The Clothesline
A clothesline is a great "GREEN" resource for drying your laundry at home. First of all, it saves energy, and lots of it!
Just by using your clothesline as a supplement to your normal clothes drying you could see a huge impact in your monthly electric bills.
Clotheslines are not as popular today as they were just a few years ago.
However, a clothesline will work just as good today as it ever did and this may come as a suprise, but lots of people prefer the clothesline to an electric drier.
Some of you may not be familar with a clothesline so lets find out exactly what a "clothesline" is. Well, there are several types of clotheslines out there and we will show you a few. Basically, a clothesline in something you can hang your wet clothes on to dry them. It can be inside or outside. Most clotheslines are outside. Premade clotheslines are available here on our website along with simple hardware for making your own. Just a wire streched between a couple of trees makes a good clothesline. Your clothes will be clean, fresh and dry.
Here is a retractable clothesline. Simply mount this in a spot where you can pull out the line and hook to something and you have a clothesline. When your done, it retracts back into the reel and its out of the way. They come in several lengthes so pick the one thats right for you. The longer your clothesline is the more clothes can be dried on it at one time. Look in our Retractable Clotheslines and Clothes Driers section for our full line of retractable clothes driers and clotheslines.
Here is a Outdoor Parallel Clothes Dryer Clothesline. This Outdoor Parallel Clothes Dryer Clothesline Jumbo Size Aluminum @ 246ft by Whitney Design has 246 feet of drying space, a galvanized 2-piece center post, strong extruded aluminum dryer arms and is pre-strung w/ vinyl-coated poly core clothesline. GO GREEN and save electricity and your clothes with this outdoor clothes dryer. It will hold your whole families laundry. All of the lines are parallel (as opposed to the umbrella shape). It has one piece rope arms with extruded holes that practically eliminate rope wear and is pre-strung with continuous vinyl-coated polyester core clothesline. When you are not using your dryer you can fold it down for compact storage. Includes the molded cap non-seize ground sleeve. It is completely assembled and ready for use, once it is properly installed in your ground. Line height when set in ground is 6 feet.
Go here to see all of our Parallel Clothes Dryer Clotheslines.
Clothespins are a must have item when using a clotheline. They keep the clothes and all your laundry from blowing off the line when the wind blows. Depanding on how you hang your clothes on the line, you can get them to dry faster by not folding them into over the line. You will need clothespins to do this. We have wooden clothespins, plastic clothespins, clothespins with and without springs, non-rust clothespins and more here on our site. Clothespins Store
Want to try making your own clothesline at home? Its not hard. Just get out there and build it. You will need a few items to make it right. Here is some Clothesline Cable. Strong cable is important on your clothesline because you don't want it to droop in the middle while your using it. Maybe you will want to hang something heavy on it like a a quilt or comforter. So a good strong clothesline cable is a must.
Clothesline Poles for building your own clothesline outside. Poles shaped like a T are usually used and can have 2 or three cables on them each. People have made clothesline poles out of wood but they generally won't last as long as the metal poles designed for use as a clothesline. Whatever you use make sure it is sturdy enough to hold lots of wet clothes. Remember, wet clothes weigh much more than dry clothes
so your clothesline needs to be strong.
Here are some great laundry drying ideas. For indoor and outdoor folding laundry dryers and clotheslines look through our seletion here Folding Clotheslines and Laundry dryers
These indoor/outdoor clotheslines and clothes dryers make a great supplment to your normal clothes drying. Electric dryers can be hard on some fabrics. Simply hang it up to dry on one of our folding laundry dryers from YARDSETTER.COM
Using a clothesline or any open air type dryer for your laundry really is earth friendly and saves you alot of money too.
Belive it or not, putting up a clothesline in your backyard can be very enjoyable and you may even find yourself wanting to do the laundry. A clothesline works best on sunny days when the wind is blowing. In the heat of the day, Your laundry will dry lots faster than it will in the evening or morning.
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