Suspended airer for sloping ceiling

Elli452

Hi All, sorry if this has been posted before, I did a quick search but couldn't find quite the same thing that my brain is suggesting (it has strange ideas, this may be one of them).


Shortly I'm having an extension, which will create a small utility area out of where the outside toilet used to be (bowl cracked one winter and as it was rarely used it got removed). The space isn't enormous but I'd like to make the most of it for laundry purposes. Floor space isn't an option due to the washer, so I was wondering if there was a ceiling mounted airer that might be suitable for a sloping roof. In my mind I see something maybe hinge-fixed on the lower side of the ceiling with a pully system that lowers the higher end?? Poor description I'm afraid.


Does anyone know of such a thing? Or would it be a case of making one myself with a wooden frame and some dowel?

Islandmaid

We used to have an old fashioned Victorian type airer which worked well, something like this -

http://pulleymaid.com/classic_clothes_airer.htm

VfM4meplse

Islandmaid wrote: »

We used to have an old fashioned Victorian type airer which worked well, something like this -

http://pulleymaid.com/classic_clothes_airer.htm

Not cheap! Would a washing line and some strategically placed hooks from the hardware store not do? You could create a big surface area for drying for relatively little.

Anne_Marie_2

What about something like this?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Artis-Retractable-Mounted-Outdoor-Washing/dp/B00DVL13U6/ref=sr_1_15?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1455735609&sr=1-15&keywords=wall+airer

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Anne_Marie wrote: »

What about something like this?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Artis-Retractable-Mounted-Outdoor-Washing/dp/B00DVL13U6/ref=sr_1_15?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1455735609&sr=1-15&keywords=wall+airer

I had one of these in my previous house in my large kitchen and it was great for getting stuff dry in bad weather.Only wish I had taken it with me when I moved.I may get one for next winter for my existing kitchen as I have 8ft6' high ceilings in my present house. Fantastic for getting duvet covers or sheets dry I'd hang them up shut the door and overnight they would be dry enough to iron

Elli452

As beautiful as the Pulleymaid is, I'd be forever worrying the slats would drop out when I put it back up on ceiling out of the way because of the slope haha.


Hooks and washing line would work but I need to be able to put it away or risk garrotting the much taller other half when they put anything in the washer.


The retractable airer looks good though! JackieO, when you had one before, did they take towel weight or is that asking for trouble?

Seakay

Elli452 wrote: »

As beautiful as the Pulleymaid is, I'd be forever worrying the slats would drop out when I put it back up on ceiling out of the way because of the slope haha.


Hooks and washing line would work but I need to be able to put it away or risk garrotting the much taller other half when they put anything in the washer.


The retractable airer looks good though! JackieO, when you had one before, did they take towel weight or is that asking for trouble?

if you scroll down the reviews at least one says it takes a full load of wet washing

Anne_Marie_2

There are other retractable airers on Amazon (and obviously elsewhere), perhaps you could check and see what gets the best reviews.
There's also ceiling airers, one I saw was mounted to a sloping roof, have given the link below to give you the idea, but there are others available.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00M5AA558/ref=s9_simh_gw_p201_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=08Q4E73MGTCBWQ86QEWP&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=577048407&pf_rd_i=desktop

pigpen

Elli452 wrote: »

As beautiful as the Pulleymaid is, I'd be forever worrying the slats would drop out when I put it back up on ceiling out of the way because of the slope haha.

I put wide rubber bands either side of the metal bits so the slats didnt drop out.. they did it once, landed right on the bridge of my nose!!

You can often pick them up on freecycle or gumtree for next to nothing.

paddy's_mum

My husband did something similar by putting a tiny screw at the end of each slat, preventing the wood from sliding back through the metal holder.

I got mine for a fiver from a charity shop and would now be lost without it.