Rotary washing line 'strategies' please!

rosekitten

also the 43p a packet of pegs in Asda basics(cream colour)
dont buy the same ones in Tesco or Sainsbury as they are
around 90p+ a packet
are perfect for rotary driers as they seem to grip really
well with the lines on it being thinner than than regular
washing lines.I just put everything where it fits depending
on width and small items that can be hung with one peg
on the corners

ribenagirl

moonrakerz wrote: »

Wrong way round - bigger stuff on the inside smaller stuff on the outside, then the breeze can get to all the washing.
If you put the big stuff on the outside it shelters the stuff on the inside - that's why you have to move it !

SEE that's why I needed the help - it's really confusing! :eek: I would have thought that it made sense to put big stuff on the inside so that it didn't block the sunlight to your smalls, but then why would they make the lines smaller on the inside - it means you would then have to waste a couple of lines anyway just to fit a shirt on?

I am loving the idea that there was actually a photo of somebody's washing line earlier, just sorry to have missed it! :T

Thank you for all the suggestions, am still none the wiser I think :rotfl: but I have a few things to try out at least..it's still far too early in the year to be forced to use the tumble drier...needs at least 2 tumble dry loads per load of washing so that's £1 per load, £7 a week, which stacks up to a horrifying £365 a year just to get the washing dry! :eek: So all ideas much appreciated :beer:

Sensemaya

Pretty sure I did't purchase them from Lakeland, but ' Hook ups' are really great for hanging shirts, T-Shirts and jumpers on.

In winter I hang clothes from the shower rail and a pole I have in the airing cupboard. Duvet over the bannister.

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/hook-ups/F/C/washing-laundry/product/8829

I invested in a Mrs Peggs airer and saved loads on the electricity bill.

http://www.mrspeggshandyline.co.uk/

http://www.ecowashinglines.co.uk/mrs-peggs-handy-line-faq

Sorry to have gone off topic here, but it's great for the winter.

MrsE_2

jackieb wrote: »

I usually do about 4 loads a day and weather permitting (obviously!) it still dries. I have a Hills Hoist and I love it. You can hoist it about another foot higher.

I thought about buying one of them, but they are expensive.
I got a brabantia hoist (look-a-like) instead.

SUESMITH_2

oooh, want a hills hoist now

they have a handy hints section with how to hang your washing etc.

http://www.baileyladders.com.au/resource/bundle.1/illusionId=10887&c=published&f=application:pdf/resource/HandyHints.pdf

**skinnyminny**

I am so pleased i stumbled across this post as i have just purchased a new rotary washing line and have looked like a right pleb in the garden recently, putting things on then taking them off,putting them elsewhere and i thought i would ask other peeps what they do and now i don't need to as there is already a thread:D

I think i will put the towels and stuff in the middle and smaller things on the outside and see how i get on, that is what i love about this forum you will always find someone,somewhere thinking exactly the same as you:D

jackieb

I'll put the picture back on. I was embarrassed.

The Hills Hpist was about £180 plus about £14 for the spike, which dh cemented into the ground. It is loads better than my old one which I inherited when I moved here. Very, very sturdy too.

moonrakerz

ribenagirl wrote: »

SEE that's why I needed the help - it's really confusing! :eek: I would have thought that it made sense to put big stuff on the inside so that it didn't block the sunlight to your smalls, but then why would they make the lines smaller on the inside -

If you can design a clothes line like that you will make a fortune !

Suggest you start here ..................

jackieb

I used to be near garotted when I hung stuff on my old rotary dryer, as it was shaped like an upside down umberella. With the new one all the lines are in a straight line. Maybe they dry better that way? Normally, your smalls would be lower than the big stuff on the outside. Sounds complicated but I know what I mean.
I'm convinced this one dries my stuff better (but that's maybe cos i'm trying to justify the price of it . But no, it goes really high and even my 6'2'' son can't get the washing in unless he winds it down first (29 winds of the handle and it's at full height - I always count it when I turn the handle )

If anyone's thinking of getting one, i'd heartily recommend them. You have to assemble them yourself though. It doesn't fold like a normal one. Not too hard though.

MrsE_2

jackieb wrote: »

If anyone's thinking of getting one, i'd heartily recommend them. You have to assemble them yourself though. It doesn't fold like a normal one. Not too hard though.

Where did you get yours?