Drying washing outside

anniebooklover

Ok ladies, confession time. I never hang my washing out in winter. and I use plastic pegs because wooden pegs have dyed my washing at the hems in the past. I find in winter that my washing is as wet when I bring it in as it was when I put it out. Soooo, as soon as it is finished in the washing machine, I bring it out and put it on my airer. It dries quicker and mostly doesn't need ironing.

Another confession here. When I was young, free and single I used to pay my sister £5.00 to iron one outfit each night for the weekend!! :eek: Would never dream of doing that now. Still hate ironing with a passion though.

Nicki

Jo_anne wrote:

I wondered whether putting a garden gazebo over the rotary dryer would work to shelter the washing from rain? I have thought about doing this but have not got round to trying it.

This was exactly the set up I was trying to describe in my earlier post, which they had when we were on holiday this year (though it was a permanent wooden structure not a temporary one in that case). It worked brilliantly, and if we had room I would definitely do it for our washing.

broomstick27

why not use the rain to your advantage?, spray clothes with some detergent, hang out in the rain and leave til washed and dried! save a fortune on your water and leccy bill :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

tawnyowls

Stompa wrote:

A bit of Googling finds this:

http://www.cordvale.com/

I'm not sure I'm entirely convinced!

Unfortunately, as I mentioned in my earlier post, it only works with certain makes of rotary airer/dryer.

I have used an ordinary garden gazebo over mine, and it does work well, but the problem is that I have to take it down every time, as in the winter, the wind can be strong enough to knock the gazebo over even if it's pegged into the ground. I did try putting the gazebo cover directly onto the washing line, but I found I had to pad the airer on top, otherwise it damaged the cover. Definitely not one to try with an expensive gazebo - one of the cheap polythene ones is good enough.

Tiff_2

Hi guys. Another tip I learned is to take a couple of sheets of kitchen roll and run it along the length of your washing line as it can get dirty from all kinds of things, including rusty bits from wet plastic and metal pegs. Stops it going on your clean laundry. And someone has probably mentioned this or I'm probably stating the obvious but, after you've washed net curtains hang them straight up from the washing machine - no ironing needed and they fall into natural folds.
I can't believe I'm getting enthusiastic over washing lines and net curtains!:o
Has anyone seen my life?!:rotfl:
Much Love

Stompa

tawnyowls wrote:

Unfortunately, as I mentioned in my earlier post, it only works with certain makes of rotary airer/dryer.

Oops, sorry, I'd not spotted that this had already been posted.

dzdoris

With regards to peg marks when I hang my clothes out on the line I hang any kind of "bottoms" by the waistband as most of the time this is covered. For tops I peg at the "armpit" area as you never see that part

Nikki

beachbeth

Tiff wrote:

Hi guys. Another tip I learned is to take a couple of sheets of kitchen roll and run it along the length of your washing line as it can get dirty from all kinds of things, including rusty bits from wet plastic and metal pegs. Stops it going on your clean laundry.

Another tip is to hang certain items, such as white washing, inside out. Then any dirty marks from the washing line or pegs are all on the inside of the garment. This is also helpful if you are like me and tend to drop washing as Im hanging out or taking in!

dzdoris

beachbeth wrote:

Another tip is to hang certain items, such as white washing, inside out. Then any dirty marks from the washing line or pegs are all on the inside of the garment. This is also helpful if you are like me and tend to drop washing as Im hanging out or taking in!

That's what I do! (learnt that off the MIL too!)

Wickedkitten

anniebooklover wrote:

Ok ladies, confession time. I never hang my washing out in winter. and I use plastic pegs because wooden pegs have dyed my washing at the hems in the past. I find in winter that my washing is as wet when I bring it in as it was when I put it out. Soooo, as soon as it is finished in the washing machine, I bring it out and put it on my airer. It dries quicker and mostly doesn't n

Aye, i find that happens as well unless there is a good strong breeze blowing. Even still though, it certainly is a right pain in the bum hanging out cold washing in the first place.