 3/1/2010 at 11:56 (5,162 days old) by Spiceman1957 () | ||
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Darren K, Thank you for the hint. I never knew what that cycle on my dryer was used for. I wonder if you could start your towels on this cycle and then hang them out to finish drying? John | ||
| Post# 419560 , Reply# 30 3/1/2010 at 12:14 (5,162 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
God bless Darren--been looking for that pic for ages--I lost
That's the one showing almost two lines full from a Unimatic load when I used to stuff that sucker to the max. Look at all those clothes, and there's more unseen, ALL ONE STUFFED Unimatic load.
I dry outdoors all year long, not as much in the winter, but sometimes I just can't help myself. But Darren, your outdoor huge white towel load still gets the Emmy. Summer 
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| Post# 419567 , Reply# 31 3/1/2010 at 12:24 (5,162 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Winter | ||
| Post# 419569 , Reply# 32 3/1/2010 at 12:38 (5,162 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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"Singing in the Rain"
Well, not at first. Then the suns comes back out, they dry, and you have actual rain water soft.
If I couldn't hang clothes outside sometimes, I'd probably die. It so much fun. Honest. One of life's easy pleasures and true joys. Warm breezy days for soft and wrinkle-free. Still dry days for crisp and stiff. Thanks for asking. 
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| Post# 419644 , Reply# 35 3/1/2010 at 17:12 (5,162 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Yes, Westingman, it's grand and hilarious.
and the sheets turn into plaster walls and ceilings. Then as the moisture leaves, they get so soft; it's almost unbelievable, and it takes a while in winter, Even funnier, depending on the temperature, (and which WASHER you used--LOL), they freeze almost instantly, and you really have to get them up quick. It's a leaned skill.
To the guys who love the sheets outside and wait for the right day. If you can, do the same with towels. They come out best on a humid windy day, or even a windy day. Very nice. I'm talkin' wind now, not a breeze. Here's windy....WOOOOOOOSH! ;-> 
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