Drying clothes

LavenderLil_2

anthonykeates wrote: »

The chap that invented that Rotaire thing was on Chris Evans' show on the radio the other week - certainly made a very convincing sales pitch.

Having struggled through last winter drying washing inside and occasionally in the tumble dryer when it was really desperate I decided to take a new tack this year. Our rotary airer was getting very old and needed replacing and I had heard about a relatively new product on the market - the Rotaire Dryline (via Chris Evans' Radio Two programme). I decided to take the plunge. I was very cautious becase having spent £50 on a new bigger rotary airer I had to take a deep breath to then invest the extra £54 in the washing line cover. All I can say is it was definately worth it.:T There are few things nicer than standing at the kitchen window watching it rain knowing that the washing under the cover will be getting dry. A very simple (and possibly sad) pleasure, but when the laundry bin is over flowing and you are wondering when spring will come in October it really has made life a lot easier. And I no longer have to return from the school run only to dash outside like a demented idiot :mad: because it has decided to start raining when I am out picking the children up from school. And the washing that had been dry when I left home was now wetter than when it went out. With the lack of heat in the sun at this time of the year I really had wondered how well it would work, but it seems to do so superbly. I intially had problems finding the product again because I couldn't remember the exact product name, so for any of those interested it can be found as the 1% studio. I know that the intial investment seems a bit steep, but I'm just thinking about the electricity savings and the environment........................I hope this is helpful

timmmers

Primrose wrote: »

Checkout Item No 13 on this site http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=retractable+clothes+line&!!!!!googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=3050630113&ref=pd_sl_9nzesstti0_b

I have one of these retractable clothes lines installed in our bathroom and it's brilliant and tucks away tidily when not in use. I guess you could install it in a garage or any other room.

I have 2 cup hooks screwed into doorframes upstairs on the landing above the stairs and string a line on them when weather is very bad...all warm air ends up there eventually and clothes dry really fast...any small amounts dry on the upstairs banister rail easily. As it's round they don't need much ironing ..which is lucky since I can't do that well.

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ShirlE

LavenderLil wrote: »

Having struggled through last winter drying washing inside and occasionally in the tumble dryer when it was really desperate I decided to take a new tack this year. Our rotary airer was getting very old and needed replacing and I had heard about a relatively new product on the market - the Rotaire Dryline (via Chris Evans' Radio Two programme). I decided to take the plunge. I was very cautious becase having spent £50 on a new bigger rotary airer I had to take a deep breath to then invest the extra £54 in the washing line cover. All I can say is it was definately worth it.:T There are few things nicer than standing at the kitchen window watching it rain knowing that the washing under the cover will be getting dry. A very simple (and possibly sad) pleasure, but when the laundry bin is over flowing and you are wondering when spring will come in October it really has made life a lot easier. And I no longer have to return from the school run only to dash outside like a demented idiot :mad: because it has decided to start raining when I am out picking the children up from school. And the washing that had been dry when I left home was now wetter than when it went out. With the lack of heat in the sun at this time of the year I really had wondered how well it would work, but it seems to do so superbly. I intially had problems finding the product again because I couldn't remember the exact product name, so for any of those interested it can be found as the 1% studio. I know that the intial investment seems a bit steep, but I'm just thinking about the electricity savings and the environment........................I hope this is helpful

Hi, this is my first post, and can wholeheartedly agree with the above and recommend one of these Rotaire dryline covers. The inventor, Malcolm Victory, lives fairly close to where I live and when he heard through the Malvern grapevine that I had (stupidly) left mine up during all the bad snow we had in Malvern last winter, allowing the sheer weight of the snow to buckle my drier and rip the cover, he brought me round a new one :T.

We have 2, one at mine and one at my bloke's place and both are in daily use, as we are major gym bunnies :jwith four teenage children between us....washing is still a PITA but at least it isn't hanging about inside.
Do fold it down in high winds though, as my mate had hers blow away last night in the 80 mph gales we had here :eek:

HTH

Shirl