Getting Washing Dry

Gingham_Ribbon

But if the pulley is a certain width, then how do you get it to match up with the joists? Sorry to be thick!

calleyw

Gingham_Ribbon wrote:

But if the pulley is a certain width, then how do you get it to match up with the joists? Sorry to be thick!

Gingham,

You are not being thick. Some things are just hard to imagine.

You get two bits of the pulley that goes in the ceiling so you put it along the joists. Best to follow along the joists as in the first diagram. But if the joists are close togther and it puts it a better place then you can do the second one straddled them.

E.g

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X

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X

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or

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X

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X

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The dotted line is the joist and the crosses are the parts of the pulley that goes in the ceiling.

but not

X

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X

As the second part of the pulley is not in a joist but just in the ceiling and will put out. As the ends of the pulley that does in the ceiling is just a big screw with the pully on it.

Hope that makes sense now.

The way we found where the joist where was to just drill in the ceiling and you will know when you hit wood rather than plaster.

Yours

Calley

Gingham_Ribbon

Thanks. Yes, I think it would have to be the second one as I suspect they run across the room and we'd need it to be at the back of the room going the other way. Which means that if it's not the same width as the gap between the joists, then we couldn't do it.

Am I right?

Gingham_Ribbon

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x

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first bit to attach to first joist

. ......... . x second bit to attatch

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second joist

I mean like that...

calleyw

That should be fine.

I bought mine from Argos but you can buy then with 5ft and 6ft poles in them so you can get loads on them. But they will be heavy.


Yours


Calley

Mumstheword

I have airers in the conservatory (((south facing), which is fab in autumn and spring, but in winter it gets too cold to dry anything. I got a bit fed up of so much space being taken up by airers (5in the family, lots of washing!), and they are getting old (plastic brittle and falling off - from being in the conservatory, lol!), so I've ordered myself a 5ft high airer on wheels which can open up in different ways depending on how much space you need to use.
Just tried to post a pic, but the site i ordered it fromno longer shows them, and the order page i saved hasn't saved properly, lol!
Must phone them tmrw to see if i have in fact ordered anything!

squeaky

Gingham_Ribbon wrote:

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x

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first bit to attach to first joist

. ......... . x second bit to attatch

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second joist

I mean like that...

The spacing on the fixing points is usually adjustable so that you can line them up with joists.

Gingham_Ribbon

Right. That's another diy project. Just got to finish the nightmare job of the staircase, finish insulating the cellar, paint the lounge and get new curtains and then we can get the pulley up. It's one thing to risk a mistake putting up a clock, but quite another not securing something that heavy properly...

Agutka

I have always been taught that having radiators on means dry air - I have those radiator water holders to humidify the air. So am confused why everyone in these posts is against drying clothes on the rads. I always use my radiators - I would do it now, except they are not on, so pointless.
But then I have not noticed condensation on windows except obviously at times in bathroom and kitchen.
Time to have another converstion with Mum, where she denies everything I think she ever taught me!

catherineblack

I have to say getting rid of our kitchen pulley was a mistake! In our house the kitchen is the hottest room and clothes dried so quickly up on the pulley. We had the kitchen refitted and a pulley was not an option because we lowered the ceiling for spotlights (oooooh!) But I'd recommend them as the best way to dry clothes. The only downside is that I love mackeral, and sometimes forgot to take the clothes down when cooking......mmm
Cat