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Thread Number: 87429
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| Post# 1119792 6/9/2021 at 14:54 (1,044 days old) by Golittlesport (California) | ||
Although one can hang their laundry outside to dry year round here in So Cal, I usually wait until late spring or early summer. That is probably because I was raised on the east coast where one used the dryer or hung in the basement in the winter and it wasn't until the weather got nice in the summer that mom would start hanging laundry outdoors.
I got the itch the other day when washing our white bed linens. Nothing smells as fresh as line-dried linens in my opinion. Or feels as good when you crawl into them at night. Soft, but a bit crisp, is how I would describe the experience. It's a bit more work, but worth the effort when one has the time. Anyway, I always enjoy our clothes line threads so thought I would start one for this summer.
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Post# 1119813 , Reply# 1 6/9/2021 at 18:48 (1,044 days old) by combo52  (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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A Friend Sent Me This Picture  Of how he is saving power
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Post# 1119817 , Reply# 2 6/9/2021 at 19:15 (1,044 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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I’ll be washing sheets soon and will snap a picture. I have a retractable “Cordomatic “ reel but the stick I prop it up with failed under the weight of the damp king size comforter so I’m temporarily using an extendable fruit picker. I’ll try to find a new prop before I take a picture.
I agree that line dried sheets are the only way to go when conditions allow. | ||
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Post# 1119837 , Reply# 3 6/9/2021 at 21:56 (1,044 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Can't find my pictures of years gone past but we have a clothes line on a pully right off the laundry room door that stretches a good 45-50 ft and is attached at the far end to an oak tree about 15 or so feet up. I use it 90% of the time from spring through fall. I don't use it for bed sheets/ pillow cases until all the spring pollens are over and done with. Most days everything is dry in about 30 minutes. Everyone had a clothes line of some sort or other when I was growing up, even if they had a dryer which most people did. Mom would cart the laundry up from the basement and hang it out but I don't see too many in this neighborhood at all.
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Post# 1119849 , Reply# 4 6/10/2021 at 05:09 (1,044 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Have just installed a straight line
The length of my yard I fixed it to the shed over hang and then used 2 pulleys one high up the house above the living room window. I used a steel line that's covered in plastic as pulling string or rope usually snaps under the weight of the clothing, I should have taken a pic yesterday as dried 3x loads in our very hot spring weather....
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Post# 1119858 , Reply# 6 6/10/2021 at 08:21 (1,044 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Ha ha that reminds me of my Mum | ||
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Post# 1119859 , Reply# 7 6/10/2021 at 08:22 (1,044 days old) by WhiteWhiskers (Silicon Valley, California) |
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birds seldom a problem
Only one time a bird did its business on clothes drying outdoors. Can't say it won't happen but for whatever reason it's a rare event. My outdoor clothes dryer is a Juwel and works great. With daytime humidity around 20% now, clothes dry real fast.
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Post# 1119860 , Reply# 8 6/10/2021 at 08:36 (1,044 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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I am so glad that y'all have the time to hang laundry to dry. | ||
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Post# 1119872 , Reply# 9 6/10/2021 at 11:05 (1,043 days old) by chachp (North Little Rock, AR) |
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99% Humidity Today | ||
| Post# 1119888 , Reply# 10 6/10/2021 at 16:04 (1,043 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
I hang out clothes as often as I can
I hate having to pay for drying when there is so much hot air outside that can do the job. I have been using the line since about March, unless it is raining. I have usually been able to line dry til late October to November in the past
Neighbors have a Mulberry tree, Been getting purple poop on the car, I hope they stay away from the laundry. When Mom was alive she would say "I don't know why you carry that outside when you have a new dryer downstairs." "Because I can run the Air Conditioner for about an hour for what drying a load of clothes costs me. | ||
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Post# 1120041 , Reply# 11 6/12/2021 at 09:07 (1,042 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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Got the bedding on the line at last
As you can see the line is not that long but it is now high enough to miss the wall when the wind blows.
I fixed it to the house with a couple of pulleys that allow the line to miss the window but can be pulled taught when loaded. Austin | ||
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Post# 1120088 , Reply# 12 6/12/2021 at 18:41 (1,041 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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The Line Is Busy I have some stuff in the way at one end after hosting relatives last weekend, so not all of the bed linens would fit.
I repaired the prop stick but won't use it again when drying the comforter.
And another picture posts sideways. I know better than to try to fix it. Sigh.
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| Post# 1120099 , Reply# 13 6/12/2021 at 19:46 (1,041 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806) | ||
It’s too dusty to line dry where I live and if I tried line drying where I live I might as well wash everything all over again plus I like the scent the UV/ozone bulb gives laundry in my 1963 RCA Whirlpool Imperial dryer :)
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Post# 1120112 , Reply# 14 6/12/2021 at 22:33 (1,041 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 Love using the clothesline, this is from last fall. Sheets and a load of my son's hoodies, getting freshened up before the cooler weather.
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Post# 1120124 , Reply# 15 6/13/2021 at 03:41 (1,041 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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Line Drying 
Nothing better than a line of washing blowing in the breeze as long as the pigeons are elswhere !!
