Does anyone have an outdoor washline?

MrsMcJamie · July 2009

We had one growing up in PA, and I don't know if I've seen any down here. I don't put a lot of stuff in the dryer anyway bc most of my stuff shrinks.

Does anyone have one? Is it just too humid to work down here?

jenhum · July 2009

My grandmother never owned a dryer, she always dried stuff outside on her line, and she lived in NC her whole life. My mom likes to dry sheets outside, but I think she just spreads them over lawn chairs, lol.

You might want to check first if you have an HOA, I know they are frowned upon in a lot of neighborhoods now ( Confused ).

7miles · July 2009

I use the railing of our large balcony and the table and chairs to dry my CDs. A laundry line would be a little less ghetto though for sure.

I know Coleman makes a handy camping laundry line I always liked because you could take it down when you were done with it.

I did have my husband install a mini laundry line above our washer and dryer in the laundry closet for winter use though.

ECUGirl2004 · July 2009

My parents do. I really want one. One day I'm going to get one of the ones that you can put up on the deck and put away when it's not being used. Something like this.

elizabethswan · July 2009

We did growing up (and I'm originally from NC, so it definitely works down here too :-p) but I know our HOA won't allow it, and assume that is the case with a lot of other neighborhoods.

MrsMcJamie · July 2009

DH will be so excited to have another project (lol)

Hmm, maybe I'll just use the deck for a little and see how it goes.

uncharch7 · July 2009

we line dry all of our clothes from as soon as it's warm enough to get them dry until it's too cool. we don't have an HOA, thankfully.

DH put eye hooks under our deck (our deck is 10' above grade) and we have lines from there.

futureJHL · July 2009

We have a stand up one similar to the one ECU pictured and I take our diapers outside on the weekend sometimes to sun them. They are really crunchy and stiff, so we still end up using the dryer to fluff them. You really only have to have the clothes/diapers in the dryer for like 10 mins or so, so you really are saving energy that you pay for, but it requires more energy and time on your part.

starz080 · July 2009

I dry a lot of my stuff inside on a drying rack. My DH insists on using the dryer for his b/c he doesn't like his clothes to be stiff. But I don't mind at all. We do have an HOA and I doubt it's allowed. Our backyard is pretty open so I'm sure people would see my undies flying in the wind! But I did have one growing up in NC.

slhall730 · July 2009

We have two folding drying racks that we use for certain clothes we don't want to put in the dryer. If it is a nice day I will put them out on the deck. With our hoa we can have a line outside. I would love to put up a permenant line, but we have so many trees I am concerned with birds pooping on stuff.

mrsmikey · July 2009

We have a line hung up inside for line drying, but I have been on DH to get me one up outside. I can only line dry so much right now because our inside line isn't very long, but if we can get one outside I'll line dry alot more. We don't have an HOA, so I don't have to worry about that.

ECUGirl2004 · July 2009

Isn't it kind of weird to think that clotheslines are considered an eye sore these days? It's sad to me! Growing up, everyone in our neighborhood had a clothesline. It was just a part of the scenery! I have fond memories of looking outside and seeing all the sheets and towels blowing in the wind.

You can always get creative and hang your underwear between 2 lines of sheets & towels! Even though I think my mom just hung her bras on her bathroom door knob. Stick out tongue

MrsMcJamie · July 2009

yeah, we don't have a HOA either. It seems like that's maybe the main reason I don't see them as much. Stupid HOAs.

7miles · July 2009

ECUGirl2004:
Isn't it kind of weird to think that clotheslines are considered an eye sore these days? It's sad to me! Growing up, everyone in our neighborhood had a clothesline. It was just a part of the scenery! I have fond memories of looking outside and seeing all the sheets and towels blowing in the wind. You can always get creative and hang your underwear between 2 lines of sheets & towels! Even though I think my mom just hung her bras on her bathroom door knob.

I was watching CBS Sunday Morning (hi, I'm your grandparents!) a few weeks ago and Bill Geist did a segment on the "Right to Dry" movement.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5153411n

ECUGirl2004 · July 2009

7miles:

I was watching CBS Sunday Morning (hi, I'm your grandparents!) a few weeks ago and Bill Geist did a segment on the "Right to Dry" movement.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5153411n

I'm definitely going to have to watch that later.

murph04 · July 2009

I think there is something in our HOA about not having dryer lines. But we've hung big things, like blankets or sleeping bags or whatever, out over the railing of our deck to dry at times.