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Old Posted: 31-05-2012 , 08:55 AM #31
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Default viva la clothes line!

hi we have a spinner too. it's brilliant. so much quicker than using the spin cycle on the washing machine and great for any handwashing! then it's on to clothes horses in the house or (thankfully with this weather) outside on the line!
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Old Posted: 28-07-2012 , 05:21 PM #32
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Default covered clothes line alternative to tumbledrier

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Originally Posted by Chris P
Hi Everyone,

As I write, the tumble-dryers of Ireland are probably going like the clappers. Our lovely Irish climate means that most people see these energy-guzzlers as a necessity, especially in winter, but our leccy bills would be a lot less if we could use the humble clothes-line more often.

However, an article in the New Scientist magazine (29/10/2009) reveals some startling news:

... clothes-lines evoke a negative emotional reaction from many Americans, who view them as flags of poverty;

... clothes-pegs are no longer manufactured by American firms (they are all imported);

... property owners often fear that a clothes-line in their neighbourhood will lower the value of their house;

... the dryer is the home appliance that causes the largest number of household fires in the USA: 15,000 every year, causing tens of millions of dollars in property damage;

... 80 per cent of US households own and operate a tumble-dryer;

... tumble-dryers use over 3 per cent of all household electricity in the USA;

... however, the "Project Laundry List" organisation (which is part of the "right to dry" movement aimed at overturning clothes-line bans) estimates that most of us could save about 10 per cent on energy costs if we did our laundry the green way - cold water, line dry, no bleaching or ironing.

"Project Laundry List"...here:
http://www.laundrylist.org/

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Pic #1: The clothes-line -- a flag of poverty or one way to save the planet? (Image by Andrzej Krauze)
Pic #2: One effect of global warming?

why not check out covered washing line as alternative www.odryer.ie
I have one myself and it is very good and practical for irish weather conditions. Put washing out on mon and forget about it til weekend ! great if you are out at work all week.
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Old Posted: 28-07-2012 , 06:14 PM #33
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Another reason for the use of tumble dryers is that most rented apartment blocks do not allow for "clothes lines" and some people have been "fined" by their management committees for using lines on small balcony's. This has caused great hardship for families with children who would have a lot of drying to do. The only tip I can pass on in these cases, it to use a few clothes horses over the bath etc. Marhen
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Old Posted: 02-12-2014 , 12:07 AM #34
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Time for this thread's annual bump...
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