Comments on: My outdoor non-electric clothes dryer http://inashoe.com/2008/08/my-outdoor-electric-clothes-dryer/ the methods and madness of one family of 12 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: OutdoorAdventurer http://inashoe.com/2008/08/my-outdoor-electric-clothes-dryer/#comment-27138 OutdoorAdventurer Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:58:44 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2697#comment-27138 I bought Large Capacity Deluxe Parallel Clothes Dryer. I love this dryer which i immediately put outside. It is well made, easy to put up and down and the lines do not get caught while adjusting height. I bought Large Capacity Deluxe Parallel Clothes Dryer. I love this dryer which i immediately put outside. It is well made, easy to put up and down and the lines do not get caught while adjusting height.

]]> By: Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings http://inashoe.com/2008/08/my-outdoor-electric-clothes-dryer/#comment-17825 Laura @ Laura Williams' Musings Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:27:19 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2697#comment-17825 I love drying our clothes outside... just not when it's cold. Icy fingers is not a good thing. It's been raining all week so I've had to use the dryer. It takes a lot longer! I love drying our clothes outside… just not when it’s cold. Icy fingers is not a good thing.

It’s been raining all week so I’ve had to use the dryer. It takes a lot longer!

]]> By: April http://inashoe.com/2008/08/my-outdoor-electric-clothes-dryer/#comment-17809 April Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:50:29 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2697#comment-17809 Kim, I have been on the hanging out clothes side all my life. My mother & both grandmothers did it, even in winter. I have portable racks right now & when it is raining they too sit in the living room. You didn't mention saving money when talking about your dryer either. Have a beautiful day! Kim,
I have been on the hanging out clothes side all my life. My mother & both grandmothers did it, even in winter. I have portable racks right now & when it is raining they too sit in the living room. You didn’t mention saving money when talking about your dryer either. Have a beautiful day!

]]> By: Jane http://inashoe.com/2008/08/my-outdoor-electric-clothes-dryer/#comment-17796 Jane Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:52:20 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2697#comment-17796 Hi Kim, First off no, I've not got a large family it is just my husband and myself at the moment we only got married last year and are still at the trying for stage of having a family. As for drying washing It is usual to not to have a dryer here and getting clothes dry can be are real trial without one. Most people here hang clothes outside when ever we can either on long washing lines or on rotating washing lines that look a bit like a metal and plastic spider's web. It doesn't always rain but it is often windy and the wind along with what sun we get drys the clothes. And it always smells fabulous when you bring it back in afterwards. As I said we don't have a garden so what we do is set up the clothes horse in front of the storage heater in the winter, in summer just rely on the warm air around. When I was a child my mum had a pully which was several rails of wood that could have clothes hung on them and then hoisted up out of the way in the boiler room and they clothes dried on that and if necessary radiators all round the house would have clothes draped on them to dry. However not all houses in the UK yet have central heating I used not to in my old home and during the winter my clothes often would not get dry before they started smelling of damp, I would often have to re-wash them. It can be tough for even a small family of 4 unless you have the space to hang outside or have the space to up clothes horses. Driers are becoming more and more popular but with the cost of electricy shooting up the old fashioned clothes horse may make a come back. Sorry bit of a rambly reply. Btw my cousin has 8 children but I think they managed fine because they did have the space and the central heating too. Hi Kim,

First off no, I’ve not got a large family it is just my husband and myself at the moment we only got married last year and are still at the trying for stage of having a family.

As for drying washing It is usual to not to have a dryer here and getting clothes dry can be are real trial without one. Most people here hang clothes outside when ever we can either on long washing lines or on rotating washing lines that look a bit like a metal and plastic spider’s web. It doesn’t always rain but it is often windy and the wind along with what sun we get drys the clothes. And it always smells fabulous when you bring it back in afterwards.

As I said we don’t have a garden so what we do is set up the clothes horse in front of the storage heater in the winter, in summer just rely on the warm air around. When I was a child my mum had a pully which was several rails of wood that could have clothes hung on them and then hoisted up out of the way in the boiler room and they clothes dried on that and if necessary radiators all round the house would have clothes draped on them to dry.

However not all houses in the UK yet have central heating I used not to in my old home and during the winter my clothes often would not get dry before they started smelling of damp, I would often have to re-wash them. It can be tough for even a small family of 4 unless you have the space to hang outside or have the space to up clothes horses. Driers are becoming more and more popular but with the cost of electricy shooting up the old fashioned clothes horse may make a come back.

Sorry bit of a rambly reply. Btw my cousin has 8 children but I think they managed fine because they did have the space and the central heating too.

]]> By: Jeana http://inashoe.com/2008/08/my-outdoor-electric-clothes-dryer/#comment-17792 Jeana Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:14:44 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2697#comment-17792 When we were in England we dried all of our clothes on clothes hangers, spread all over the house--the shower rod, radiators, door knobs, and in the closet, spread out. When we were in England we dried all of our clothes on clothes hangers, spread all over the house–the shower rod, radiators, door knobs, and in the closet, spread out.

]]> By: kimc http://inashoe.com/2008/08/my-outdoor-electric-clothes-dryer/#comment-17788 kimc Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:26:19 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2697#comment-17788 Jane, Do you have a large family? I wonder if laundry is much harder in Britain, where (I think) homes and yards are typically much smaller and the weather is cooler and damper than most of the US. I can't imagine drying all of our laundry under those circumstances, but it also sounds like it's far more common to do w/o an electric dryer over there. Is it? Jane,
Do you have a large family? I wonder if laundry is much harder in Britain, where (I think) homes and yards are typically much smaller and the weather is cooler and damper than most of the US. I can’t imagine drying all of our laundry under those circumstances, but it also sounds like it’s far more common to do w/o an electric dryer over there. Is it?

]]> By: Jane http://inashoe.com/2008/08/my-outdoor-electric-clothes-dryer/#comment-17787 Jane Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:01:37 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2697#comment-17787 Well I've always known the drying frames as clothes horses so I would guess that added scaffolding should be known as the lance! I almost always use a clothes horse to dry our clothes even though we don't have a garden at the mo :( and I live in damp, unsunny Britain. Well I’ve always known the drying frames as clothes horses so I would guess that added scaffolding should be known as the lance! I almost always use a clothes horse to dry our clothes even though we don’t have a garden at the mo :( and I live in damp, unsunny Britain.

]]> By: kimc http://inashoe.com/2008/08/my-outdoor-electric-clothes-dryer/#comment-17785 kimc Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:21:51 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2697#comment-17785 Samara, You're right - it's sections of scaffold. For more hanging area, I have an extendable paint pole suspended between the two sections. Samara,
You’re right – it’s sections of scaffold. For more hanging area, I have an extendable paint pole suspended between the two sections.

]]> By: Ashley http://inashoe.com/2008/08/my-outdoor-electric-clothes-dryer/#comment-17784 Ashley Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:20:08 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2697#comment-17784 Hmm, it looks like railing of some sort. We are planning on making a clothesline soon. I can't wait! Hmm, it looks like railing of some sort. We are planning on making a clothesline soon. I can’t wait!

]]> By: Laura http://inashoe.com/2008/08/my-outdoor-electric-clothes-dryer/#comment-17783 Laura Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:08:14 +0000 http://inashoe.com/?p=2697#comment-17783 I love hanging laundry on the line, especially sheets. They smell so good when I bring them in. I love hanging laundry on the line, especially sheets. They smell so good when I bring them in.

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