Washing Line Or Rotary?

Loadsabob

I love having a proper washing line. I didn't, for ages, and then my boyfriend put one up, with pullies and everything! It's fabulous. It's higher than my head, so doesn't get it the way at all. It's a double line, so forms a triangle if you see what I mean, and I can get loads on it. My boyfriend reminds me the pully-system is so I can let it down, and NOT have to jump up and try and grab the line, like a mad thing...ah well!

I'd hate a rotary one now. I used to use one at my Mum's Nothing wrong with it, though clothes often got tangled up, but in my small garden, where I have cages for growing my veg, a rotary thingy bang in the middle of it would make life awkward.

kscour

Got a four arm rotary line and takes 3- 4 loads no problem. actually first had one because our old house was at the top of a windy hill and having a rotary gave a bit of protection to the smaller items (nothing like having your 70 year old neighbour handing back your knickers to make you rethink your drying arrangements! )

Unfortunately parts of the supports on mine are going rusty so I think I shall have to sort it out and then invest in a cover - and make sure I use it.

One point though if yours will be exposed to high winds - buy a sturdy one! Our first rotary was a cheap three arm job that ended up inside out after the wind picked up into a slight gale and I'ld left some bath sheets on it. Never worked quite the same after as the upright part had actually bent and we couldn't get it 100% straight again.

Penny-Pincher!!

Thanks for the great replies!

I will have to have a good think :rolleyes: Although a rotary would be more compact, I do like my line. I also have super king bedding which is huge and may be difficult to dry on a rotary line

Thanks

Penny-Pincher!!
xxx

nicki_2

Loadsabob wrote:

I love having a proper washing line. I didn't, for ages, and then my boyfriend put one up, with pullies and everything! It's fabulous. It's higher than my head, so doesn't get it the way at all. It's a double line, so forms a triangle if you see what I mean, and I can get loads on it. My boyfriend reminds me the pully-system is so I can let it down, and NOT have to jump up and try and grab the line, like a mad thing...ah well!

I have a pulley one as well but it's only a single line in this house (old house was a double but it drove me mad!) and way above my head. I marked one end of the washing line with a bit of electrical tape one then pulled it taught and marked the other end so I wouldn't put too much washing on it and not be able to pull it back up into a taught When I do pull it tight and it stays there even when I've unwound it a bit, I grab something from the wash basket that I want to hang out and fling it up and over the line and then use it to pull the washing line down. No more jumping up to try and catch the washing line with bright sunshine blindness :rotfl:

culpepper

Ive had my rotary for 19 years.One thing I remember about mums line,was,you couldnt really play in the garden while it was loaded.Footballs tend to leave large muddy circles on your sheets otherwise.I can hang kingsized duvet covers on mine which is not very big at all.
A few years ago,the arms broke so I took the line part off and (after drilling holes for the line to thread through)threaded the broken ends through some bits of pipe left over from a garden gazebo that had torn.Then I painted the whole thing and rethreaded the line.

mah_jong

Always, always had a line. I can rememeber a rotary from my youth that soon died a death...resemble a broken brolly. My sister tried one in her small garden but that broke off at the base ..... she is now back with a line

Should add I live in a windy corner !!!!

Becles

I've got a double retractable one and two hooks at the bottom of the garden. I like it as everything gets a decent blow on the line, and I can wind them away when they are not in use.

It's £9.99 from Argos:
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=3801&productId=150556&clickfrom=name

Jacster_2

Becles wrote:

I've got a double retractable one and two hooks at the bottom of the garden. I like it as everything gets a decent blow on the line, and I can wind them away when they are not in use.

It's £9.99 from Argos:
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=3801&productId=150556&clickfrom=name

I've got one like this too. My neighbour's rotary drier has tipped over for the third time, and she's away to buy one like mine.

Only thing is, make sure you get the poles for them (I got mine for £3 each in Morrisons - cheaper than Argos). I unreel the line, put the poles on to support and then I can load it with more weight than it's supposed to take.

If you've got super-kingsize bedding, I'd definitely go for a line. You'll need to fold that to go over a rotary drier and it'll take longer to dry.

HTH:D

maryb

I have a line and a rotary - smalls on the rotary and sheets and towels on the line. Husband whinges about washing hanging out but that way it all dries really quickly in the smallest amount of space

Loadsabob

nicki wrote:

No more jumping up to try and catch the washing line with bright sunshine blindness :rotfl:

I laughed at this - HOW many times will it take me, do you think, before I learn to jump with my back to the sun?!!! I did your trick with the tape. I used a clothes peg, which shows me where to stop hanging the clothes.