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Post# 1120284 , Reply# 16 6/14/2021 at 15:19 (1,039 days old) by suds14 (Pittsburgh) |
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love hanging clothes Here are 2 pictures of my wash hanging on the line Saturday. One picture is from bathroom window, the other is from the alley. I have not used the dryer since the end of Feb. David | ||
| Post# 1120322 , Reply# 17 6/14/2021 at 23:06 (1,039 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
no clothesline anyway... | ||
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Post# 1120339 , Reply# 18 6/15/2021 at 07:05 (1,039 days old) by estesguy (kansas) |
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Also don't forget the 180 or so CFM of inside air conditioned air being lost every minute the dryer is running. Air being brought in from the outside, that has to be cooled and dehumidified | ||
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Post# 1120345 , Reply# 19 6/15/2021 at 10:17 (1,038 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1120354 , Reply# 20 6/15/2021 at 11:35 (1,038 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Reply # 19 | ||
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Post# 1120359 , Reply# 21 6/15/2021 at 13:38 (1,038 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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SmartLoad-AeroSmart. The motor and fan run at 2,300 RPM. Quoted from F&P documentation -- "In an average installation we would expect the airflow out the exhaust to be 230 cubic feet per minute (60 liters per second)" {in forward tumble direction, reduced by half in reverse tumble direction}. I have no way to measure it for confirmation. Perhaps you can test it on the one you recently picked up if you have an anemometer, or compare to other dryers you have? I'd be interesting to know if their claim is valid. | ||
| Post# 1120362 , Reply# 22 6/15/2021 at 14:20 (1,038 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
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I've often thought about the dryer sucking out precious air-conditioned air. Because I am so cheap I have come up with a sort of solution. My laundry room is relatively small and the door into the rest of the house seals very well. So when the dryer is running I will close that door and crack open the door that leads to the garage. Of course this makes the laundry room very warm. I always keep the HVAC vent in the laundry room closed. It really doesn't need to be open for air conditioning or heating. I'm sure this helps a little bit as far as the dryer exhausting too much air conditioned air. The alternative is to have the the laundry equipment located in the garage as some of my neighbors do. My garage is heavily insulated but it is not air conditioned. I wouldn't wanna be out there doing laundry in the summer. | ||
| Post# 1120366 , Reply# 23 6/15/2021 at 14:33 (1,038 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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My bath rugs and lightweight runners are out drying over the patio chair backs. Donna Karin bath rugs are 100% cotton and not dryer reccomended. | ||
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Post# 1120893 , Reply# 24 6/20/2021 at 19:03 (1,033 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Laundry today, or Naked Tomorrow!
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| Post# 1121052 , Reply# 25 6/22/2021 at 10:27 (1,031 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Nice watercolor too! | ||
| Post# 1121721 , Reply# 26 6/29/2021 at 07:44 (1,025 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
New Rules? | ||
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Post# 1121724 , Reply# 27 6/29/2021 at 08:54 (1,025 days old) by parunner58 (Davenport, FL) |
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Post# 1121727 , Reply# 28 6/29/2021 at 09:01 (1,025 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Warsh day on the trail.. It's so humid out right now things might take a little longer.
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| Post# 1122231 , Reply# 30 7/3/2021 at 10:18 (1,020 days old) by Golittlesport (California) | ||
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reply #29
Haha! funny story! That's why clothespins were invented.
We have a second floor balcony overlooking our backyard and occasionally I will use a wooden folding drying rack on it if I want to sun-bleach a few items, rather than setting up the clothesline in the backyard. I learned the hard way that air currents can get stronger the higher up you go. At first items would blow off the rack. I discovered a spring-loaded clothespin would fit the dowels on the rack to hold items in place. Then the secured items acted as sails and the whole rack went over. So I'd attached the rack to the balcony railing with a bungee cord. Live and learn. | ||
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Post# 1124747 , Reply# 31 8/2/2021 at 13:06 (990 days old) by Mrsalvo (New Braunfels Texas) |
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Stripped the bed yesterday. It was in the 90’s and everything dried quickly, faster than using the dryer. Slept really good last night, with that fresh outdoor smell on the sheets. Barry
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Post# 1127291 , Reply# 33 8/30/2021 at 18:17 (962 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Line Drying Clothing Hanging clothing to dry is an easy way to save power as is using the air-dry setting on your DW.
I am in favor of anything people can do to save energy and money.
And maybe doing so will reduce the likelihood of the grid crashing, BUT if the grid does crash in a big way about the last thing people will be worried about is drying clothing in a dryer.
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Post# 1128574 , Reply# 34 9/13/2021 at 18:03 (948 days old) by suds14 (Pittsburgh) |
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Hanging clothes | ||
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Post# 1128584 , Reply# 36 9/13/2021 at 19:12 (948 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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 I usually hang bed sheets, blankets, and comforters/bedspreads to dry on a line. Not only does it save on power, but it also IMHO results in better finish than in a dryer.
The line is about 40 feet long from reel to reel and runs from the side door by the kitchen to a tall point on a light pole beside the garage. So far the birds have kept their distance. The biggest issue is when the wind kicks up and wraps the sheets around both lines. Then it can be a little tricky unfurling them. Usually I can just shake the lines in the direction of unfurling. Sometimes though have to get out here with a ladder or a stick to untangle them.
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Post# 1130258 , Reply# 37 10/3/2021 at 13:25 (928 days old) by Suds14 (Pittsburgh) |
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Great fall day for drying Yesterday was a great fall day for hanging clothes out. Everything dried and smells great.
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| Post# 1130693 , Reply# 38 10/8/2021 at 11:08 (923 days old) by liberatordeluxe (UK) | ||
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Have found clothes dry much quicker on a line than a rotary airer. | ||
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